How to Make Romantic Couple Box Cards

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

I love how this card turned out. I love the city park scene.

This box card is also versatile. I have included versions for three different couples. Just remove the ones you don't want when you are in Design Space.

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.

This file is part of Made with Love 2024.

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COUPLE IN THE PARK BOX CARD – MATERIALS LIST

Couple in the Park Box Card

Couple in the Park 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 romantic box card for Valentine's Day.

Materials

  • My Couple in the City 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 Couple in the City 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

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.

Remove the extra front cover panels you don't want.

remove the extra cover panels you dont want

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 cover panel to the back

Fold and burnish the tabs of the outside box piece.

fold the outside box piece

Attach the cover panels to the inside of the box piece. I have a Layering Guide within the download for your reference.

add the cover panels to the inside of the card

Next, fold and burnish the tabs on the inside tab piece.fold the inside tab piece

Please note: After assembling my card, I have added a few extra support pieces for the inside tab piece and the front cover panel. The inside tab piece has an extra lamppost set and the front cover panel has two white rectangles to go behind the cutout.

Mat and layer the messaging panel and attach it to the back of the card.

mat and layer the messaging paneladd 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 the inside tab piece 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 tab

Attach the front cover panel.

attach the front cover panel

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 the folds

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

add glue along the outer edge of the inlay panel

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

add the inlay over the cutout on the envelope flap

Add glue to the bottom of the side flaps.

add glue along 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.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

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  1. Love all your cards. I This one is especially sweet and could be used for an Anniversary card too.
    If we download this SVG during this workshop, are the tutorials available later in case we forget the steps?

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