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Pop Up card Making Tip

Pop Up card Making
Pop Up card Santa
Pop Up card making is fun and not that complicated once you master a few tricks.Sharing a small tip or trick to make a pop up card more gorgeous !
This Santa Claus Card is a recycled card. The Santa on the front of the card has been pieced together from paper scraps ,felt and  tissue paper!

Pop Up card Santa
I made Santa Claus pop up from a chimney on the inside of the Pop Up Card.
Pop Up card Santa
I recycled a Santa Claus image to create my pop up card.
Pop Up card Santa
The simplest way to make an image pop up in a vertical V fashion is by folding it in half  and folding the lower part to form glue tabs.In the Santa Claus image shown ,the black dotted line would be mountain folded and the white dotted lines mountain or valley folded depending on whether you want the lower parts which will also form glue tabs hidden or visible
Pop Up card Making
The problem with this simple pop up card construction is it would make the central fold line run through Santa's face and poor Santa would look a bit cramped!
I am sharing a simple tip to make Santa or any other similar image look more gorgeous in your pop up card 
Pop Up card Santa
Decide on your central fold line [shown as a black dotted line] but dont crease it just yet.
Use a craft knife or scissors to cut along one side of the face to reach the central fold line [shown by the dotted white line]
If you want you can also avoid the central crease in another part of the image [as I have done here with Santa's belt]by using the craft knife to cut around to meet the central fold -- [Dotted white line]
Now score and mountain fold your central fold [ black dotted line], valley fold the lower part and glue the lower part .You have a fun Santa Pop Up card!
Pop Up card Tutorial
You can adapt this trick to make any pop up card more special! Do tell me how you like this fun card.
Here are more Christmas Pop up cards
Links to Pop Card tutorials

62 comments:

  1. Ho Ho Ho, I have your first comment! I love that sweet card and the wonderful instructions on using it in other pop up cards! Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Carla I had to smile reading your Ho HO Ho that you were first to comment!!

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  2. Dr. Sonia. You are amazing and always come up with something very different but easy to create. Fabulous. Such a talent you are.
    Love Sandra xxxx

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  3. thats a really useful trick dr. I love the way u have recyled the image & customized it for pop up card. Again a great tutorial!!

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  4. Thanks for sharing this pop-up tutorial.

    Greetings, Wies

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  5. Wao sweet Sonia, You are just awesome! such nice tips & detail you are sharing,,all the very very best my dear!

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  6. Very cute card!! Thanks for sharing how to do the folds on the pop up (the pictures really help explain)!! :)Amy

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    1. Coming from you that is awesome Amy

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  7. i love your posts....and my daughter is a HUGE fan!really nice tutorial on the pop up card.

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  8. Great tips! Love the card, you are so creative!

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  9. Sonia U are really a champ now for pop up cards. Amazing work dear.

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  10. wonderful tips - and such a cute card .. i love seeing your creations
    Lisa x

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  11. Sonia
    Thanks for the great tutorial. Cute pop up card and I love the fact you use so many different materials.
    Myrna

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  12. Great tutorial .keep crafting .

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  13. Really cute card, and thanks for the tutorial !!!
    Paula

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  14. really loved your tutorial and what a sweet card...thanks for sharing:)

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  15. Great work and so adequate with the weather over here (I never saw mountains of snow all over the place ) Thank you for the tutorial!
    You are a sweet creative person !
    aureliaeugenia

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  16. Thanx a lot girlie!!!You are a master of pop up cards!!!Fab project and great tips!!!

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  17. what a happy looking Santa Sonia - thanks for sharing the tutorial

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  18. Wow, you make the cutest cards.

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  19. This is so amazing Sonia!! I love that Santa is popping out of the chimney and the trees are so pretty, too!! And as always, thank you so much for taking the time to explain how you made it...your instructions are always fabulous!! :)

    Lisa
    indymermaid.blogspot.com

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  20. A wonderful pop-up card, Dr. Sonia. I recently made my first pop-up card and it was a lot of fun, as yours appear to be.

