“Just Because” Wildflower Box Card

Hi, this is Laura from Handmade Papercrafts by Laura for Cutcardstock.com. I made this card for the “Just Because” theme and the trunk of flowers fits it perfectly.

I started with the Wildflowers Box Card SVG from svgcuts.com. For those of you who use SVGs, there are individual image files or the entire image in one file. The latter is best for me as it is less complicated and easier to shrink down. And this could have been made even smaller as the cuts would have held up at that size. 

I used card stock that I had on hand as well as cutcardstock.com papers:

DCS Discount Card Stock: Textured Japanese Maple Red Card Stock, which is by far my favorite red.

Astrobright Solar Yellow 8.5×11 Discount Card Stock, which is a great bright yellow.

Lessebo Colors HUNTER GREEN 83lb Cardstock, also a must-have deep green.

Color Box flower petal inks are great for inking the flowers and leaves in similar colors. I love the shimmer which inking gave the bright card stock and it also muted some of the colors like the green. I also used contrasting inks on the yellow rose — so the tips were a lovely pink.

The trunk is based on dark brown card stock as well as a wood grain patterned paper that I had on hand. The file image had holes for brads and I love that touch. I bought the brads from Amazon — just search mini brads and you will have your choice of colors. 

There is an oval shape that lends itself to personalization, so you can write what you want, just because. 

This may seem like a complicated file. At first I questioned if I could do it justice, but once you get going it’s easy. And svgcuts.com also gives a video how-to and a PFD of all the cut pieces, making it less overwhelming. 

Let me know what you think and if you will try this project!