Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine’s Day Cards

Everyone loves a pop-up card. EVERYONE. If you meet someone who doesn’t love a pop-up card …then don’t trust ’em. Consider yourself warned!

Now, if you’re  reading this tutorial, there’s good chance you hopped over from our weekly Damask Live show on Facebook! Every Thursday at 2:30PM we go live to show you an awesome craft that you can easily make at home. Today, we crafted up some super simple pop-up valentine’s day cards, featuring everyone’s favorite motif – conversation hearts!

With every Damask Live show comes a blog post, breaking down the steps with a photo tutorial, because we want this to be SUPER easy for you! You can also rewatch the show if you want to refresh your memory!


Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

For this project, you need:

  • A cutting mat
  • A ruler
  • a 1/2″ strip of cardstock – this will be used as a guide for our pop-up card
  • Two 5×7″ cards made from plain white cardstock
  • a pencil
  • pastel heart shapes – I cut mine out on the Cricut Maker
  • a craft knife or scissors
  • a glue stick or a tape runner
  • Conversation heart saying cut from red glitter iron-on material

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Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

STEP ONE:

Use an iron or the Cricut Easy Press to adhere the iron-on words to each of the pastel hearts

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

STEP TWO:

Use the ruler and the lines on your cutting mat to draw three lines on the card. The lines should be 1″, 1.5″ and 2″ up from the fold of the card

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

STEP THREE: 

Use the 1/2″ strip of paper as a guide to draw three strips. Starting at each of the lines you previously drew, draw three strips as shown

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

STEP FOUR:

Use scissors or a craft knife to cut each of the slit in your pop up card, fold them inward as shown.

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

STEP FIVE: 

All you have to do now is adhere your hearts onto the folded slits and decorate the inside of your card with more hearts!

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

Easy DIY Pop-Up Valentine's Day Cards

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About Amber

Hey, I’m Amber Kemp-Gerstel - the crafty brain behind Damask Love, where creativity, color, and a little chaos come together. I’m a suburban mom of two, known for turning up the volume on everyday DIYs and showing up like your colorful, crafty BFF. Over the years, I’ve gone from psychologist to full-time content creator, TV host, and brand partner, with appearances on Making It, Today, and HGTV. When I’m not making stuff or on set, I’m chasing around my two boys, Markus and Maxwell, and laughing my way through the mess.

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34 Comments

  1. 2.8.18
    Wendy J Cahoon said:

    Amber, I love your energy and enthusiasm! Will defiantly try these pop up cards! Thank you!

  2. 2.8.18
    Janet said:

    Love your video on the pop up card. I can’t wait to try it.

  3. 2.8.18
    Cecilia Mcculloch said:

    Love love you!’your energy is over whelming. I will try and make these for my grandchildren. Thank you

  4. 2.8.18
    Jerie M Mcclain said:

    What size did yiu cut the hearts?

  5. 2.9.18
    Dianne Dunn said:

    I needed to do a red design on a paper bag for my granddaughter to use for a gift . The only red I had was iron on. I remembered you saying in your demo that you could use iron on on paper, so I was able to complete the design on the bag for her. Thank you for you saying this statement. I would never have thought to do this.

  6. 2.9.18
    Lin M. said:

    Thank you so much for posting the video here on your blog! This is a really fun card! I enjoyed watching you make it. I have made pop-up cards a couple of times but your technique makes it really easy!

  7. 2.11.20
    Carmen said:

    I love the card, is very cute and most of all, easy to make. Thank you for the tutorial.

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    Oh my goodness! This is the cutest card EVER! Every year these were our girls favorite candies on Valentine’s Day. And now that’s what I give my 4 little grands & our Mommas & Daddies. Just a funny little thing. Now I have to make one! Thank you.

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