Mom Pop-Up Greeting Card

This 3D Mom Pop-Up Greeting Card is a card and a gift all in one! Once you learn the technique for making this, you can use any word or number you want to convey the message you’d like.

We aren’t using a cut file here. Instead, we’re using one of the fonts from our newest font collection. This means you can create any word you want and aren’t limited to available cut files.

Mom Pop-Up Greeting Card

Any Mom would be thrilled to receive this extra-special card. This will be one of those cards that she keeps and treasures forever!

MGL Font Used:

Soft and Sweet

Check out the entire new font collection here.

Supplies Used:

8.5×11 white card stock

Double sided patterned card stock

You can find the full step-by-step video tutorial here:

Tutorial:

Insert 4×8″ rectangle in design space
Add 4″ score line and rotate to 90 degrees
select rectangle and score line and center them.
attach score line to rectangle
add a text box
using the MGL font “Soft and Sweet” type the word MOM
decrease the letter spacing so that the letters touch each other
weld the word together
size “mom” to 3.9″ wide and approximately 1.4″ high
add a 4×3.4″ rectangle
duplicate rectangle
place one rectangle above the word “mom” slightly touching the top of the word
place the second rectangle below the word “mom” slightly touching the bottom of the word
weld the two rectangles and “mom” together to make one layer. (the welded result should be approximately 4″x7.95″)
change the color of the welded result to white
add a 4″ score line and rotate it 90 degrees.
duplicate score line two times
you are going to place one score line .2″ from the bottom of the “mom” word
then place another score line .2″ from the top of the “mom” word
now place the final score line .75″ higher than the previously placed score line.
Add desired photograph to the top area of your card
select both the photograph and welded layer and flatten
right click the newly flattened layer and press “send to back”
select the flattened layer along with all three score lines and attach
click make it
place 8.5″x11″ white cardstock in your printer
send the print then cut image to your printer
once printed, place printed cardstock in the top left corner of your light grip mat
select the material setting “medium cardstock”
place mat in machine and press the flashing cricking button
once cut is complete unload the mat and carefully remove the mat from the cardstock
place patterned cardstock on your light grip mat in the top left corner of the mat
load the mat into your cricut and press the flashing cricut button
once the cut is complete, unload the mat and carefully remove your cardstock
using a bone folder crease score lines on both pieces of cardstock
apply dry adhesive tape to the back of the print then cut cardstock
line the print then cut cardstock up with the patterned cardstock and press down to form a good bond

This technique is going to be part of our April Monthly Members’ Craft Challenge so be sure to start brainstorming some ideas! We can’t wait to see what you come up with in the member-only Facebook group.