Project

Pop-Up Card for Mother's Day

Show your affection with a heartfelt, handmade Mother's Day card featuring everlasting flowers.

Photography: Raymond Hom

Source: Martha Stewart

Introduction

For moms near and far, this gorgeous greeting card makes for a special flower delivery. A flat card blooms into a three-dimensional arrangement that's much more unexpected than a vase of roses. It looks intricate but takes only some snippets of paper and cleverly placed tape to create. This project may seem complicated at first glance, but once you follow the instructions here, you'll realize just how easy it is to re-create.

Watch the Pop-Up Mother's Day Card Video

materials

Text-weight paper

Glue stick

Double-sided tape

Card stock

Petal Template

steps

Cut seven 4-inch squares of paper in desired colors. Fold a square into quarters. Fold down 1 flap diagonally; flip the square of paper over and fold down the other flap, forming a triangle as shown. Print petal template; trace it onto the triangle, and cut out. Unfold, and cut 1 petal from flower; close gap by overlapping petals on either side and securing with glue stick. Repeat with other squares.
Attach pieces of double-sided tape to petals, as indicated by dots. Start sticking flowers to one another: Flowers B and C each overlap a petal with A; then flower D goes on top, completely overlapping A.
Attach flowers E and F to the stack to overlap B and C.
Attach G to the top, overlapping D. Cut out some freehand leaves from green paper, place double-sided tape on the bottom, and attach them to the flowers.
Cut a piece of card stock into a 10-by-6-inch rectangle, and fold in half to form a card. Place the folded flower stack inside of the opened card as shown. Place a piece of double-sided tape as shown; close card, and press firmly to adhere. Open card and repeat, attaching the other side of the flower stack to the inside of the card.