Happy Labor Day! Hopefully, you have the day off to enjoy something you love. Today, I’m sharing a card I made for a friend’s birthday. She loves to sew, so this card is perfect for her. With its print-and-cut elements and simple assembly, this versatile design made for a great birthday card. You can find the files linked here (SVG, Silhouette). I used papers from the Strawberry Fields collections by Echo Park Paper.
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Brandie
Hey, crafty friends! Ready to say goodbye to summer? The little signs of Fall popping up in stores have me excited for cooler days, pumpkins, and seasonal crafting. For today’s tutorial, I worked with the Acorn box card (SVG, Silhouette).
This box card features two insets, two acorn covers, and a flower cluster on the front. I began by adding ink to most of the elements to give them dimension. The large flowers have two main layers plus a center, while the smaller flowers have one layer and a center. For several flowers, I swapped the paper centers for enamel dots or brads. The suggested placement for the small flowers works well, but if I could, I’d move the small orange flower out and up along the green stem. Once assembled, the acorn stem covers it.
The main body of the box card is a simple box with two acorn covers and two small, patterned paper covers. Each acorn has three layers: one for the body and two for the cap. The score lines are folded into mountain folds, with the acorns attached to the long sides of the box and the patterned papers on the short sides. For the inserts, I folded the score lines as valley folds. I flipped the card base over, added glue to the back of the tab on the purple flower insert, and lined it up with the top of the box and the score line. I repeated the process for the second insert, aligning it with the top of the box and the back of the first insert. Then I flipped the inserts back over, glued the back side of the tabs, and closed the card base over them, making sure everything was aligned. Finally, I glued the box tab and closed the card, carefully lining up all the edges.
With the acorn box, I attached the orange flower cluster to the front of the box. I also added a “Hello” sticker and a small acorn sticker from my stash of supplies.
Happy Monday!! It’s almost strawberry picking time so what a better way to celebrate that then with a strawberry card?! I made the Box Card Envelope Strawberries card found here: (SVG, Silhouette)
I used paper designed by Lori Whitlock and Echo Park called Strawberry Fields found HERE.
I used the swiss dots embossing folder on my berries and some enamel dots on some of the flowers.
I also used a tag from the Strawberry Fields Frames and Tags found HERE for my sentiment/greeting.
Hope you enjoyed this card and happy strawberry harvest!
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Once all the inserts were secured on the left side, I folded them over and applied glue to the back of each tab. Then, I folded the flowerpot over the glued tabs and added glue to the flowerpot tab before closing it. I also added two strips of gingham paper to form the flowerpot’s rim, adhering them neatly to both the front and back of the card.
Lastly, I adhered the sentiment and the final flower to the front of the flowerpot.
