Halloween is just a few days away and I'm still frantically trying to get some treat boxes finished! But I'm excited to share this pumpkin shaped sliceform pop up card that we mailed to our granddaughter last week as part of her Halloween surprise package.
This sliceform pop up is designed similar to the golf sliceform pop up sphere I shared in my previous post. However, this pumpkin pop up is only about 4.5 inches tall and 4.75 inches wide; so approximately half the size of the golf pop up. It also has a lot less layers, required only 2-1/2 sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock, and was much easier to assemble.
Instead of using all white cardstock as I had for the golf sliceform pop up, I decided to use Halloween colors for the layers like the sample photo I saw on the designer's web page,
M3D Art Craft by Tran Thi Muoi. But after finishing the assembly, I realized the colored cardstock seemed to make everything look darker and it was difficult to see the details of the scene inside the pumpkin. I tried lining the edges of all the cuts inside the pumpkin with Stickles glitter glue which seemed to help a little, but not enough.
To provide the needed amount of light to illuminate the pumpkin pop up, I decided to create a paper lamp base using a free template provided on the 3D Fancy website. I placed a string of 20 LED Fairy Lights inside the base, placed the pumpkin on top of it, and was very pleased that everything got a lot brighter.
The sliceform pumpkin flattened nicely to fit in an envelope but since the lamp base is not collapsible it had to be placed in a separate box. I included a sheet with simple instructions so our 7 year old granddaughter can easily set it up for display.
I'm finding these sliceform pop ups are challenging and fun to cut and assemble. They are available in different shapes and sizes and I'm looking forward to giving a few of these a try.
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