Fresh Cut Flower Box Cards

I have two new shaped box cards in my shop this week… they would both be perfect for Mother’s Day!  The new Box Card Fresh Cut Flower Bundle includes these two beauiful cards which are also sold individually in my SVG Shop and the Silhouette Store.

Box Card Flower Tricycle (SVG, Silhouette)

Box Card Flower Cart (SVG, Silhouette )

I  have an assembly tutorial for the Tricycle Card here.

For the Flower Box Card, this Shaped Box Card tutorial gives general assembly instructions for my shaped box cards and will help you to piece it together.

Have a great day!

Bunny Shaker Card Tutorial

Hi everyone!  I know we are all trying to navigate through what’s going on in the world today, I hope you are all safe and well!  I am spending my time creating, it relaxes me and gives me focus in this uncertain time.  So with all that said, I have a little project to share with you.  It takes a bit of time, but I promise it’s worth the effort.  I love using Lori’s shaker card files.  She has lots, but I wanted one for Easter, so I decided to create my own.  After making several of Lori’s shakers, I’ve kind of figured out how to make my own.

I started with a this Easter Bunny Candy Wrap (SVG, Silhouette) in my Silhouette Software.  First bring up the box in the design page of your machine (box 1). Next release the compound path and ungroup.  You should be able just to select the bunny shape and bow now, (box 2 and 3).  Enlarge your bunny and bow to whatever size you need (box 4).

Now use the internal offset button and set to .145, move that little inset bunny over now from the original bunny.  On the inset bunny, now click the offset button and set to .145 and group the together.  Now your bunny perfectly matches up with the original shape (box 5).  Now keep your solid bunny shape and duplicate your outline shape 8 times (box 6).  You need 7 bunny shapes to make your shaker deep enough to fill with little sprinkles.  Now cut your shapes (box 7).  Layer 7 outline bunny shapes to the original bunny shape with liquid glue, stacking them on top of each other, box 4. Save one outline bunny to glue over the acetate.

Your stack of bunnies should be thick like below, make sure to let it dry really well (box 8).

Now for the fun part….add all your favorite little bits and glue a piece of acetate on.  Let it dry really well before trimming the acetate away.  Finish with your last bunny outline shape to make a nice finished shaker.

After my shaker was complete, I attached it with scor-tape to Lori’s 3D Stand up Easter Card (SVG, Silhouette) .  I just removed the original brown bunny and added my shaker bunny.  I used Echo Park Paper’s All Girl and I Love Sunshine papers.

Stay safe and well ~Cathy

Pop Up Box Card St. Patrick’s Jar Shaker Tutorial

Anita here with a tutorial to make Lori’s lovely cut file for the Pop Up Box Card St. Patrick’s Jar into a shaker card.  You can find the SVG file here in Lori’s shop and here in the Silhouette store.

Here is a photo of the parts of the card after I cut them out.  I cut a piece of overhead projector plastic the same size as the jar.  I used the rectangle shape tool in Silhouette to cut out the center of my green plaid jar top piece for the window.  I also cut an extra jar out of black and trimmed it even with the top of the lid so that you could see the details in the jar cover.  Those are shown glued down in this photo.

Next, I took the green dot jar piece and used foam tape to create both height and space for the shaker materials as you can see from the photo below.

I started to assemble the card which is very easy to put together. (Lori has a Pop Up Box Card Tutorial Here)   I tend to use a wet adhesive as at first it is forgiving and you can move the pieces around a bit and then it holds better than regular adhesive.  I lined up the pieces and then closed the card to make sure everything was where I wanted it.  Here are some photos of the embellished card parts. I added the transparency piece behind the plaid jar outline to create a window.  I filled my shaker with extra shamrocks from the cut file and some sequins.  After filling the jar, I peeled the adhesive from the foam tape and placed the jar with the window on top.   I love how festive it is.

Lastly here is a photo of the card when it is closed.  Lori has many wonderful St. Patrick’s Day files which you can whip up quickly to brighten someone’s day.  Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Hugs,

Anita

Shaped Box Cards 101

The shaped box cards in Lori’s shop are so fun, and look complicated, but they are really easy to assemble.  For each card, there are basically 3 steps to assemble:

  1. Add embellishments to the inserts and outer box.
  2. Form the box
  3. Add the inserts.

It really is this simple!  Let’s look at each of these steps a bit closer.

