A Galentine’s Valentine Envelope Box Card

Hi, this is Laura on the blog today. 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 4×6 Discount Card stock, Stardream Metallic Sparkly Soft White Eris, DCS Discount 8.5×11 Card Stock: Amaranth Pink, DCS Discount Card Stock: Textured Japanese Maple Red Card Stock, and Basis 8.5×11 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 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 cuts 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 flowers were cut in shimmery white card stock, while one was cut in pink card stock. 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. Also used foam dimensional adhesive to make the top layer of the pink flower pop. Next, I embellished the flowers with pearls and rhinestones. 

The third step was assembling the box card envelope. Following the Cricut score marks, it’s easy to fold the paper and glue it in the correct areas. Then I added pink card stock 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 you enjoyed this how-to – let me know in the comments below. 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!