Easy Envelope Boxes

LEARN HOW TO MAKE EASY ENVELOPE BOXES FOR YOUR CARDS OR SMALL GIFTS USING YOUR CRICUT CUTTING MACHINE!

Since I have started making more dimensional cards for everyone, I have found that I needed to add boxes to accommodate them.

Instead of including them to each of my tutorials, I figured I would create a tutorial on it's own that I could refer to when making my fun pop-up and more bulky cards.

Now, I know this isn't the most EXCITING tutorial but it really is important. We spend so much time creating these beautiful cards that you should have something to gift it properly!

Within the download, there are two styles of envelope boxes – flip top and box style. Each style has a 5×7, 5×5, and 6×6 size.

I didn't include a size for the cards I make on my Cricut Joy because those tend to fit just right in a regular envelope.

These boxes can be made with any patterned cardstock you may have or you can dress it up with embellishments, bows, and tags!

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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EASY ENVELOPE BOXES – MATERIALS LIST

Easy Envelope Boxes

Easy Envelope Boxes

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

This tutorial will show you how to create easy envelope boxes out of any 12x12 paper to gift your beautiful cards and small treasures!

Materials

  • My Envelope Boxes SVG Cut File
  • Cardstock of your choice
  • Glue
  • 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

Instructions

STEP 1 - DOWNLOAD THE SVG CUT FILE

Download the SVG Cut file for the Envelope Boxes (#91) from The File Vault. Get access by joining the club.

Note: There are two options for this design. One is the Flip Top Style and one is the Box Style. I will showing you both versions in this tutorial.

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

In the LAYERS panel, find the envelope layer. Click the fold line.

find the score line

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

change the line to score under operation

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

highlight the group and select attach

Repeat this step for the other envelope piece.

Click the GREEN Make It Button.

click make it

STEP 5 - MAKE YOUR MATERIAL SELECTIONS AND PREPARE YOUR MATS

You will see the two layers for this envelope box in the mat preview.

Click the CONTINUE button.

click continue in the mat preview

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 6 - 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 the mat, press the flashing arrows

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"

Follow Design Space prompts to change out the scoring wheel 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 6 until both layers have been cut.

STEP 7 - ASSEMBLE THE FLIP TOP ENVELOPE BOX

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

time to assemble

Fold along the score lines and burnish with your scraper.

fold along the score lineburnish with your scraper

Locate the envelope piece that has the finger hole.

find the piece with the finger hole in it

Add glue or adhesive to the outside of the tabs.

add glue to the outside of thetabs

Making sure to line up your edges, adhere to the inside of the other envelope piece.

line up the edges and adhere to the inside of the other box piece

Repeat for the other side.

repeat for both sides

I like to give the box a good fold just to make sure there is no buckling and re-enforce the folds.

fold the box both ways to make sure it lines up properly

Fold in the bottom flap.

fold in the bottom flap

Place your card or small gifts inside and close the top flap.

place your card inside and fold in the top flap

STEP 8 - ASSEMBLE THE BOX ENVELOPE

Fold along the score lines and burnish with your scraper.

fold along the score lines

Add glue to the four tabs.

add glue to the tabs

Form the corners and press into place.

press the corners together

Repeat for the second envelope piece.

your envelope boxes are complete

Within this download, there are flip top and box style envelope boxes for 5x7, 5x5, and 6x6 cards!

I hope you found this tutorial useful!

Happy Crafting!

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