FCC 2024 Day 07: 5×7 Inch Flower Cards

Step 2) Add a score line (optional)

If you have a scoring tool or scoring wheel for your Cricut machine, it’s a good idea to add a score line to the middle of the base card to make it easier to fold in the correct place.

If you don’t have a way to score with your Cricut, move on to Step 3.

To add a score line, first click the card and “Ungroup” all of the layers.

Drag the base card underneath the other layers so we can work with it separately.

Go into “Shapes” and choose a score line.

Make it 7 inches tall.

Select the score line and the base card, then click “Align” and “Center” to put the score line exactly in the middle of the card.

With both layers still selected, press “Attach”.

Attach is what tells the Cricut that we want it to do the score line down the middle of the base card.

Move the base card to the bottom of the layers panel and position it back in place.

Step 3) Cut out all the layers

When you’re happy with how the project is looking in Design Space, click “Make” and follow the instructions on-screen to cut out all the pieces.

To change the paper size, go into the dropdowns over on the left side of the screen and choose the paper size that you want to use. You need to change it for every single colour.

To save space on your cardstock, you can move things around by clicking and dragging. Make sure when you’re moving things about that nothing overlaps because otherwise, it won’t cut out properly.

TIP: New to cutting cardstock with a Cricut? Check out this in-depth tutorial which goes through every step of the process, including tips for getting the best quality cuts from your Cricut.

Step 4) Stick the card together

Fold the base card in half. If you have a brayer tool or similar then go down the fold line with that to ensure a crisp fold.

Use 3D foam pads and glue to stick the layers together.

Use these guides to see the order to stick the layers together in.

Printable versions of these assembly guides are included in the folder when you download the cut files.

My favourite glues to use on papercraft projects are Bearly Art Glue and Collall All Purpose Glue.

These are great because they don’t “warp” or bend the cardstock like some glues do. You can use as much of it as you want and the card stays perfect – and it dries perfectly clear too!

Bearly Art Glue comes with a tiny nozzle to make it easy to apply glue to small areas of card. The Collall glue doesn’t come with this, so it’s easiest to decant it into needle tip applicator bottles so that you have more control.

The foam pads that I use are from “Dot & Dab”, but any foam squares will work. If yours are big then you may need to cut them smaller with scissors to fit inside the edges of the layers.

When adding the foam pads to larger pieces of card, make sure you add some in the middles of the pieces of card so it gives stability to the middles.

If you don’t add any foam pads in the middles then it can “sag” under the weight of the other layers which doesn’t look as good.

Continue sticking the pieces together, following the assembly guides, until your flower cards are all finished.

5×7 inch layered card designs

After sticking all the pieces together, you’ll have two lovely flower greetings cards all finished!

The cards should fit in a standard pre-made 5×7 inch envelope, but you could make your own envelope or presentation box instead, for an even more special handmade touch.

The envelope tutorial below also contains steps on how to get the Cricut to write the address for you.

• How to make custom envelopes (and address them!)
• DIY presentation boxes for cards

Happy crafting,
Sarah x