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!