Product Description:

We are so excited to introduce our first of two 2025 Christmas/ Winter Holiday product lines this October. This posting here is for our Caboose Pop Up Metal Craft Die Set, which can be used to create a fun 3D caboose to be added to the back of our brand new Polar Express Train Pop up(sold separately). The set gives you the main caboose and the layering details like the framing, the wheel bases and even the small pop up mechanism that allows you to glue two cabooses back to back to create a 3D structure that will stand up independently, while still also folding down flat in order to fit into an A7 (5x7 inch) sized envelope. This set here also includes a beautiful display of gifts and packages (complete with package bows and accessories like a lollipop, a candy cane, and even an adorable little teddy bear etc). You can layer all these packages up and paper piece them with your favorite color combinations. These cabooses are extra neat if used as party decor, table settings, name place holders etc.

This die set also includes a pretty cursive “Merry Christmas” word die that is perfectly sized to decorate the caboose. This die set is a nice size and includes many cool details and accessories to give you a great foundation for your Christmas train projects, but the packages and gifts can also be used individually and not just as part of the larger display of gifts. You can also easily add a small whole to the top of the caboose and string them up as small ornaments for your Christmas tree or as eye candy on your gift packages and present bags.

This Metal Craft Die can be combined with any other products/ images from our latest Polar Express Christmas Train collection, which released in October 2025 and that are sold separately.

We will be sharing technique tutorials and many beautiful train/ caboose pop up cards, tunnel shadow box cards and other gorgeous 3D card design samples on our YouTube channel and our design team is also ready to create some fabulous pop ups, trifolds and other interactive cards this year- so please keep your eye open on our social media and on our “Scrappy Tails Crafters” Facebook fan page. 

Directions for metal craft die use:

1. Gently remove the metal craft die from it’s packaging
2. Using your favorite die-cutting machine, lay a piece of strong card-stock facing the sharp edges of the die and run the required “plate sandwich” through your machine (please note that different machines use different die-cutting sandwiches)
3. These dies are thin steel dies and they work in most available manual and automatic die cutting machines, such as your Vagabond, Cuttlebug, Gemini, Gemini junior, Spellbinder’s Platinum, Big Kick, Big Shot etc.
4. Dies work on different thin materials, including paper, cardstock, specialty foiled or glitter papers
5. Share your beautiful projects with us at #scrappytailscrafts

For inspiration and technique tutorials, please visit our social media channels on YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook.