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×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!Do you know someone who loves castles or princesses or knights and dragons, then this Easy Castle Pop-Up card is perfect for them.You can make it easily with your Cricut or other cutting machine. Or by hand if you are so inclined. The pop-up mechanism is simple enough that you could use it with cutting dies or other cut outs.This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.Table of ContentsDownload the free pattern from the Paper Glitter Glue library.Cut out the pattern pieces for the Easy Castle Pop-Up Card.Assemble the 3 main castle pieces for the inside portion of the card - the middle section and two towers.Fold the pop-up background piece along the score lines.Glue the castle middle section to the middle pop-up section on the background piece.Glue to tower pop-up strip together to construct a support rectangle for the two tower. Or see option below.To simplify the card, you can omit the tower supports and use foam tape to give dimension to the towers.Glue tower support rectangle to each side of the middle castle section if you want the towers to pop-up up.Adhere the two towers to the middle section of the castle.If using the pop-up strips for the towers, glue the bottom section of the strip to the background piece of the card.Finally, glue the pop-up card to the background piece of card stock.Decorate the front of the card with smaller castle and hills.Glue front castle decorative piece to card.Give the card to someone who will love it.The video below shows the steps to construct the Pop-Up Castle card.Also subscribe to get notifications of new videos to help you with your paper crafts.Subscribe with the form below to get the password to my free Paper Glitter Glue library. The Easy Castle Pop-Up card is design no. 141 in the December 2022 section of the library.The pattern is available in a compressed folder (also called a zipped folder) that includes both printable PDF files and SVG files. The PDF files are useful if you cut out the pattern by hand, while the SVG files work on cutting machines like the Cricut or Silhouette Cameo. If you have any trouble unzipping or extracting the files, follow these instructions from Microsoft to help you.The sizes for the background pieces are shown below:*Important: The purple background piece is not in the design because it's so much easier to cut out without a machine. Just use a 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of card stock and fold it in half. That's it.To make sure my designs import into Cricut Design Space properly, I include a one inch square (2.54 x 2.54 cm) on each design. Delete that square when you know it imported at the correct size.I used 65# card stock (176gsm). To cut it out on my Cricut Maker, I used the Cardstock for Intricate designs.Glue the stone overlay to the main castle piece, then glue on the windows and the drawbridge. Do the same with each of the towers. If you like, use a contrasting color for the top of the towers. Glue on the flags as well.Also make the pathway by gluing the stone overlay on top of the background path.To do this, I use my ruler to help me fold along the score lines. Three of the lines are valley folds - that means that the fold away from you. The only mountain fold is the fold that brings the castle forward.The ruler helps you isolate the fold so you don't inadvertently fold the wrong lines. This is easier to see on the video.After you have the pop-up mechanism folds done, you can glue the main castle piece to the pop-up up.When I glue the castle in place, I move it just slightly above the fold line so there is not a lot of bulk at the fold line.Glue the "lawn" and pathway in place before you add the towers.The support strip needs to fold flat. First fold along all the score lines so it makes a rectangle. The easiest way to make sure it lays flat is to apply glue to the short glue tab you see in the photo above. Then fold it flat to let the glue dry.Adding the pop-up towers is a little fiddly. So if you want to simplify the card, just use foam tape to adhere the towers to the main part of the castle. *** BUT the important thing to remember is to move the towers slightly upward on the main part of the castle so the towers don't interfere with folding mechanism.Flatten the pop-up strip rectangle and apply glue to the back and the lower portion where it adheres to castle and to the card as well.In the video, I suggested that it might work better to adhere the tower to the strip before you glue it on, but I don't think that works quite as well.If your strip doesn't adhere in the perfect place, then you can just take it off.Do make sure that the bottom piece adheres well before you glue the towers in place.Glue the towers to the pop-up strips. When you apply the tower to the strip, move it up ever so slightly so it doesn't interfere with the fold line. Again, that reduces the bulk in the fold so that the card pop ups better.Make sure that the pop-up strip is fully adhered before you glue the tower in place.Glue the clouds on after you have the towers attached.Apply glue to the back part of the card so you can adhere it to the larger purple background piece.Glue the top part of the card first. Center it on the purple background piece. Make sure it fits in the folded crease line on the purple background piece.Glue the bottom half to the purple background piece. Sometimes you realize it wasn't centered as well as you hoped. Just move it to make sure it is centered correctly.It's pretty obvious how to layer these pieces. However, I suggest that you glue the hills together first, then place the pathway before you glue the little card stock castle down. The pathway kind of determines where the castle fits.Center the small front castle on the front of the card.You know, people who love medieval castles, princesses, dragons, knights and so on - most everyone really.Pin to your favorite Pinterest board so you remember where you found this cool castle card. And then make it and share a photo with me. I love to see your projects.Just email me at [email&nbsp;protected] so I can answer any questions you have about making this card. Or suggestions for future projects.Thank you for reading.« 2022 Miniature Christmas House ContestHow to Take Better Photos of Your Crafts with Your Phone »Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!Hi Lucy!I just found you at Cricut Craftfest and have been excited by your projects that you so willingly share with everyone. Your castle card is adorable. Thank you so much for your kindness. Working on these projects is cathartic and calming for me.ReplyHi Lucy! See I told you that you'd do Great on your Presentation! I Love it ❤️ and can't wait to make the Castle Card Myself!Your Crafty BFF!ReplyI'm Lucy - the crafter behind Paper Glitter Glue. I just love to make things - mostly from paper or cardboard. I hope to inspire you to make fun stuff too. So look around and find something to MAKE. You can read more about me&nbsp;here.You are welcome to link to PaperGlitterGlue.com or use a single image with a brief description and a link back to any post. Do not republish any post. That's not allowed. But I do like it when you share my photos to Pinterest.Amazon Associates DisclosureLucy Foxworth of PaperGlitterGlue.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. So as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you.

×Be sure to Pin to your Favorite Pinterest Board!Do you know someone who loves castles or princesses or knights and dragons, then this Easy Castle Pop-Up card is perfect for them.You can make it easily with your Cricut or other cutting machine. Or by hand if you are so inclined. The pop-up mechanism is simple enough that you could use it with cutting dies or other cut outs.This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.Table of ContentsDownload the free pattern from the Paper Glitter Glue library.Cut out the pattern pieces for the...

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