Graphic 45 Floral Shoppe Pop Up Cards

Graphic 45 Floral Shoppe Pop Up Cards

Hello and welcome to another edition of Graphic 45 projects and inspiration! (I just love making a grand entrance! LOL) But all kidding aside, I have a full step-by-step tutorial on these beautiful Graphic 45 Cards using the Floral Shoppe 8×8 Collection, the Floral Shoppe Chipboard pieces, the flower and leaves dies from the Graphic 45 Large Tag, ATC Tag and Flower Dies, and the clock die from the Graphic 45 Square Tag and Clock dies.  And friends… these are pop-up cards!

I know these look a bit complex, but don’t be intimidated.  We are going to take a step-by-step process, and you too will be able to make these beautiful pop-up cards in no time.

First let me mention the flowers. For the flowers I used the Graphic 45 flower dies and papers from the Flower Shoppe collection.  I also used a few scrap pieces that were left from a different project (from the Imagine collection).

For the full look you’ll be using five flowers and a handful of flourishes and leaves. Don’t be afraid to add a coordinating color into the mix.

On the front of both cards, you’ll notice that I used a singular Rose from the Graphic 45 Rose Bouquet Collection.

Tip: Do all of your die-cutting first.  This includes your leaves, flourishes and flowers.  Your project will go a lot faster if you have all of your pieces ready for use.

Tip: You’ll also want to glue and assemble your clock before you begin building your pop up card.  This way your clock will be ready when it’s time to add it as a topper.

Graphic 45 Pop-up Card Supply List

For this tutorial I’ve used the following:

• Graphic 45 Floral Shoppe 8×8 Paper Pad
• Graphic 45 Floral Shoppe Chipboard Pieces
• Graphic 45 flower and leaves dies from the Large Tag, ATC Tag and Flower Dies set
• Graphic 45 clock dies from the Square Tag and Clock Dies set
• Graphic 45 Rose from the Rose Bouquet Collection
• Graphic 45 ColorBox Decades
• Some left over scraps from the Graphic 45 Imagine collection went to making some of the flowers.
• 2 Pieces of 12×12 White Card Stock
• Scoring Board
• Paper Trimmer
• A good pair of paper crafting scissors
• Artist Glitter Glue (doesn’t have glitter it’s just named this way)
• Scor-tape
• Die-cutting machine
• Flourishes

Measurements & Cut List

• Four pieces cut at 6 1/2″ by 4 1/2″
• Hold your pieces horizontally and score at 3″

• Hold your pieces vertically and score at 4″ (ensure that all pieces are facing in the same direction)

• The top portion of your card measures 3″ and bottom portion measures 3 1/2″
• Hold your pieces with the 3″ measurement on top. Cut off the vertical score mark until it meets the horizontal score mark.

• From your Graphic 45 Floral Shoppe paper, cut 4 pieces at 3 3/8″ by 3 7/8″ (these will be glued at the bottom half of your card.)
• From your Graphic 45 Floral Shoppe paper, cut four coordinating pieces at 2 7/8″ by 3 7/8″ (these will be glued at the top half, 3 where the flaps open, and one on the back.)
• Cut four strips of white card stock at 5″ by 3/4″.  Score both ends of these strips at 1/2″.

Tip: Create a full flowering effect by using four holding strips (instead of the usual three). Stagger your flowers, then fill in the empty spaces with your leaves and flourishes die-cuts.

Tip: When gluing your strips make sure you get them as straight as possible and leave about a half inch space in between each strip.

The Tutorial

I’ve put together a full step by step, easy to follow video tutorial for you. Save this tutorial to your playlist. Bookmark this page. Once you make one of these beautiful pop-up cards, you’re going to want to continue making more!

Happy Crafting!