Window Pop-up Birthday Card featuring Victorian Window Thin Cut Dies

Hello Crafties!

Priyanka Kantak here, back with a new blog post.

Birthdays are special and giving a handmade card for a birthday expresses our feelings towards that person.

Also, we love surprises on our birthdays, don’t we?

So today, I have a different type of birthday card for you – a surprise window pop up card!

Here is the card in action below :

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvA_NqFnKsN/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=pr1mhliku48p

Read on to find out how to make one….

Step 1 :

I first used the Victorian Window thin cut die by Little Birdie on a blue paper from the Chevron in Aquarelle paper pack.

Step 2 :

Then, I used watercolors to add different colors on a watercolor cardstock and used the little flowers and leaves dies (that come in the Victorian Window thin cut dieset) with it. I assembled the flowers and leaves on the window panel.

* You can use colored cardstock instead of watercoloring *

Step 3 :

I then trimmed a sheet of textured white cardstock by Little Birdie to 5″ × 10″ and scored at 5 inches creating a 5 × 5 inches square card base.

On the front, I stamped the brick stamp with vintage photo distress ink.

Step 4 :

In the next step, I traced the inside of the window on the stamped panel. And then using a cutte to cut the traced part. After this, I adhered the completed window panel (from step 2) on the front panel.

Step 5 :

Thereafter what I did was stamping and coloring these pretty images with various coloring mediums including distress inks. These are from the Jungle Birthday, Birthday Wish, and Happy Bird-day stamp sets by Little Birdie.

I also adhered them together in a cluster.

Like this :

Step 6 :

Now, let’s make the inside pop up mechanism.

Cut a strip measuring 0.5″ x 4.25″ and score it at 0.75″ and 2.75″ and 3.5″.

Step 7 :

Stick double-sided tape onto the scored parts as shown.

Place the the strip with 0.75″ scored side close to the fold of the card as shown .

Take out the backing of that part and close the card.

It will look like this:

Step 8:

Now turn the strip to the other side and fold it at the 2.75″ scored part, taking out the backing from the last scored part, close the card again (like before).

It will look like this:

Step 9:

The next step involved adhering the cluster of the colored images (obtained from step 5) onto our created pop up.

* Add details with a white pen to enhance your images *

Step 10 :

I stuck a piece of vellum on the inside of the window to recreate a real window. I also added strips of black washi tape onto both sides of the front panel to add interest and stamped a sentiment from my stash at the bottom.