
Paper Glue Or Tape ~ I used Elmer’s Tape Runner.Paper Die Cuts ~ Or make your own with the free download.For more information, see my disclosure here.

That’s just a fancy way of saying if you click on a link and purchase something I get a little money (total score for me). And….the best part is that this is a super quick craft that looks like you spent forever on it. So, that’s what I did! I designed a simple pop up box card that you could use for any occasion such as birthday, baby shower, wedding, and so much more! I also created some birthday die cuts that I made with the Print Then Cut feature in the Cricut Design Space. This got me thinking (sometimes a very dangerous thing) that for that price I could buy all of the crafting supplies and make something totally unique. I looked at several stores but quickly realized that all of the really cool pop up box cards were SUPER expensive. Repeat for the right side and the final two Adhesive tabs.I have always felt that someone’s birthday is a time to show them how much they mean to you! So, when a birthday came around for someone who is super special to me I wanted to get them a nice birthday card. Then fold the very end segment of the left edge backwards on itself to cover up the glued tabs. Fold the glued tabs up over the left edge of the card so they attach to the “outside” of the 3D box. Then fold the ends of those pieces backwards along the angled score line so that the very ends of the pieces (marked with “Adhesive” in the diagram above) are pointing out away from the card.įold the left edge of the card all the way over the middle of the card, then add glue to the Adhesive tabs. To actually assemble the card, start by folding the top and bottom pieces (where the triangles are) in towards the middle of the card. Glue the other two mint rectangles onto the card base as shown in the diagram above (the light grey rectangles). Then glue the Happy Birthday circle on top of that. Next, glue the largest mint green rectangle onto the white card base, in the very center.

Build the hot air balloon on top of the oval background, gluing down every layer as you go.

Start by gluing the Happy Birthday message onto the circle with scalloped borders, and gluing the ivory oval background piece on top of the oval piece with scalloped borders. You can use the photos of the finished card as a guideline for layering the decoration pieces while you assemble the card.
