With the count down to 2015 I thought it would be only right that I created a card to start 2015 with a bang.
What better way to make an eye catching celebration card than with a pop up card. I have watched quite a few tutorials before I decided to create my own and I thought I would put together a step by step guide to creating your own.
For this card I have used a Birthday theme but this is such a versatile card that there are so many ways I will reuse this for various occasions throughout the year.
The hardest part of the card is the basic shell but once you have completed that then adding the adornments is the fun part.
Step 1 - start with an A4 size sheet of paper and trim this to 29.7 cm x 16.5 cm. Keep the excess that you have cut off as this will come in handy later on.
Step 2 - Scoring and cutting. Score every 7cm along the longest edge. You will have a centimetre left on the right hand side - don't worry - that is correct!
Measure up 7.5 centimetres and score your middle line. This will give you two rows of boxes with the bottom ones slightly larger than the top boxes.
If you have a look at the image below you will see that I have marked with dots and blue line the areas you need to cut. This will help form the top flaps of your pop up card and create a handy tab for gluing your box together.
Step 3 - Gluing your box shape together. Using your tab glue your box together. I found it was better to glue the tab at this point rather than after decorating each panel as you could hide the tab better. This is just personal preference so if you want to decorate each panel before gluing together then that should work fine too.
See the below left image on how the undecorated box should look once you have first glued together and the right hand image shows the three top flaps folded down.
** Remember to keep one of the flaps upright as this will form your main back panel ***
I used 2 slats in my main card but I am just showing one in the example below to make it a bit easier to see. Using the trimmed paper left over in step 1 measure strips 9cm width and 2cm wide. Score 1cm from one side and 1cm from the other and fold in opposite directions. These little tabs you will use to glue the slat in position.
Once you have completed your box then you can decorate! For the large square panels at the bottom you will need three 6.5 x 8cm panels and for the three folded top flaps 6.5 x 7cm panels. The large panel that you have not folded will need two panels measuring 6.5 x 16cm. Fix one of these large panels to the inside to cover the gluing tab and one on the back which you can use to write your greeting.
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| Step 1 - Trim you A4 sheet to size |
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| Step 2 - Score and then Cut your Sheet |
Measure up 7.5 centimetres and score your middle line. This will give you two rows of boxes with the bottom ones slightly larger than the top boxes.
If you have a look at the image below you will see that I have marked with dots and blue line the areas you need to cut. This will help form the top flaps of your pop up card and create a handy tab for gluing your box together.
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| Step 3 - creating your box shape |
See the below left image on how the undecorated box should look once you have first glued together and the right hand image shows the three top flaps folded down.
** Remember to keep one of the flaps upright as this will form your main back panel ***
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| Nearly there - how your box should look before folding |
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| Fold down the three flaps - keep one at the back upright |
Step 4 - Making the paper slats ready for decorating.
I used 2 slats in my main card but I am just showing one in the example below to make it a bit easier to see. Using the trimmed paper left over in step 1 measure strips 9cm width and 2cm wide. Score 1cm from one side and 1cm from the other and fold in opposite directions. These little tabs you will use to glue the slat in position. Once you have completed your box then you can decorate! For the large square panels at the bottom you will need three 6.5 x 8cm panels and for the three folded top flaps 6.5 x 7cm panels. The large panel that you have not folded will need two panels measuring 6.5 x 16cm. Fix one of these large panels to the inside to cover the gluing tab and one on the back which you can use to write your greeting.
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