Winter Sled and Skates Lever Card

This adorable winter sled lever card is for everyone who loves sledding, skating, and a snowy February. I’ve never made a lever card before, and it was a lot of fun. 

As with many of my projects, I begin with a digital file on my Cricut and choose my papers. For this project, I resized the digital file smaller to fit into a standard A2 envelope. 

The following papers are from cutcardstock.com:

DCS Discount Card Stock: Red Pepper Card Stock

DCS Discount Card Stock: Blast Off Blue Card Stock

DCS Discount Card Stock: Aqua Card Stock

DCS Discount Card Stock: Vanilla Bean Brown Card Stock

DCS Discount Card Stock: Canvas Textured Lava Stone Gray

Silk Glitter Opulent Opal 12x12 Card Stock

Aside from cutting the images, my first step is assembling the smaller parts—for example, the sled and the skates. For the sled, I dry embossed a wood grain texture. I love using my embosser on die cuts. 

For the skates, I used white glitter card stock and gray card stock for the blades. I love how the glittery white paper contrasts with the textured dark color of the skates. I then attached the skates with dimensional foam adhesive. 

The second step was attaching the skates to the sled. I found white and silver twine in my ribbon stash. However, the thickness of the twine didn’t fit in the hole of the skates. So, I pulled off the silver thread and attached the skates to the sled. The last touch was adding a snowflake brad to the sled’s hole, which covers the knot of the silver thread. 

Third, the next step was to assemble the lever card base. You can see by the score marks where to fold the papers. Gluing them together was simple. As long as you line up the bases, they will form the lever part of the card. The frame of the card was the same cardstock as the skates. This ties in the skates with the frame.

And how cute would it be to use a white gel pen for the note inside the blue card stock? I’m leaving it blank until I have the perfect recipient in mind. 

What I love most about this card is the 3D part of it and the embellished die cuts. The dark blue card stock fits into the card “window,” giving it dimensionality. Also, the skates are hanging off the sled and when you hold the card, they have movement.

 I’d love it if you shared a similar project, whether a lever card or a wintery-themed card!

A Galentine's Valentine Envelope Box Card

Hi, I’m getting a head start on Valentine’s Cards — and I love giving them to my friends for Galantine’s Day. Galantine’s Day celebrates friendship on February 13th. It’s not just for single ladies but for every woman who wants to celebrate and uplift their female friends. 

For today’s project, I selected a variety of cutcardstock.com papers:

Silk Glitter Red Flash 4x6 Discount Card stock

Stardream Metallic Sparkly Soft White Eris

DCS Discount 8.5x11 Card Stock: Amaranth Pink

DCS Discount Card Stock: Textured Japanese Maple Red Card Stock

Basis 8.5x11 Soft Pink 80 lb Card Stock

First, I cut my images using my Cricut machine. I have a few tips that I’d like to share with you. 

Tip number 1: If your Cricut mat isn’t as sticky as it should be, use some tape along the sides to hold it in place. 

Tip number 2: Sort your cut-like images in small plastic bins. For example, I sorted the flower cuts apart from the larger the cuts. So when I assembled my flowers, I had all of the pieces in one place.  

Tip number 3: When you have cut-out words and you have letters like Ps and Ds, keep both cut out on the mat, and you won’t lose the insides of the letters and can better estimate where they should go on the cut-out words. 

My second step was assembling and gluing the flowers. I chose red glitter card stock for the top layers and pink card stock for the bottom layer. I love the combination of reds and pinks. Some of the flowers were cut in shimmery white cardstock, while one was cut in pink cardstock. 

The pink matches the envelope layer, so I didn’t want it to get “lost.” I outlined the flower in Stickles to set it apart and give it depth. I also used foam dimensional adhesive to make the top layer of the pink flower pop. I also embellished the flowers with pearls and rhinestones. 

The third step was assembling the box card envelope. Following the Cricut score marks, it was easy to fold the paper and glue it in the correct areas. I then added pink cardstock to the outside of the red base. I glued the tabs and inserted the pop-up portion of the card that says Happy Valentine’s Day. 

I hope that you enjoyed this how-to. Whether you give cards to children, your spouse or significant other, or your friends, there are so many people to share Valentine's cards. So make more! I’d love to see what you are making for this special day! Feel free to share!