How to Make Tulip Cards for Mother’s Day

LEARN HOW TO MAKE PRETTY LAYERED TULIP CARDS ON A CRICUT CUTTING MACHINE FOR MOTHER'S DAY

I love tulips. While they don't last very long, they are a symbol of spring and life coming back to the outdoors.

This Mother's Day Tulip card can be made on any Cricut cutting machine. If you use a Cricut Joy, you will need to have a premade card base.

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 file for this project in my shop.

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MOTHER'S DAY TULIP CARD – MATERIALS LIST

Mother's Day Tulip Card

Mother's Day Tulip Card

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

This tutorial will show you how to make a pretty tulip card for Mother's Day.

Materials

  • My Mother's Day Tulip 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 a Cricut Explore Air 2! You can also use a Cricut Joy if you have a premade card base.
  • Cricut StandardGrip Cutting Mat (green)
  • Cricut Scoring Wheel or Stylus
  • Cricut Scraper
  • Cricut Brayer

Instructions

STEP 1 - PURCHASE & DOWNLOAD THE SVG CUT FILE

You can purchase the Mother's Day Tulip 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.

find the score line for the envelope and convert to score

Repeat this step for the card base.

find the card base score line and convert to scorehighlight the group and attach

Now, scroll down the list in the LAYERS panel and find the sentiment layer. Click the text and change it to draw by changing the OPERATION from BASIC CUT to PEN.

find the sentiment layer and convert to pen

Attach the text and the sentiment layer by highlighting the GROUP the sentiment 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.

load the mat by pressing 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.

begin the cut by pressing 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

First, mat and layer the messaging panel and sentiment.

mat and layer the messaging panel

Next, attach the leaves to the front cover panel starting with the larger of the two. Make sure to line up the bottom and right edges.

attach the larger leaf to the cover panel lining up the bottom and right edges

Attach the smaller leaves.

add the smaller leaf

Add the tulips where you wish.

add the tulips where you wish

Fold the card base along the score line and burnish.

fold the card base along the score lineburnish the fold

Attach the messaging panel to the inside of the card base.

attach the messaging panel to the inside of the card base

Now, add the front cover panel to the front of the card base.

attach the front cover panel to the card base

Attach the sentiment to the front cover panel.

add the sentiment layer

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.

This card is a little bulky so I would suggest placing the card into the envelope for the rest of this step.

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.

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Happy Crafting!

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