Add Embellishments to Inserts and Outer Box

I find that it’s easiest to add the embellishments to a box card before assembling the whole card.  When you open a file from Lori, she has grouped the embellishment pieces with their corresponding bases.  Take a look at a few different files:

The first file shown here is the new Rainbow Box Card (SVG, Silhouette).  As you can see, the pieces are grouped together so you can see which embellishment pieces go with which base pieces.  The second card is the Box Card 6 Pack Bottles (SVG, Silhouette). The decorative panels are grouped with their corresponding layers here as well.  Number 3 is the Mason Jar Bouquet Box Card (SVG, Silhouette).  You can see the jar lids are nearby the jar piece and the flowers that go on the inserts are together with their corresponding inserts.  If you need more help with the placement, I recommend printing the picture of the completed card and using that as a guide as well.  Lori’s SVG files all come with a picture of the completed file.  In Silhouette, you can view a larger picture in the library by clicking on the “square” below the file’s picture in your library.

When you click on it you get a larger picture of the completed card.

Once you have all of your pieces glued, it’s time to build your card.

Form the Box

Each file comes with a piece or pieces to make a box shape that is the base of the card.  Some cards have 2 pieces that make up the box, usually so you can have a larger card and remain within the cutting size restrictions of your machine (12×12).  Take a look at the pictures below.  I have labeled the pieces that make up the box shape and the inserts.  For the rainbow file, the “box” is formed by connecting the Back, pink piece with the front clouds piece.  For the 6-Pack, the “box” is the case is an actual box that holds the bottles and for the last card, the “box” is formed from the mason jars.

Regardless of the shape, they are all glued together to make a box shape.  To make that box shape, glue the pieces of the box together first if there is more than one piece.  Tabs go on the “inside”  then fold it into a square shape, gluing together using the remaining tab.

Add Inserts

The final step in assembling a shaped box card is to add the inserts.  Some shaped box cards have only one insert, some have 2-3.  If the order isn’t immediately apparent, Lori has numbered the inserts.  Number 1 would be inserted closest to the front, and number 3 closest to the back.

If an insert does not have “tabs” that means it is glued to the inside front of the card.  For instance look at the Mason Jar Card…

On the bottom right, you see the insert labeled 1.  This has no tabs, so it would be glued directly to the inside of the front of the box shape.  For inserts with tabs, you simple fold all the tabs (for all inserts, you want the tabs folded in the same direction.  I always fold them “back”.  To add them, insert them into the box shape, making sure the insert is aligned with the box base and press the tabs to the sides of the box to secure.

That is really all it takes to assemble a shaped box card!  I’ve cut and assembled the Rainbow Box Card below so you can see the steps in action.

I started by cutting my pieces (including the print and cut sentiment) and adding the embellishments to their corresponding layers.

Next I formed the box by gluing the tabs on the back most piece to the front piece with the clouds.

Once my box was formed, I folded the tabs on the inserts and added adhesive to the tabs.  I like to start with the back most insert.  I placed it into the “box” I formed, aligned the tabs with the bottom and against the back of the box, and pressed to secure.

I repeated that process with the last insert.  Here’s a picture from top so you can see how I aligned the tabs.

That’s it!  Here is the completed card.

I hope this made you want to try a shaped box card!  They really are relatively simple, but make such a huge impact!  That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

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New Shadowbox Cards!

There’s a new style card in the shop this week… the Shadowbox Front Flap Cards!  They’re so cute on the cover, then open them up and there is a whole new surprise!  There are currently 5 different versions in my SVG Shop and in the Silhouette Store… Take a peek…

Shadowbox Card Front Flap Birthday (SVG, Silhouette)

Shadowbox Card Front Flap Cat (SVG, Silhouette)

Shadowbox Card Front Flap Easter (SVG, Silhouette)

Shadowbox Card Front Flap Hedgehog (SVG, Silhouette (coming soon))

Shadowbox Card Front Flap St. Patrick’s (SVG, Silhouette)

I have a video for these cards on my YouTube Channel here.

If you make any of these, be sure to tag Lori Whitlock on Facebook and Instagram!  I’d love to see your creations!

Have a great day!