12 Days of Christmas Cards - Day 10 - Pop up Box card

Hi Crafters 

Here we are on day 10 of 12 Days of Christmas. 
Today we have a popular pop up box card finished with a Christmas scene.

Normally this card can be quite time consuming and I would not be recommended it for bulk makes, but if you get organised you could make a bunch of them in an afternoon.

Day 10 The Pop-up Box Card

For this card you will need

1 sheet of A4 card stock white 
Mirra card or and white card for die cutting
Tree dies, I have a set of 3 basic fir trees and a Christmas word shaped tree.
Polar bear die or if you have a village scene die you could use that for the front border

From the sheet of A4 card cut a width of 4.5" 
On the long side score 2" 5.5" 7.5" 11" 
Turn and score at 2"
With the 2" at the top and 2.5" on the base of the card, cut off the small 1/2" side tab from the 2.5" score line to the top
The bottom part of this tab will be used to secure the box base.
Then cut along the score lines from the 2.5" line to the top of the card to form the flaps try to cut either side of the score line to the centre to form fine v cuts, as this will make them sit tidily
Next cut an 1" strip from the remaining A4 card and from this cut 2 pieces 4 7/8" long, score 5/8" either end of the 2 pieces 
Burnish the score lines on the main card, and form an oblong box, glue the short flap to the inside of card.
with the two cut strips fold over the scored ends and glue on the outside of the flaps attach to the main box. The first one sits just under the top line and butted up to the back of the box. The second piece sits at the same height and butts up to the first strip. This forms 2 parallel lines across the width of the base box 
Next cut some trees from any white card or silver card and using foam pads stick the trees to the cardboard struts across your box. I have used white and silver for the trees with the word tree in white and the family of polar bears in white card. The bears I have attached to the inside of the front of the box. 
The flaps can be layered with mirra card or Christmas patterned card  and decorated with greetings or left plain to write your message 
Once you have made the basic Pop Up box card you can use any embellishment to decorate your card 
here are some I did earlier 

  
  I have used coloured card and and gold snowflakes or wreaths and heart baubles to decorate the other cards. For birthdays I use card toppers and flowers 

To make in numbers 
First cut out your decorations placing them in groups that are colour coordinated and themed 
Next cut all you blank box bases and score them ready to put together 
Cut your struts and score the ends 
Put the boxes together and glue on the struts 
While the glue is drying start placing your decorations along the struts to find the right layout for you.
Then add the dimensional foam tabs and place on the card
once you have done this you will see if you want to layer the flaps and add greeting or decorations
I often place a small bell or topper to the side flaps and place a piece of plain card to the front flap for the sender to write their greeting
Happy Crafting 
See you soon with Day 11
Dee