DIY: Mother's Day Pop-Up Card

The talented Athena Preston created this adorable Mother's Day pop-up card for the May issue of Martha Stewart Living. Click here for a peek at the how-to video (on right column/sidebar of your screen).  Love this, and looks so fun to make!

Jan Halvarson

16 comments:

Monika - Twoja Asystentka said...

I love pop up cards, pop up books! I will try to make one by myself! thanks for the link. Greetings

PeregrineBlue said...

what a gorgeous idea. thank you, as always, for posting such interesting things.

Emily Greene said...

I made one for my mom, and one for my mother in-law. It was fun, and turned out really cute, but it is more difficult than they say it will be, and there are several parts of the instructions that I found could use better, and more in depth description.

donaville said...

love this :) i just tried it out and yeah, a template is probably necessary as is double sided paper. i had extra sheets of one-sided 12x12 card stock and the white on the back definitely is an eye-sore. i guess this means i'm off to the craft store sometime soon ;)

C said...

How beautiful!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous idea, thanks for the link!

Please Note said...

So cool! I'm going to have to give this a try!

Anonymous said...

i think anyone would be tickled to open up This card!

Pinecone Camp said...

That's a little better than the caterpillar-made-from-an-egg-carton that I was considering ;)
Really, that is one sweet pop-up card!

lost + found said...

this is so darn cute!!! i am going to attempt this...wish me luck!

thanks for sharing!!

xo, l+f
http://lostandfoundsf.blogspot.com/

Unknown said...

I'm definitely going to try this - handmade trumps store bought any day in my book.

Thanks!

Lori-Lee Thomas said...

I just tried making it myself, and yeah, the video really leaves a lot out. Especially that actual part when gluing the flowers together. mine didn't turn out. Too bad cause it's really pretty. :-)

Lori

Kimberly said...

Ok, I'm officially angry. They left out a ton of steps, and they don't even show the whole thing being made. I'm usually very crafty, and this is a disaster :(

Jan Halvarson said...

oh no - sorry to those of you that had troubles. i guess one had to buy the magazine (which i didn't) - : (

Roothford said...

Here is a link to step-by-step instructions rather than a video. This may help if you're having trouble following the video.
http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/pop-up-card-for-mothers-day

Carol P said...

Search "7 flower pop up" or "seven flower pop up" for additional help making this.