Adorable Fall Diorama Cards

LEARN TO MAKE ADORABLE DIORAMA CARDS FOR FALL USING YOUR CRICUT CUTTING MACHINE

Okay! I have to admit… this card is just so darn cute. It is such a happy little scene tucked into a cool card design.

Now, I knew I wanted to make this style card but I didn't know what kind of scene I was going to create yet.

Well, I ordered a cardstock pack full of fall colors from Amazon and, when it arrived, I honestly fell in love with the little scene that was pictured on the front!

I thought it would not only be perfect for the diorama card I wanted to make but all the colors I use in the tutorial are in the pack of cardstock!

So, I fired up my vector design software and drew out my own version of this scene for you to enjoy in this adorable card along with a cute sentiment and other layers.

LOVE IT!

The card base can fold relatively flat for mailing with the envelope that I include in the download or you can leave it as is and place in one of my envelope boxes. Up to you!

In this tutorial, I’ll give you my step by step instructions and tell you what materials I think work best when making this project.

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FALL DIORAMA CARD – MATERIALS LIST

Fall Diorama Card

Fall Diorama Card

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Active Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy

This tutorial will show you how to create a detailed fall scene in a fun pop up card!

Materials

  • My Fall Diorama Card SVG Cut File
  • White Cardstock
  • Cardstock in your choice of fall colors.
  • Glue or adhesive

Tools

  • A way to cut out your cardstock. I am using my FABULOUS Cricut Maker!
  • Cricut LightGrip Cutting Mat (blue) or StandardGrip Cutting Mat (green)
  • Cricut Scoring Wheel or Stylus
  • Cricut Brayer
  • Cricut Scraper
  • Cricut Tweezers (optional but so helpful!)

Instructions

STEP 1 - DOWNLOAD THE SVG CUT FILE

Download the SVG Cut file for the Fall Diorama Card (#92) from The File Vault. Get access by joining the club.

STEP 2 - UPLOAD THE SVG FILE TO CRICUT DESIGN SPACE

If you aren't familiar with uploading SVG files into Design Space, take a look at my quick and easy tutorial here. Using your smartphone? Click here for my step-by-step guide on uploading SVG files with the Cricut App.

STEP 3 - UNGROUP CARD LAYERS

The file will upload into Cricut Design Space grouped together. You will want to hit the UNGROUP button to separate the layers.

ungroup the design

STEP 4 - CONVERT FOLD LINES TO SCORE LINES

Scroll down the list in the LAYERS panel and find the card base. Click the fold line.

locate the card base score line

Change the fold lines to score lines by changing the OPERATION from BASIC CUT to SCORE.

change the cut line to a score line under operation

Attach the score line and the card piece by highlighting the GROUP the card layer is under and selecting the ATTACH option in lower right hand corner.

highlight the group and attach

STEP 5 - CONVERT TEXT FROM CUT TO DRAW

Scroll down the list in the LAYERS panel and find the front grass layer. Click the text.

find the text layer

Change the text by changing the OPERATION from BASIC CUT to PEN.

change from a basic cut to pen under operation

Attach the text and the card piece by highlighting the GROUP the sentiment is under and selecting the ATTACH option in lower right hand corner.

highlight the group and attach

Click the GREEN Make It Button.

click the green make it button

STEP 6 - MAKE YOUR MATERIAL SELECTIONS AND PREPARE YOUR MATS

You will see the nineteen layers for this card in the mat preview.

Click the CONTINUE button.

click continue

For this tutorial, I am using Medium Cardstock. Select your materials accordingly.

select your materials

Attach your cardstock to the Cricut StandardGrip Mat using the Cricut Brayer.

STEP 7 - LOADING YOUR MATS AND CUTTING YOUR MATERIALS

To load the mat into the machine, press the double arrows button. Do make sure that the mat is positioned under the mat guides.

to load your mat, press the flashing arrow button

You will know the machine is ready to cut your material when you see the flashing "C" button. Press that to start the cut.

to begin the cut, press the flashing "C" button

Follow Design Space prompts to change out the scoring wheel, pen, and fine point cutting blade.

Once the cut is complete, make sure to peel the mat away from the cardstock rather than the cardstock from the mat. This will prevent any curling of your design.

Repeat Step 7 for until all layers have been cut.

STEP 8 - ASSEMBLE YOUR CARD

Now that everything is cut, we can start to assemble the card.

now it is time to assemble

Begin by folding one side of the card base along the score lines. Start by having the tab face away from you and continue folding in an accordion style.

begin by folding one side of the card base in an accordian style with the first tab facing away from youyou will want to have three mountains and three valleys

Repeat this for the other side of the card base.

repeat for the other side

Once you have finished folding and burnishing the score lines, you should have three mountain folds and three valley folds on each side of the card base.

this is how your card base should look

These valley folds will be the tabs that we adhere all of our layers to.

