Category: Card Making

St. Patrick’s Day Cards

 Spring is almost here and Saint Patrick’s Day is just around the corner too. Lori designed the cutest collection for Echo Park Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.  Just so fun and filled with the sweetest prints and little leprechauns!  I used this collection to make both of the cards that I am sharing with you today.

First is Lori’s French Door Easel Card – St Patrick or here in the Silhouette Online Design Store.  I had never tried one of these French door cards before, super fun and lots of files to choose from.  I, of course, swapped out the leprechaun for a sticker in the collection that I loved.  These cards are fast and easy to put together. Just another fun way to display a handmade card.

And next, a box card, which is my favorite along with the envelope cards.  This is Lori’s Box Card Gnome Shamrock or here in the Silhouette Online Design Store.  Again, I removed the gnome and replaced it with the cute little leprechaun sticker and some other fun bits from the Echo Park collection.  He’s just so cute standing in his field of shamrocks.

 

Wishing you all a very lucky day!

~Cathy

5X7 Insert Card Bunny 4

Today I’m sharing a new Bunny insert card.  There are several new designs to choose from in the shop. Insert Bunny Card (SVG, Silhouette-coming soon). Insert Card Bundle (SVG).

Some of these cards take only 2 pieces of paper, and they are very quick to put together.

 

Hope you enjoy these new cards.

Ashley

Valentine Gift Set SVG Files

Hello crafters! Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and this past Tuesday was National Pie Day, so … I found a little inspiration for today’s project by combining the two! I created a cute cherry-themed card and a pie-shaped gift box using a couple of Lori’s fun cutting files.Valentine's Day Cherry Card & Gift Box Tutorial

These would make the “sweetest” gift. You could fill the box with candy, a gift certificate, jewelry, a small toy, money, love notes, or clues to a treasure hunt.

First, here’s how I made the pie slice box …

Valentine's Day Cherry Pie Gift Box Tutorial

I used the cutting file called 3D Cherry Pie Slice (SVG, Silhouette). I cut out all of my pieces and then folded them along the score lines. The small notches on the pieces allow the shapes to bend easily to create the pie’s shape. I chose a red paper with hearts (Bella Blvd’s Bestie Hearts & Ombre in McIntosh).

Valentine's Day Cherry Pie Gift Box Tutorial

I used a liquid glue to adhere the red “cherry” portion of the pie-shaped box together. Then, I added a base inside made out of Bazzill Kraft card stock.

Valentine's Day Cherry Pie Gift Box Tutorial

For the lid, I repeated the process that I did for the base. Then, I layered the red “cherry” filling piece, the kraft lattice piece, and finally … the scalloped crust piece. I used a piece of foam tape under that for some dimension. I added the cute cherry and some lime twine and the box was complete!

Next up, is the cherry card …

Valentine's Day Cherry Themed Card and Pie Gift Box Tutorial

For this one, I used the cutting file called Pop Up Box Card Valentine Cherry (SVG, Silhouette). I cut out my pieces and layered all of the pattern pieces before assembling the card. I used Bazzill Kraft card stock, white card stock, and a cherry-patterned paper from Doodlebug’s Bar-B-Cute Collection.

Valentine's Day Cherry Card Tutorial

As you can see above … the band of the card attaches to the left and right sides only, leaving the center of the band free of adhesive. This allows the card to fold and pop open easily.

Valentine's Day Cherry Card Tutorial

Next, I glued the two remaining pop-up elements inside the band as shown above. I used a cute red polka dot paper from Doodlebug’s petite print dot & stripe for the hearts.

Valentine's Day Cherry Card & Cherry Pie Gift Box Tutorial

And … they’re done! My cute cherry-themed Valentine’s Day card and Cherry Pie Slice Gift Box are ready for gifting. Well, that was easy! I just love Lori’s cutting files.

 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope these inspire your next Valentine’s Day craft project. Have a great day!

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Valentine Truck Box Card Tutorial

Hi friends! Today I am sharing an assembly tutorial for the Boc Card Valentine Truck Back End (SVG, Silhouette). I used 80lbs cardstock and a few designer papers from the Little Ladybug collection by Echo Park Paper Co. This cut file does have a lot of small pieces but totally manageable with a fine-tip glue bottle.

First, I assembled all of the decorative elements. The back of the cab of the truck has a border for the window and two rear-view mirrors. The tailgate has three layers. A foundation, a decorative layer, and the XOXO layer. It also has two taillights with two layers, a bumper, and a license plate with two layers. All of the hearts are for the inside insert of the box card. For the card base, I flipped the card over, folded all the scored lines as valley folds, and glued the black tires into place.

With the card base open I glued the back of the cab onto the inside of the card base. Then folded the score lines on the insert as valley folds and added glue to the tabs. I lined up the tab on the right next to the score line on the inside of the card base. Then folded over the left side of the card base on top of the glue on the left tab of the insert making sure everything was level and flat while folded down. I added glue to the tab on the card base and folded the right side of the card base down on the glue making sure it was lined up with the score line.

Now with the card folded flat, I added glue to the back/tailgate portion of the truck and added the tailgate to the box card.

Now it is ready to send to a valentine!

That’s all for me today. Thanks for stopping by!
Brandie

Strawberry Lemonade Shaker Card Cricut Tutorial

Happy New Year everyone. Thanks for checking in today. I am going to show you how to turn this already cute card (SVG, Silhouette) into a shaker card!

I want to remind everyone that I am a Cricut user and these instructions are specifically for Cricut Design Space but the idea is the same regardless of what platform you are using.

Once your SVG is uploaded, you must click on “Ungroup”. Once I clicked on ungroup, I had to select the whole image and click ungroup again. This will allow you to move the pink lemonade portion of the file.

Once I had singled out the pink lemonade, I copied it to have 4 lemonade sections.

One of these will be needed to cut the clear acetate sheet (noted by the light grey color), and one will be needed as the back lemonade portion of your card (noted by leaving it solid pink). The remaining 2 will create the frame for your shaker.

 

For the image in purple, I shrunk from the original 3.275 x 3.291 to 2.8 x 2.81 and layered it over one of the additional pink pieces. The pink will show you the size of your frame.

Once you have overlapped the pieces above (the purple and pink pieces) select both and click on “Slice”. Once you have sliced these two images together, you will need to delete some pieces.

 

You will be left with this

I also removed the sentiment, 1 because we aren’t anywhere near summer here in South Dakota and 2 because it covers the cute shaker portion. Once your screen looks like the above photo, click on “Make” and cut your pieces.

 

Once you have your pieces cut, assemble your card as you would any other shaker card.

Adhere the acetate to the pink frame and add your solid adhesive foam strips over the back of the frame (where you glued the acetate). I use ones like this:

Once the base of your card is put together, add your shaker bits (I used little lemon slices and some pink pearls) over the pink base and line up your frame on top of the shaker bits, and stick it down.

 
You should end up with an adorable little card like this! P.S. I used paper from Lori’s Echo Park line called Year In Review.
Happy Crafting!
Chelsea