Pop up cards are a fun
alternative to your standard greeting cards. Our tutorial features 3 cards with
varying levels of difficulty for new and experienced crafters.
Easy: Let’s Celebrate Card
What You Will Need
Dovecraft Back to Basics Bright Spark
8” x 8” Paper Pad
Dovecraft Back to Basics Bright Spark
Sentiment Toppers, Wooden Frame, Paper Blossoms, Plastic Buttons
Dovecraft 6” x 6” White Card Blank
Fiskars Lever Punch Medium - Star
Dovecraft Clear Stamp – Celebrate
Dovecraft Double Sided Tape
Dovecraft 3D foam squares
How to Make
1. With your 8” x 8” piece of
Dovecraft Bright Spark paper, score and
fold it in half and then score and fold diagonally on both sides. Score
a line 5cm from the corner to the diagonal score lines on all sides. Stamp the
sentiment ‘Let’s Celebrate’ in the middle of the patterned paper.
2. Cut the 6”x 6” card down to make a
4” x 4” card, fold the paper shape closed and glue the 2 outside panels to the
inside of the card blank.
3. Use the Fiskars star punch to make
stars with different papers and add to the inside of the folded paper using
foam squares. Make sure you do not stick them over any of the paper folds.
4. With a contrasting piece of paper,
cut it into a 10.1cm square and add to the front of the card. We have then used
the white and blue chevron paper and cut it to 7.7cm x 8cm and stuck to the
middle of card front. Then cut the green gingham paper to 6cm x 4.5cm and layered
it on top of the chevron paper.
5. To decorate, we have used a wooden
frame to the centre of the card and sentiment topper to the bottom right of the
card.
6. To finish, we added three layered
colourful paper blossoms into the middle of the wooden frame and finished with
a flower plastic button.
Moderate: Accordion Card
What You Will Need
Dovecraft 6” x 6” Kraft Card Blank
Dovecraft Back to Basics Bright Spark
8” x 8” Paper Pad
First Edition 12” x 12” Textured
Cardstock
First Edition Dies – Pots &
Jars
Fiskars Squeeze Punch – Large- Heart
Dovecraft Double Sided Tape &
3D foam Squares
Ribbon
How to Make
1. Cut the card blank in half along
the score line.
2. With a piece of yellow textured
paper, cut it to 24.5cm x 15cm and score at 2.5cm sections horizontally to
create the concertina for the card. Stick to the kraft card using double sided
tape.
3. Cut two 15.2cm squares using the Dovecraft
Bright Spark paper pack to add colour to the inside of the kraft card and to
cover the edges of the middle concertina section.
4. Download and print the text template
to cut out the words WITH LOVE using textured cardstock. We have used a mixture
of different coloured textured
card stock for our card and stuck them to the left hand side of the concertina
panels.
5. Punch four hearts in the same
colours used for the letters and stick below the text.
6. We have used the multi-coloured
spotted paper and cut it to 15cm x 15cm to cover the front of the card.
7. Die cut the largest pot from the
First Edition Dies – Pots & Jars set for the
front of the card, stick to the centre and add eight punched hearts in
coordinating colours using 3D foam squares.
8. To finish, we have cut a piece of
pink gingham ribbon to 78.7cm and wrapped it around the outside of the card and
made a bow to keep the card closed.
Difficult: Belle and Boo Card
What You Will Need
Dovecraft 6”x 6” Kraft Card Blanks
First Edition 12” x 12” Textured
cardstock
Belle and Boo 6” x 6” Paper Pad, Decoupage
Pad, Bunting, Wooden Frame, Clear Stamp – Sentiments
Fiskars Squeeze Punch – Large- Circle
and X Large - Cloud
Dovecraft Double Sided Tape, Craft
glue & 3D foam Squares
Twine
How to Make
1. With your Dovecraft 6” x 6” kraft
card, pencil a mark 6.2cm from the left
and 6.5cm from the right hand side of the card, this will leave 2.5cm in the
middle of the card on the score line. Make a vertical 4cm cut where your marks
are, horizontally score the top and bottom, this will create the pop up section
of your card.
2. Add another kraft card blank to
the outside to cover the pop up hole.
3. Cut a piece of sky blue textured
card stock to 15cm x 15.1cm to cover the card. Remember to cut around the pop
up section to allow the paper to fit. Stick this to the inside of the card.
4. To create a sun for your scene,
cut a circle with yellow textured paper using the circle punch. Stick to the
left hand corner and cut off the access. Add five thin 2.8cm x 0.4cm strips of
yellow textured paper to create rays and stick to the outside of the circle.
5. Cut five clouds using the Fiskars
cloud punch with First Edition white textured card stock and stick them to the
blue paper. One cloud has been layered on top of the other clouds using foam squares.
6. Cut one piece of green textured
card stock to 6.2cm x 4cm and cut it to create the blades of grass. Stick this
to the left side of the pop up section. With another piece of green card, cut
to 6.5cm x 4cm and again, cut it to create the grass effect. Stick this to the
right hand side of the pop up section.
7. Cut a piece of twine to 33.5cm,
placing it on your card so the ends wrap over to the top corners, use double
sided tape to keep the ends in place. Glue the twine which is on the pop up
section to keep it in place. Stick bunting flags onto the twine and add the
matching bunting onto the other side. We have then cut a third piece of green
card to 8cm x 4cm and cut it to make the grass. Stick this to the front of the
pop up section and finish by adding the first layer decoupage image of Boo
holding a balloon and stick to the centre of the pop up section.
8. We have picked the pastel green
polka dot paper from the Belle and Boo paper pad and
cut it to 15cm x 14.8cm and cut around the pop up
section so it fits the base of the card.
9. Stamp the sentiment ‘Sending Hugs’
onto a 4.2cm x 6cm piece of square paper. Once dry, stick to the back of a
patterned oval frame and add to the base of the card.
10. To decorate the outside, we have
used the same green polka dot paper and cut it to 14.9cm x 14.8cm and stuck to
the card with double sided tape.
11. To finish, we have added a 20cm
piece of twine diagonally across to the front and added five bunting pieces t
on top using foam squares on the top and bottom of the triangles.
These pop up cards will impress
your friends and family when they open them! Have you made a pop up card recently?
We would love to see your makes in the project gallery.