A Spooky Halloween Pop-Up Card
This Halloween pop-up card will fold flat to fit into a 7in. x 7 in. envelope. The spooky scene depicts a haunted mansion with five howling ghosts, an orange cat guarding the mansion gates and a witch on a broomstick flying across the silhouette of a full moon. The witch is suspended in midair because it is attached to the haunted house's chimney via an accordion fold piece of cardstock.
I was intrigued by the pop-up mechanism in Hallmark cards and this design is my interpretation of their mechanism. Two trapezoidal prisms are glued together to form the pop-up. The pumpkins on each side of the pop-up serve as a locking mechanism to hold the card in place.
Here is the PDF. I used 65lb. cardstock. There is a little leaning in the tree (the weight of the attached moon is causing this) with 65lb. cardstock but I think it looks ok. If it bothers you, you could probably use 110lb. cardstock for a more upright stance but then the slits in the base might need to be increased slightly to accommodate the 110 lb. cardstock. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hzd2r1u9doLMx1uOoqgnAPBCjQD90siQ/view?usp=sharing
Here is the .Studio file.
Here is the SVG.
Crease all of the tabs inward on the trapezoidal prism piece with the side tabs.
Insert the four tabs of the mansion into the slots and apply glue at the bottom of the tabs as shown above. Close the piece slightly and adhere the mansion tab to the bottom of the newly form prism. Repeat the inserting and glueing process for the tree.
Apply glue to the tab as shown above.
Fold down the piece and apply pressure to the area where the glue was placed to adhere the glue.
The witch is attached with an accordion fold. Take the rectangular piece and fold into an accordion.
Glue this piece to the top of the chimney. You can see in the photo above that the last fold is downward.
Glue the witch to the accordion.
Profile view of the witch attached to the chimney. Glue on the ghosts to the mansion and the moon to the back of the tree. Set this piece aside.
Crease all of the tabs inward on the trapezoidal prism piece without the side tabs. Place the template for the BOO! on the side of the prism.
Glue the BOO! onto the side.
Insert the tabs for the pumpkins and glue down the tabs as before. Repeat for the cat and gate pieces.
Apply glue to the tab as shown above. Fold down the piece and apply pressure to the area where the glue was placed to adhere the glue as before.
Attach the two prism pieces together by placing them on top of one another.
Fold the tab inward and apply glue to the two side tabs. Adhere the tabs.
Lift up the bottom edge of the BOO! piece and apply glue as shown. There is at least three rows of glue going up into the piece. Adhere the glue.
Glue on the four orange pumpkins each side of the piece.
The pop-up card fold flat.
To open the card, push the bottom of the card upward while aligning the side edges to slide over the pumpkins.
Thank you so much for sharing your adorable design. It will be quite a challenge for me to actually make it. This card is a perfect companion to my Halloween decorations and the best part is that it will fold flat for storage. I might make one to send to a friend too, emphasis on might, as it depends on how I do with the first one.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy! I am sure you will be able to make this pop up. The one frustrating part for me, was cutting the pumpkin stem on the Silhouette. I found that it did not always cut correctly. I cut a few extra and picked the ones I liked better. If you encounter the same problem, you can always cut it off. 😊
Deletemerci pour ce fichier !
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