Hello! Michelle here today to share a fun, interactive birthday card that will impress all of your family and friends. Birthday cards are a staple for every card maker, but with busy lives, they are often made at the last minute. This pop up card can be made quickly, but no one else will know that. They’ll think you spent days working on it! Let me give you some hints and tricks and show you how easy it is to make.
- To make this pop up card, you’ll need to download the A2 Pop Up Round Cake Card files from the Lori Whitlock SVG Shop or the Silhouette Design Store and cut out your pieces. (Note: The Semicircle pieces I later cut from brown instead) Layer and glue your letters and semi circle pieces together as shown in the finished card photo and set the pieces aside.
2. Take the large piece with scallops and fold it in half on the score lines. The other side, or back side of the paper will now be facing up. We will be shaping the piece from it’s backside.
Use two hands to help “train” the cake piece in to its desired shape. Assuming that you’re right handed, place your right hand on the paper near the score folds to hold the paper in place. Using your left hand, hold on to the scalloped edge and gently nudge the paper towards your right hand. The paper will begin to fold itself. Some the edges may need assistance and need to be folded individually. Now turn the paper over and repeat this process on the other side.
3. When you turn the paper right side up, you will see that it still lays flat, but has a gentle “lift” to it. At this time, layer the semi circles to the front as shown and glue in place. (hint: Use dry adhesive to avoid your pop up from warping and losing its shape.) Now you should only have two pieces left.
4. It’s now time to glue your scalloped cake to your card base. We are only going to glue one half at a time. Fold your scalloped cake piece in half as shown below. Add adhesive to only the scalloped piece and glue as close to the line as possible without going over the center folded line. I found that it was easier to find the center scored line if I held it at a 90-degree angle as shown in the photo.
Now you need to add adhesive and glue the other side (the side facing you) to the card base too. (Important Reminder: Do not add adhesive to any other area. Only the scalloped edge) Simply close the card so the adhesive on the scalloped piece will adhere to the base. Open the card and Viola! Your cake pops up when the base is flat! (Notice that in the photo below, the scallops were glued close to the center fold, but not touching the center fold line.)
5. Now you can embellish your card as desired. The card has enough of a “Wow” factor that it really doesn’t need much embellishment. I chose to use the “Sweet Baby Girl” line by Echo Park Paper. The line was designed for a baby, but I think that it works for little girls too. Since the inside is so awesome, I left the outside fairly simple. I made a crepe paper fringe and used the “Birthday Girl” round sentiment for embellishment. You can find that sentiment file at the Silhouette Design Store and at Lori Whitlock SVG Shop. I really like that the Round Sentiment echos sentiment on the pop up, but no matter how you embellish your card, it’s going to look fabulous.
I truly believe that this A2 Pop Up Round Cake Card is going to be one of my “go to” cards. I’m anxious to make a masculine version in dark colors. Won’t that be great? If you make this pop up card, share it with us on social media using the #loriwhitlock hashtag.
Thanks for reading my tutorial. I hope that you have a creative day!
Michelle