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    1. Ah Ha I am glad my dear friend the stamping queen made a pop up!

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  21. What terrific tips you have shared. Such a wonderful card and great recycling for our challenge over at Unstampabelles.

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  22. Thanks for joining us again at Unstampabelles Sonia - great recycling and a fabulous pop-up card! Good tips too.

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  23. Fantastic pop up card Sonia and a great tutorial.

    Judex

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  24. Wonderful action Santa card. This would put a smile on anyone's face.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  25. How sweet is this card and recycled as well!
    Thanks for joining us at Unstampabelles again this month... keep up the recycling!

    Monica xxx

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    1. Thank You Monica I loved the theme and am hoping I get time to make more for it

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  26. First time here...
    U have a wonderful space, glad to follow u
    all your works are awesome :)

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    1. Thank You Aruna so glad you liked it. Your cooking blog is awesome too

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  27. such a gorgeous creation, thank you so much for joining us this week at the Winter Wonderland with your lovely work
    Hugs Kate xx
    ps I have candy if you are interested :)

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  28. WOW your card is way too CUTE for words!great job with the pop up,Have a great weekend my friend!:)

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  29. What a cute card!

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  30. woooow, adorable pop up card, Sonia....love it....

    hugs,
    Susan

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  31. Very nice and cute. Thanks for sharing.

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  32. Lovely card Sonia. Santa out of the chimney is so cute....nice tutorial

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  33. What a GREAT card! I just love that you used recycled products, that's fabulous!
    Thank you for sharing this little gem with us!
    Shelly

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  34. Superb sonia... Another one beautiful work from you...:)
    Ramya

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  35. How do u make such lovely things. They are just awesome....

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  36. Awesome and you are one enthu gal thinking about christmas in FEB.what can i say...your work is always awesome.

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  37. Snehal Ha Ha I am not such a great planner.This was a card I made last November. I have a backlog of christmas cards I didnt get time to blog about!!

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  38. Super fun Santa cards!
    Carri~abusybee
    www.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

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  39. Awesome tip! Great card! love your recycling ideas!

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  40. Another great tutorial :) Than you!

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  41. Fantastic card and tutorial Sonia. Saw this on MIM. Loz

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  42. Great card and instructions Sonia. Saw this on MIM. Faye

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  43. I don't even have to see your name anymore to recognize your work! :D
    Sonia, kudos to you for another stunning creation and tutorial. Love that you so openly share your knowledge and work. Fantastic job.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday!
    Hugs and high five,
    Lisa xx

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  44. Brilliant idea. Thank you so much for sharing. So simple when you know how. Hugs mrs a.

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  45. Oh my gosh what a wonderful creation and such a fabulous Christmas Card, the image is adorable,
    it just perfect for our challenge this week

    thank you so much for Joining us at Winter Wonderland this week, I do hope you will try to join us again next week,

    Have a lovely day,
    Hugs Bridget :0) x
    Winter Wonderland DT

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  46. What a fab and fun make Sonia! Such a great tute!

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  47. This is such a cute card!! And look at all the patience you have...great job!!

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  48. This is very cool! Saw you at Make it Monday. ~Diane (I am #115)

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  49. Hi Sonia

    Amazing card! And a great little tutorial too. You are such a great sharer of creative tit bits!

    Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday this week.

    Michelle :o)

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  50. What a great job on the Tutorial and the card. Love the way you recycled the Santa face. Thanks for joining us at Unstampabelles Challenge. Olivia-Guest DT

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  51. WOW WOW WOW...and thank you for all the step by step instructions...I am so glad I saw it at MIM.

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  52. A M A Z I N G ! ! ! ! And thanks for the little tutorial, too!

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  53. Wow! I love your cards. They're lovely!
    Let me know if you try my clock tutorial :)

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