We love homemade cards, when I was younger and to a degree still now, I used to make ALL birthday cards I sent myself. Recently, I have had a think about easy pop up birthday card diys!
Today we share a fun 3d Cake Card – this can also be made as pop up Wedding Cake card (as shared in my new Paper Crafts book!) and can be customised with colours and decorations to suit anyone’s interests! We have MANY greeting cards that kids can make for you to be inspired by, as well as special collection of f Pop Up Card Projects?
On to today’s Birthday Cake Pop Up Card!
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3D Birthday Card Cake – Materials
- A6 Card Stock (or a piece of A5 card folded in half)
- White paper (or paper of choice)
- Contrasting paper (or you can use pens to decorate)
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Pop Up Birthday Card Cake – How To
As per usual, we have a fantastic HOW TO video to share with you below – but first have some step by step written instructions that you may prefer! But the video does show you how quick and easy it is to make this fun and easy Pop Up Birthday Cake Card.
Note: you don’t have to use “pretty pattern paper” like I have here.. but you can also decorate the “white cake” with pens or things like washi tape. Have a look at what you have already and work with what you have got! A word of warning though… this pop up birthday card DIY is so easy, that you will want to make more and more and more… so why not make a batch and have them handy for up coming birthdays throughout the year? Make a white one, with a little bride and groom and you have the perfect Wedding Cake Card too!
Your cakes candles or cake toppers
Start with your cake toppers, as they will influence the measurements of the rest of the cake below.
Think about your cake toppers – will they be candles or a little bride and groom. Keep it simple, the result will look great and you don’t have to be an artist to create details. Cut our your candles or bride and groom and have them ready!
Prepping your card
Using your card stock as a guide, cut your A5 sheet of white paper down a little – so that when it is inside the card you have a nice frame!
Fold in half and put aside.
Measuring your cake’s tiers
Take your candles, line them up with your folded paper and roughly measure out the top of cake and the bottom of the cake.
Divide this cake space into three equal parts along the spine.
The bottom rung of the cake should be approximately half the length of the card.
Cutting your pop up cake’s tiers & pop up them out
Make 4 cuts: 2 long cuts (approx. 5cm) one medium cut (approx. 3.5cm) and one small cut (approx. 2cm)
Creating the pop ups
Make a crease along these cuts.
Fold open the paper and “reverse the crease”!
Assembling your card
Glue your paper into your cardstock. One side at a time and press down to secure.
Your basic pop up cake is FINISHED! It is now time to decorate to your hearts content.
We used pretty patterned paper to make the pop up birthday cake layers and add our candles.
Pop Up Birthday Card
Equipment
- A5 sheet of paper
- A6 Card
- Paper scraps for decorating
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Instructions
- Using your card stock as a guide, cut your A5 sheet of paper down a little – so that when it is inside the card you have a nice frame!
- Think about your cake toppers – will they be candles or a little bride and groom. Keep it simple, the result will look great and you don’t have to be an artist to create details.
- When you have your toppers, line them up with your folded paper and roughly measure out the top of cake and the bottom of the cake.
- Divide this cake space into three equal parts along the
spine. - The bottom rung of the cake should be approximately half the
length of the card (in this case 5cm). - Make 4 cuts: 2 long cuts (approx. 5cm) one medium cut (approx. 3.5cm) and one small cut (approx. 2cm). Make a crease along these cuts.
- Fold open the paper and “reverse the crease”.
- Glue your paper into your cardstock. One side at a time and
press down to secure. - Your basic pop up cake is FINISHED! It is now time to decorate to your hearts content.
Video
Notes
This craft is featured in our popular Easy Paper Projects book!We are DIY Card making crazy here on Red Ted Art:
We have an amazing set of Pop Up Cards and 3d Cards for you to browse here:
If you fancy more card making ideas, don’t forget we have this great “generic” set of Cards Kids Can Make, as well as fabulous set of Valentines Day Cards for Kids to make, many of which are suitable for Birthdays, loved ones and wedding! Just take a peak and stay for a good browse!!
DIY Pop Up Cake Card for Birthdays – Video Tutorial:
For this type of craft, I really do think the video is easier to watch – and shows you how very easy it is to make these fabulous pop up birthday cards! Enjoy! This is the long video voice over version also available on YouTube.
Angela Hall says
Cards are the best way to express your feelings to someone in words which you can’t express. As Valentine’s is coming soon and I am gonna make pop up card for my boyfriend. By watching the video you shared.
eva says
very easy , beautiful card.
Red Ted Art says
Thank you!