Hello everybody! Marcia here today. I thought I would do a tutorial on this adorable popcorn box card. I made this Father’s Day Popcorn box card (SVG, Silhouette) for my Dad. I have fond memories as a child of him taking my siblings and I to the movie theater. Now that he is older, I am the one who is taking him out to the movies.
This tutorial is based on Silhouette Studio, but there are parts applicable to all different cutting machines.
After opening the file in Silhouette, you will want to ungroup all the pieces. If there is a printable sentiment, set your print registration marks in the Page Setup Menu. This lets the software detect where your cut lines should be in reference to the printed text. Ungroup the text from the shape surrounding it and move the shape to cut outside of the print registration marks. Select the printer icon to send the text to your printer. After printing, mount the paper in the upper left corner of your mat and load the mat into your Silhouette. Move the shape to cut back around the text. Now select the text and move it away from the shape to cut. Send to Silhouette to cut. Cut the rest of the pieces from whatever desired cardstock or pattern paper you like.
Before assembling the pieces together, I like to ink the edges of some pieces to make them look more dimensional. I selected a yellow and light brown here for inking my popcorn edges.
After inking, assemble the popcorn box and the card inserts. I used pop dots behind some popcorn pieces for added dimension.
Adhere the card inserts to the inside of the popcorn box, placing the popcorn insert in front of the sentiment insert. Use more pop dots to adhere the filmstrip slightly behind the sentiment.
Lori has lots more Father’s Day cards in her shop. Go take a look. Thanks so much for stopping by.
~Marcia