Next, add glue or adhesive to the back of the sky layer.

add glue to the back of the sky layer

Now, with the card base facing up, attach the sky layer to the back of the card base.

adhere to the back of the card base

Start adding the grass layers to the card base in a descending fashion from largest in the back to smallest in the front.

To do this, add glue to only the left and right sides of the grass layers.

now, starting from the back, add glue to sides of the grass pieces

Place the largest grass layer on the back set of tabs.

adhere to the valleys created on the card base

Repeat this step with the medium sized grass layer on the second set of tabs. Make sure to press the sides of the card base down after every application.

repeat for the second largest grass layer

For the smallest grass layer with the sentiment on it, add glue to the sides and bottom.

for the smallest grass layer, add glue to the sides and the bottom

Apply to the bottom of the frame making sure to line up the edges.

add to the bottom of the frame making sure to line up the edges

Flip the frame over and only add glue to the left and right sides.

flip the frame over and only add glue to the sides

Apply the frame to the card base on the remaining tabs created by the accordion folds. Make sure to line up your edges and give the card a good press with your hand when done.

adhere to front of the card base making sure to line up your edges

Now, take the bridge piece and add glue to the sides.

take the bridge piece and add glue to the sides

Adhere the bridge piece at the top of the back set of tabs. These are the tabs that the largest grass section is adhered to.

place that at the top of the card on the second layer

Make sure to line up the top edge so the bridge is hidden by the frame.

make sure it is flush with the card base and frame

Now we can assemble the embellishments.

Start by adding glue to the back of the tree trunks and placing on top of the foliage.

assemble the trees by gluing the tree trunks to the leaves

Next, layer and glue the schoolhouse together. From back to front the order is black layer, red layer, cream (roof) layer.

layer the school house by placing the roof on top of the red layer and that on top of the black layer

Now, time to layer together the pumpkins. Add glue to the centers of the orange layers and add the yellow ovals on top.

assemble the pumpkins by adding the yellow ovals on top of the pumpkin bases

Then, glue on the stems.

then add the stems

Now it is time to assemble our scene.

Place and glue the pathways on their respective layers as shown.

glue down the pathways as shown

Apply glue to the bottom back of the school house and place on top of the hill.

now, add the layered school house to the back grass layer

Add glue to the bottom front of the small tree trunk and adhere into place behind the second grass layer.

Note: The tree trunks are larger at the bottom to add stability once glued into place.

apply glue to the lower front portion of the small tree and adhere behind the second grass layer

Now, add glue to the bottom front of the large tree as well as the top back edge of the foliage.

Adhere the trunk to the back of the second grass layer and the foliage to the bridge layer making sure to line up the top edges.

for the larger tree, add glue to the bottom front portion of the trunk as well as the top back portion of the leaves and adhere to the back of the second grass layer as well as the bridge piece

Add the fence pieces to the scene.

The larger fence portion should go in front of the large tree. The small fence portion should go to the right of the front path.

add your fencing

Place three dots of glue to the sky layer and layer the clouds on top. The Cricut Tweezers are great for this!

using small dots of glue, add the clouds to the sky

Now, add glue to the backs of the pumpkins and apply into place.

place your pumpkins where you would like

Finally, just as we did with the clouds, add dots of glue along the large tree foliage and any where on the ground you would like the leaves. Then, using the tweezers again, place the leaves on top of the glue.

now, add small dots of glue around the larger tree and around the ground and add the leaves

Your card is complete.

your card is complete

Write your message on the back.

and write your message on the back

You can fold it relatively flat and mail in the envelope available within the download or use one of my envelope boxes to gift this adorable card!

you can fold it relatively flat for mailing

Enjoy!

Not only will this card make a great little gift, it can also act as fall decor! I just love how it can stand up and the depth and dimension is so cute.

Post a photo in the comment section or tag your projects on social media @thebeardedhousewife using the hashtag #beardedhousewife! I’d love to see how your cards turn out!

Happy Crafting!

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  1. Love this! It was a great way to use scraps. I made the leaves out of sticker paper I had colored with markers so that there were many shades and so easy to attach. I also used a scrap of scrapbook paper with sunflowers that gave texture to the leaves.

  2. Just found your blog looking for fall cards, and wow, your work is great! I love that you take the time to go through the Cricut Design steps on each tutorial, as I always tend to get confused without!

    I signed up for your awesome library w/ password but getting 403 Forbidden when clicking any file. Any idea how I can fix this? Thanks!

    1. Hi, Cat!

      Thank you for the compliment!

      I have been running some maintenance today on the backend of my site but everything in the library is working as it should. I just checked on two devices.

      Can you clear your cache and let me know if that helps at all?

      Thanks!

      1. That worked perfectly, I was able to get into it today no problem! Thank you so much for your help, I’ve been working on this card all afternoon to send it out before Thanksgiving is upon us! It’s so cute and so charming, thank you again for making it and sharing!

  3. HOW!? How do you come up with these ideas and execute them! And so well! I love coming to your website and drooling over all these amazing things! Thank you for putting them out there so I can feel more creative!

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