With Colette’s simple instructions, this classic Christmas robin card is a doddle to make.

What you need...

• Dies, circles
  Patterned paper
  Cardstock, various colours
  Stickers: alphabet, snowflake
  Punch, small circle
  Gel pen, white
  Gems, clear
  Adhesives: 3D foam pads, double-sided tape, glue
  Die-cutting machine

instructions

1. Robin Card - 1 Die cut a 7cm circle of pink card and an 8.5cm circle from brown card. Punch two small circles from black cardstock.Glue the pink circle onto the brown one, overlapping the edge. Trim the excess. Snip a triangle beak from orange and two black legs.
   
   2 Fix the beak to the body with a 3D foam pad and glue the legs to the reverse. Draw a white gel pen dots on each eye, then attach. Take two white panels, 11cm x 28cm, then score and fold at 14cm to create two blanks.
   
   3 Trim two panels of spotty paper to 10cm x 13cm, then adhere inside one of the blanks. Using a pencil, lightly draw a 2cm x 5cm rectangle in the centre of the same piece. Cut along the longer sides of the rectangle and score the others. Gently push from the back to create a step.
   
   4 Erase any pencil marks. Using double-sided tape, attach the second blank to the back of the pop-up piece. Fix the robin to the step element and a sentiment below. Matt teal card on the front panel, then add sentiment and snowflake stickers. Embellish with gems.