A Red Cardinal in a Snowy Crate Box Card

I’d love to show you a box card that I made with a stunning die-cut cardinal and dimensional pine needles on branches made with beautiful cutcardstock.com papers. Nothing says January winter like a cardinal that you spot in nature.  

Here are the card stock colors that I used from cutcardstock.com:

Silk Glitter Opulent Opal 12x12 Card Stock

Stardream Metallic Saturn 126lb 8.5 x 11 Card Stock 

DCS Discount Card Stock: Orange Zest Card Stock

DCS Discount Card Stock: Vanilla Bean Brown Card Stock

DCS Discount Card Stock: Canvas Textured Beetle Black

DCS Discount Card Stock: Canvas Textured Mantis Green Card Stock

Lessebo Colors Hunter Green 83lb Cardstock

DCS Discount Card Stock: Red Pepper Card Stock

First, I uploaded the design into Design Space and changed the colors to the cardstock colors I already had on hand. 

Second, I cut the images out on my Cricut. It is important to group like-color cuts together because it can become confusing if you don’t. For example, you don’t want too many shades of one color. This simplifies things.

Third, I layered the cuts. For example, I used dark green pine needles as the base, then the light bright green on top of the dark green needles, and shimmering branches. You can fluff out the needles to make the branches look more dimensional.

For the crate, I dry embossed the panels to look like real wood grain. Then I added white glitter card stock to the crates folded over a triangle in the front — for the box card’s snowy crate. 

Here’s a close-up of how the colors look against the glitter cardstock. I love how it came out.
 

The pine cone is made of shimmery brown cardstock — and if you pull the pine cone’s petals up, that adds more shimmer and makes the die-cut look more dimensional. 

The finished project can be folded on either side into an envelope that fits the final crate, cardinal, and pine needles, fitting perfectly inside the envelope.

This makes a great gift for those cold snowy days and if you are lucky, you can catch a glimpse of a cardinal in the snowy tree limbs during the day. Are you working on projects with any cardinals? Please share, as I'd love to see it!

Springtime Tulips Box Card

Did you know that tulips represent deep, unconditional love? This early springtime flower is perfect for someone you love, whether a romantic love, a family member, or a friend — and this card will delight anyone you give it to.

It seems unlikely that such a dimensional card would fit inside an envelope, but when you open it, out pops cheery tulips cut in Astrobrights Solar Yellow and Lessebo card stock in Hunter Green. The envelope is made with Wedding Cake Shimmer card stock.

I used a shimmer pen to highlight the layered papers on each tulip. I love the way that they shine in the light.

The fence is also made of Wedding Cake shimmer paper and it is a durable, textured paper that catches the light — and it looks almost like a lacquered garden fence.

The side profile shows you how sturdy the card stock is — there is no bending or falling over as the flower stems stand tall. There wasn’t a reason to glue additional card stock as supports even.

The digital cut file is from svgcuts.com and it is called Tulips Box Card. I hope that you will be inspired by this project. Let me know in the comments!