Timid Tiger Pop-up Birthday Card
Welcome to week five of our Art With Heart 2025-26 Colour Creations Insta hop!
For the first five weeks of our AWH Colour Creations Insta Hop we are introducing the five new 2025-26 In Colors in alphabetical order and this week we are showcasing the final of the new InColors, Timid Tiger.
Here’s a graphic I created to show how Timid Tiger compares to the other oranges, peaches and yellows in the Stampin’ Up! range.
With a name as delightful as Timid Tiger, I couldn’t resist taking this colour very literally and making an interactive pop-up Timid Tiger birthday card.
Here is a closer look at the front of the card…
With the belly band on, holding the card closed…
And the surprise pop-up tiger inside the card!
How to make a pop-up card using dies
For my colour combination I decided to Timid Tiger with Basic Black, Basic White, Peach Pie, Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon. I love this colour combination!
I don’t own a tiger stamp so I designed this card using the dies I had on hand, making it up as I went along. These are just some of the dies I used to make the card, however you can easily substitute with other products you own for this type of project.
My tiger’s feet are die cut with two of the Everyday Arches Dies.
The tiger’s face is die cut with the large oval from the Impressions abloom Dies and the Everyday Arches Dies. The ears are two circles from the Cheers & Sips Dies and the nose is the larger heart from the Spring Corners Dies.
The tiger’s stripes are cut from Basic Black Cardstock using paper snips and the mouth and eyes are drawn using one of the new Black .04 Stampin’ Journalling Pens. Create and decorate the tiger’s face and ears before gluing it inside the card and do not adhere the ears to the face until the pop-up has been glued into place.
To make the tiger’s face pop up simply score the face down the centre (through the nose) and then score again approximately 2 cm (1 inch) in on both the left and the right side of the face.
Once these lines are scored add glue to the left and right sides of the outer score lines and adhere the tiger’s face to the inside of the card, aligning the centre of the tiger with the centre fold of the card.
Finally, adhere the ears behind the head (before the glue sets) and then add the layers of die cut foliage and grass.
The foliage and grass uses dies from the Mixed Florals Dies and the Umbrella Days Dies.
The Mini Alphabet Dies are perfect for creating custom sentiments to fit any card! Always remember to add and adhesive sheet to the back of the cardstock BEFORE die cutting the letters out. This turns the letters into repositionable stickers and eliminates the need for messy glue.
This pop-up card stands up perfectly for display.
Take a look at some more Timid Tiger inspiration on our Insta Hop!
Our blog hop is now an Instagram hop but the good news is that you don’t need to have an Instagram account to view all of the other projects!
Simply copy any of the Insta handles below into a new search window to follow the Instagram hop at any point.
Next in our Hop is Rachel P @rachelpalmieristampin. Be sure to check out her gorgeous project/s.
The full list of this week’s InstaHop are listed below:
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Rachel P @rachelpalmieristampin
Vicki @vickiboucher
Rachel W @handstamped_by_rachel
Kirsty @crafty.littlemiss
Andrea @andreaksargent
Kate @craftwithkate
Theresa @teegeeinspirations
Helen @apaperparadise
Cathy @whatcathymade – you are here!
Our AWH Colour Creations team will be back next Wednesday, 11th June, showcasing Azure Afternoon.
I hope you can join us then!