Popup Birthday Card

By Amit_Jain in Craft Paper

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Hi All,

On my wife's birthday, I wanted to surprise her by making a pop up card.

In this instructables, I will share where to get templates and how to make one for your loved one.

Please share your comments

Step 1: What Do We Need ?

Material

Red colored thick paper
White thick paper
Paper knife
Steel scale
Gluestick
Template ( link in next step )
Ball pen or compass

All paper are A4 size

Step 2: Template

Credit : base template used in this instructable is from extremepapercrafting.com

You can download template from here

Note that the template is A4 size

Alternative link
https://github.com/amit-jain-diy/blog/blob/main/Cake/oacake2018.pdf

Step 3: Cutting

On the template we have a border.
Apply glue on the reverse side outside the border and stick the template on the white thick paper,
Use steel scale to make cuts
Using a sharp object like compass, outline where the paper will be folded

Step 4: Popping

Using gentle force push and fold to get cake popped out
Start from bottom then middle and then top

Step 5: Customise and Finishing Touches

I was not satisfied with just having cake pop up. I wanted more

Added few
- balloons
- Candle
- Rose
Look for silhouette icons on internet if you want

Stick the card on a red colored paper, write your message

Gift the card to your loved one

3 People Made This Project!

greatsudoku made it!
farmerguido made it!
Pilgrim made it!

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14 Comments

greatsudoku

Tip 2 months ago on Step 5

1. "Heavy" cardstock is a MUST, both for the the pop-up inside part as well as the backing/outside of the card. Print this template directly onto heavy cardstock!
2. If you're going to add graphics like a candle, balloons, presents, etc. import the original template PDF into a photo editor like Gimp. This allows you to size and place the graphics where you want on the card. Bear in mind these images (and the orientation of the card itself) will be reversed as the printed side becomes the "back" of the inside of the card.
3. I can't stress this enough: The printed side of the cardstock is the BACK of the inside of the card.
4. I can't stress this enough either: scoring the fold lines for the cake is IMPERATIVE! I used the back edge of an Exacto knife. I started by scoring on the printed side, and as I was pushing the cake through I found I needed to score along the blank front side as well for folds in a certain direction. (I found out the hard way. On my first attempt I didn't score any fold lines and my card became wrinkled and crumpled from trying to push the cake through and then pinch the folds in the right direction. Scoring prevents this wrinkling/crumpling from happening. Don't make the same mistake I did and end up having to start over again like I did.)

KevinBourn90

1 year ago

why not put the template in the downloadable pdf instructions instead of link to another location that doesnt have it or it doesnt work!? its an A4 template so it would be only 1 additional pg if you included it here?
bit annoying to have read through the entire thing, download your instructional guide here and then find that the link is rubbish.

CrazyKid072

3 years ago

The template link is not working. Why?