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Home / Holidays / valentine's day / Make A Cactus Valentine Box and Card with Cricut Maker
January 23, 2019 by Kim

Make A Cactus Valentine Box and Card with Cricut Maker

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  • Supplies for Cactus Valentine Box
  • Cactus Valentine Box Instructions
  • Watch - Make A Cactus Valentine Box
  • Supplies for Cactus Valentine Card
  • Cactus Valentine Card Instructions
  • More Cricut Valentine Crafts

Let’s make a cactus Valentine box with our Cricut Maker. This cuter than cute idea will be perfect for Valentine’s Day class parties!

And what’s more, let’s make matching “You’re Stuck With Me” Valentine cards that are perfect to give with packs of gum!

Cactus Valentine box with Cricut Maker | Kim Byers
Cactus Valentine Box with Cricut Maker | Kim Byers

Supplies for Cactus Valentine Box

The thing I love most about this box is that you can make it anything you want! I made the box, covered it with paper and then embellished it with a darling happy little cactus.

You could use this same idea and Cricut Design Space to make this anything you want. A monster truck. A unicorn. A unicorn monster truck. ;)

  • Cricut Maker
  • Knife Blade
  • Rotary Blade (optional, you can use Maker standard blade for felt)
  • Design Space Project
  • Chipboard*
  • Felt, Cricut Summer Sky Sampler
  • Premium Paper, Cricut Kaleidoscope
  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Strong Grip (purple) and Standard Grip (green) Mats
  • Masking Tape (for chipboard mat)
  • Optional: Glue Stick (or just use light amount of hot glue)
  • Optional: Krinckle gift packaging (aka tumbleweeds)
  • Optional: Access Premium (so worth it!)

*I suggest only the Cricut brand chipboard. They produced it to have an even core that won’t damage your blade. Other chipboard can have hard knots in the core.

DIY Valentine Box Supplies | Kim Byers
Supplies For DIY Valentine Box

Cactus Valentine Box Instructions

  1. Design – Using my Design Space file, you can make this exact Valentine Box. Or, you cake keep the box and add any embellishments you want! As I mention in my video, I might just make a few different kinds. What do you think of a vintage truck carrying hearts?!
  2. Gather Materials and Blades, Cut – I like to cut my Chipboard first just because it takes the longest. Each mat will take 20 passes over the Chipboard. After Chipboard, change your Knife Blade to the Rotary Blade and cut all your felt. Finish with the standard Maker blade and cut all your cardstock.
  3. Assemble Box – I like to use hot glue. It’s fast and if you have a low temp hot glue gun you’re not likely to burn yourself! ;) Using the base of the box as a stand, hot glue on the long sides first and then the short. Watch the video if you’re not sure. Using glue dots, cover box in paper.
  4. Embellish with Cacti – Using hot glue, lightly applied, cover Chipboard in felt, attach to the front of the box and embellish with mini cactus and tumbleweeds.
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Easy DIY Valentine Box Assembled
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Felt Cut With Cricut Rotary Blade
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Layer Felt For Darling Details

Watch – Make A Cactus Valentine Box

Do you prefer watching a video tutorial to reading a tutorial? Me too! I have you covered with my YouTube channel.

Join me on YouTube and I’ll walk you through how to make this easy cactus Valentine box from start to finish! Plus, I’ll be adding the “You’re Stuck With Me” Valentine card video in a few days!

Make A Cactus Valentine Box With Cricut Knife Blade

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Supplies for Cactus Valentine Card

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  • Design Space Project
  • Cardstock, Pink, Green, and Kaleidoscope Sampler Set
  • Glue Dots
  • 3-D Foam Adhesive Squares
  • Gum Packets

Cactus Valentine Card Instructions

  1. Design – I really liked the cactus, but there was no where for my niece to write her name, so I used the weld and contour tools to make the card larger and still have some shape. Open my Design Space file to help you through this explanation, or just make it as is because I’ve already done the work for you!
  2. How to use Weld & Contour – Select any image and choose contour. This will allow you to hide all the cuts inside the shape. Now you have an outline of your image. Next insert a shape, I used a rectangle. Place them over each other, select them both and choose Weld. This will make both elements one. I did this so that my cactus could stick off one side and there would still be open space to write.
  3. Cut & Assemble – cut out each mat, assemble with glue dots and don’t forget to attach the gum! :)
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Weld and Contour Result

More Cricut Valentine Crafts

  • Do Me A Flavor – Ice Cream Valentine Card
  • I SODA Think You’re Cute – Soda Pop Label
  • Valentine Candy Bar Wrapper

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, create and celebrate!

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Kim Byers, creative director & owner of The Celebration Shoppe. Party supplies designer. Food and craft stylist. Her work has been featured in Parents, Better Homes and Gardens, All You, Pregnancy, iVillage, Huffington Post and many others. Kim is also a contributing writer for JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores, and designer for Cricut and Darice Crafts.

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