Vintage Truck Box Card & JOY Sign

Hello Everyone! Hope your holiday projects are coming along!

I recently purchased an amazing kit from SVG Cuts.

It's called Christmas Eve SVG Kit:

I made 7, Yes SEVEN! Vintage Truck Box Cards for my sons' teachers.

They were so easy to put together and when I showed my boys they said "WOW!"

If you aren't familiar with Box Cards - they fold up and fit perfectly in an envelope.

I look forward to making some of the other elements from the kit.

I have another project to share with you today. I have a friend, well more like a sister, (my sister-in-law's sister) who just got a Cameo. I gave her a few basic lessons and she created this fabulous JOY sign for me on reclaimed wood. I absolutely love it and had to share with you!

See you on Friday. I'll be sharing a Miss Kate project!

Tulip Box Card

Hello Everyone! If you follow along you saw the box card I created on my last post. 

((You can check it out here))

I purchased the Springtime Box Card SVG KIt from SVG Cuts and have to say I'm officially hooked on box cards!

Here is a look at the box card in the envelope.

When you pull out the card it is flat and here's how it looks.

Now for the big reveal....It pops open and WOW a 3D card.

(Even my boys and husband were impressed by this one...lol)

Here's a few more looks - looking down and the back. I used the pen tool to add a Birthday Message.

     

I switched up Mary at SVG Cut's card a bit. It was originally designed to have all the tulips at the same level.

Here's the SVG Kit:

I staggered them. Thought I'd share how I did it in the Silhouette Designer Edition Software.

STEP 1 - Open the SVG files for the 1st and 2nd set of tulips.

STEP 2 - Draw boxes to remove some of the stems - see red boxes highlighted below.

STEP 3 - Select Subtract under the Modify menu. It will delete the area you selected.

STEP 4 - Move the tulips and stems down to overlap the bottom strips.

STEP 5 - I outlined the images to show you how if you were to cut them now it would cut them separately.

Here is the tricky part....1) Select the bottom strips and hit ungroup. Select just the strip and the flowers/stems above it and select Weld.

(If you select the entire thing the numbers and fold marks would disappear) 

STEP 6 - If you select Cut Line Settings and select "Cut" this is how it should appear.

You are now ready to cut!

Hope you liked my box card and the tutorial. 

If you have any questions about the tutorial please leave me a comment or send me an email at am220099@gmail.com.

Love Box Card

Happy Valentine's Day to you! I created this fun box card today and wanted to share with you.

I was inspired by three different people on this project.

First Cindy Ruffino created a box card using Miss Kate Cuttables files - Second Melissa De Monic created the card with the heart balloons using the pen tool:

Last But Not Least - Mary from SVG Cuts created these new Springtime Box Cards SVG Kit. I purchased the Kit and watched the Assembly Video. I thought ....I'm going to try and make my own Valentine box card before I make Mary's Spring versions.

Thanks ladies for the inspiration!

I used the Plain Box Card from SVG Cuts Box Cards SVG Kit

I added the Heart Balloons & Love Word Set from Miss Kate Cuttables.

As I mentioned earlier I used my pen tool for the outline and added the cut outs of the hearts. 

As you can see the amazing part of a box card is they fold flat and once the recipient removes them from the envelope >>>

BAM! it is a 3D Card.

I also used my pen toll to create the messaging on the back of the card. 

(She is going to love it and so will our other Grandma!)

Happy Valentine's Day!

p.s. if you want to pick up SVG Cut's latest Springtime Box Cards SVG Kit

Just click away.