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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Repeat this for the other side of the card base.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Apply 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.

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.

Now, 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.

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

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

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

Then, glue on the stems.

Now it is time to assemble our scene.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Your card is complete.

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!

Enjoy!