Pop-Up Flower Pot Card

Create a 3D Flower Pot Card that folds flat for mailing.

Supplies

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   To make the base:
   
   Cut 4” squares of cardstock and designer paper for base. Attach designer paper to cardstock and round corners of base. Score at 2” and burnish – if you used liquid glue, wait until it dries before folding.
   
   Cut cardstock pieces – 1” x 9”, scored at 2 3/8” and 6 1/2” for band; 1/2” x 4”, scored at 1”, 2”, and 3” for support. Fold band and attach ends at overlap.
   

   

2. Step 2

   Fold support piece and apply Tombow glue to two middle sections. Attach support at center of score line on base, aligning center fold of support piece with score line on base.

   

3. Step 3

   To make the pot:
   
   Cut cardstock pieces – 1 3/4” x 7 1/2”, scored at 2” and 5 1/2” for pot; 1/2” x 8”, scored at 2 1/8” and 5 7/8” for rim. Burnish score lines and use bone folder to break down fibers and round pieces. Press each piece flat to attach ends at overlap.
   
   

   

4. 
   Nest the pot piece in the rim piece. Attach pot to rim using mini dimensionals at center back and center front of pot.

   

5. Step 4

   Apply Tombow glue to end sections of support piece. Place rounded pot around support. Attach pot to support at front and back of pot, aligning folds at side of pot with score line on base.
   
   

   

6. Pinch base, support and pot closed and allow glue to dry completely.
   

   

7. Step 5

   Cut support pieces for flowers from Window Sheets – 1/2” x 5 1/2”, scored at 2 3/4” for vertical piece; 1/2” x 6 1/2”, scored at 1 3/4” and 4 3/4” for horizontal piece. Fold horizontal piece and attach ends with glue dots at overlap.
   
   Add 1/2” width of sticky strip to each end of folded vertical piece and attach vertical piece to inside of pot at front and back. Attach horizontal piece (at a slight angle) to inside of vertical piece using glue dots to attach at front and back, creating a 3D frame to hold up the flowers.
   

   

8. Step 6

   Fold card flat and place over an envelope. Attach flowers to Window Sheet support pieces with glue dots. Do not allow flowers to exceed limits of the envelope. Repeat on back of folded card.
   
   
   

   

9. NOTE:
   Sample shows a total of 6 flowers – each flower was created by stamping and punching two daisies (the larger of the Stampin’ Up! daisy punches). The centers are 1/2” circles punched from stamped flowers and mounted on dimensionals.

   

10. Step 7

    Place band around card base and attach greeting using a dimensional at only one side so that band can slide freely on and off base.

    

11. Step 8

    Complete the project.

    

12. The card will fold flat to fit into an A2 envelope.

    

Video!

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