How to Make Fun Valentine Gifts Box Cards

LEARN TO MAKE CUTE BOX CARDS ON YOUR CRICUT CUTTING MACHINE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

This box card is so cute. Full of fun gifts you would usually give on Valentine's Day.

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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VALENTINE GIFTS BOX CARD – MATERIALS LIST

Valentine's Gifts Box Card

Valentine's Gifts Box Card

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Active Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy

This tutorial will show you how to make a cute box card for Valentine's Day.

Materials

  • My Valentine's Gifts Box Card SVG Cut File
  • Cardstock
  • Glue or adhesive

Tools

  • A way to cut out your cardstock. I am using the FABULOUS Cricut Maker.
  • Cricut Scoring Wheel or Scoring Stylus
  • Cricut LightGrip Cutting Mat (blue) or Cricut StandardGrip Cutting Mat (green)

Instructions

STEP 1 - PURCHASE & DOWNLOAD THE SVG CUT FILE

You can purchase the SVG Cut file for the Valentine's Gifts Box Card 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.Change the fold lines to score lines by changing the OPERATION from BASIC CUT to SCORE.

find the envelope and convert the score lines 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

Repeat this step for the outside box piece and the inside tab piece.

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 mats 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.

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 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

Start by attaching the back cover panel to the back of the outside box piece.

add the backing to the outside box piece

Fold and burnish the tabs of the outside box piece.

fold and burnish the tabs on the outside card base

Next, layer the inside tab piece. I have a Layering Guide within the download for your reference.

layer the inside tab piece

Fold and burnish the tabs.

fold the tabs

Layer the front cover panel.

layer the front cover panel

Mat and layer the messaging panel.

mat and layer the messaging panel

Attach the messaging panel to the back of the card.

add the messaging panel to the back of the card

Add glue to the left tab on the inside tab piece.

add glue to the left tab on the inside tab piece

Attach the tab piece to the left side of the outside box piece.

attach to the outside box piece

Repeat for the other side.

repeat for the other side

Add glue to the front left tab.

add glue to the front left tab

Attach the front cover panel.

attach the front cover panel

Repeat for the other side.

repeat for the other side

STEP 8 - FORM THE ENVELOPE

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

fold the envelope along the score linesburnish with your scraper

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

add glue along the outer edge of the inlay

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

add the inlay to the envelope flap

Add glue to the bottom of the side flaps.

add glue to the bottom of the side flaps

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

bring the bottom flap up to form the envelope

Your card is now ready to add a message and gift.

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 Valentine's Day!

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  1. Oh my, that teddy bear is super adorable. Looking forward to making this, perhaps not as a card, but as a decoration for Valentine’s Day. I love your layered projects!

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