Pop-Up Train Birthday Card

I love making birthday cards for kids! There are so many cute Cricut cuts to use! This card is for my nephew, who just turned two. I realized after I put it together that my cake has three candles on it - oops!

My train is cut at 3" from Create a Critter. The cut contains the engine and the flat car, so I cut it twice to get two flat cars, using my Gypsy to hide the engine on the second cut. I cut the "2" from Nate's ABCs at 1". The snake is cut at 2 1/2" from Create a Critter.

The present is cut at 2" from Create a Critter.

I used Everyday Pop-Up Cards to cut my cake at 2 1/4".

To make my banner, I die cut it with my Papertrey Ink Double-Ended Banner die, but then trimmed it to make it fit my sentiment. I stamped it with a polka-dot background and sentiment from the Ribbon Tails stamp set, added an eyelet and some twine, and used glue dots to adhere it to my card.

I thought my nephew would love a pop-up train inside his card, so I tried out one from the Pop-Up Neighborhood cartridge. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that they layers match up perfectly on this cartridge (not the case for the pop-ups on the Everyday Pop-Up cartridge). I cut everything at 2".

Here's a bird's eye view to see how the pop-up adheres to the card.

Recipe:

9 1/4" x 8" Papertrey Ink Harvest Gold Cardstock, scored at 4"

9" x 3 3/4" Papertrey Ink Royal Velvet Cardstock

8 3/4" x 3 1/2" Papertrey Ink Kraft Cardstock

Papertrey Ink 2009 Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper

Core'dinations Textured Cardstock

Echo Park "A Walk in the Park" Patterned Paper

Papertrey Ink "Ribbon Tails" Stamp Set & Double-Ended Banner Die

Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise & Dark Chocolate Ink

Papertrey Ink Rustic Jute Button Twine

Cuttlebug Divine Swirls Embossing Folder

Versa Magic Jumbo Java Chalk Ink

Jolee's Bling

Recollections Eyelet

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen

Michael's Googly Eye