How to Make a Cute Easter Boy Insert Card

LEARN HOW TO MAKE CUTE EASTER BOY INSERT CARDS USING ANY CRICUT CUTTING MACHINE

How adorable is this little boy? I love how he is dressed up in his little sweater, holding his Easter balloon, and ready to celebrate!

Like all of my insert cards on the blog, you can use any Cricut cutting machine to create this card. In the download, you will find two folders inside. One for Cricut Explore and Cricut Maker and one for Cricut Joy.

For this tutorial, I will be using my Cricut Maker as well as the corresponding SVG file. To make this card on a Cricut Joy, follow the basic steps from my Easter Egg Insert Card. Remember to ungroup, convert the boy outline to pen, and attach the group before cutting!

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.

You can purchase the SVG cut file for this project in my shop here.

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EASTER BOY INSERT CARD – MATERIALS LIST

Easter Boy Insert Card

Easter Boy Insert Card

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

This tutorial will show you how to make an easy Easter Boy insert card.

Materials

  • My Easter Boy Insert Card SVG Cut File
  • Cardstock
  • Glue

Tools

  • A way to cut out your cardstock. I am using my FABULOUS Cricut Maker but you can use any current Cricut machine.
  • Cricut StandardGrip Cutting Mat (green)
  • Cricut Scoring Wheel or Stylus
  • Cricut Pen. I am using Black.
  • Cricut Scraper
  • Cricut Brayer

Instructions

STEP 1 - PURCHASE & DOWNLOAD THE SVG CUT FILE

You can purchase the Easter Boy Insert Card SVG Cut File in my shop here.

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 envelope. Click the fold line and change the fold lines to score lines by changing the OPERATION from BASIC CUT to SCORE.

find the score line for the envelope and convert to score

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

highlight the group and attach

Next, scroll down the list in the LAYERS panel. Select the score line for the outer card. Change the line to score by changing the OPERATION from BASIC CUT to SCORE.

convert the score line for the card base to score

Scroll down the list in the LAYERS panel. Find the boy outline for the outer card. Change the line to pen by changing the OPERATION from BASIC CUT to PEN.

find the outline and convert to pen

Attach everything together by highlighting the GROUP the outer card is under and selecting the ATTACH option in lower right hand corner.

highlight the group and attach

FInally, scroll down the list in the LAYERS panel. Find thetext for the insert. Change the line to pen by changing the OPERATION from BASIC CUT to PEN.

find the text for the insert and convert to pen

Attach the text and the card layer by highlighting the GROUP the insert 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 5 - MAKE YOUR MATERIAL SELECTIONS AND PREPARE YOUR MATS

You will see the 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.

make your material selections

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, oress 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" 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 6 for until all layers have been cut.

STEP 7 - ASSEMBLE YOUR CARD

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

time to assemble

Weed any bits of the card that did not release when removing the card from the mat.

If using the brown layer to add contrast to the boy's shoes, add glue inside the rectangle and attach the brown layer to the insert.

add adhesive and attach the brown layer to the insert

Now, fold the outer card along the score line and burnish the fold with your scraper.

fold the card base along the score lineburnish with your scraper

Next, open the card and carefully place the insert into the slits on the outer place the insert into the slits on the outer card

STEP 8 - FORM THE ENVELOPE

To make the envelope, begin by folding along the score lines and burnish the folds with your scraper.

Add glue to the back of the inlay panel as well as around the cutout.

Place the inlay panel over the cutout on the envelope making sure to center it well.

Add glue to the bottom of the side flaps.

Bring the bottom flap up and press to form the envelope.

Your card and envelope are complete.

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 yours turn out!!

Happy Easter!

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  1. Hi Nick, unfortunately have not had any luck with the Easter boy card. I believe two of the mats are identical and do not correspond with the illustrations for the layers. Please advise. Cheers. Margaret

  2. Hi Nick, I also am having an issue with the boy card, It is just tearing to shreds when I cut it. Tried new blade and mat. Using #65 card stock. Any suggestions? Have a Blessed day, Grace

  3. Hi Nick, please disregard the last message from me. I am a ditz lol and was trying to cut the boy out instead of drawing him. Making a new one now (after taking the time to read the instructions and wasting two sheets of paper) Coming out great so far. Amazing what a little time reading instructions will do. Will post my finished product soon.

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