Our 3D paper cake box is so cute! A paper box shaped like a slice of birthday cake complete with a candle is the perfect party favor or gift box for a gift card, candy, or other small items. Wish someone special a happy birthday with an adorable cake-shaped box you can make with your Cricut.

3D Paper Cake Box

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Cut File Used:

Cake Slice Box: https://makersgonnalearn.com/cut_files/cake-slice-box-2/

Supply Links:

• Cardstock
• Cordless Hot Glue Gun
• ATG Gun
• Reverse Tweezers
• Bonefolder

Step-by-step Instructions:

Due to the complex nature and visual components of 3D files, we recommend following along with the video as you assemble your project. You can always pause the video and re-wind as needed.

If you’re looking for a fun DIY card you can make with your Cricut, this is it. Today on the blog, we’re breaking down how to make a Cricut peek-a-boo card with ink blending. This is a fun Cricut card tutorial that you can make today. If you’re a Cricut beginner, paper crafts are a great place to start! This is a simple die cutting craft project that you can make in very little time, giving you a custom greeting card you can give to a loved one.

Cricut Peek-a-Boo Card With Ink Blending

Materials Needed to Make this Card:

• Cricut die cutting machine
• Cut file from the Makers Gonna Learn membership
• White cardstock
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pads in the following colors: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Worn Lipstick
• Makeup blending brushes
• Cricut fine tipped pen in the color “Crystal”
• Foam adhesive
• Scissors for cutting the foam adhesive
• Liquid adhesive
• Crystals or other embellishments if desired

How to Make the Peek-a-Boo Card:

Let’s get started by going over to the Makers Gonna Learn cut files. and downloading the cut file “Bear”.

Upload the cut file into Cricut Design Space. If it ends up so big that you can’t even see it, like it was for us, just resize it on your canvas to make it easier to work with.  

To make our card creation easier we’re going to bring in a square and create our card panel. Click on the unlock button on and change the size, making it four and a quarter by five and a half. This is a standard A4 size which is going to be perfect. You can get A4 sized envelopes in many craft or office supply stores like Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. Once we have that done, we’re going to lock it up.

You will see that the bear is still too big for our card panel, so we’re going to make him a little bit smaller. Bring him forward and place him over the card shape so you can really see just how it will look together.

Now we’re going create a window by grabbing a circle shape again and placing it right on the center. Check your sizing and change it as needed. We want to end up with the bear peeking out of that window. Once you have it sized and positioned the way you want it, select the two shapes (the card background and the circle) and select slice. This will remove the circle and when you go to cut this out, it will cut out that circle window for you.

Now we’re going to click “Make it” and cut these out of white cardstock. Then, we’ll be all set for coloring!

How to Color the Card:

We’re going to set aside the card panel and start with the bear. Don’t forget to protect your work surface when working with the inks!

The first color we’re going to use is Antique Linen. This is going to be the overall color on our bear. Using the blender brush, we’re going to add the Antique Linen color to the entire bear. This is going to form the base for our bear and we’re going to build other colors on top of it.

Next, we’ll be using the next darkest color which is the Brushed Corduroy. Use this color to shade around the edges of the interior shapes on the bear. The next color is the Vintage Photo and this one’s much darker. We’re going to brush this color on the edges of the bear. You want to work from the outside, brushing in.

TIP: If you don’t have the makeup brushes, you can use some extra toothbrushes but you need to be sure to use a very light hand so you don’t get any harsh strokes from it.

Finally, we’re going to use the Walnut Stain – it’s a really dark brown color. This gets brushed along the edges. Don’t blend it in – apply gently as you don’t want to lose the previous shadowing you’ve already done.

Now it’s time to color the nose. We’ll be using the Worn Lipstick color for this. We’re only using one color here because the nose is small and we can easily create a gradient effect on it. Do this by adding some color at the corner and then bring that color out from there.

Finally, let’s start coloring the card panel. We’re going to be using the same worn lipstick, blending it from the circle out. I like to keep my cards clean and simple and this makes for an adorable effect!

Now, I’m going to use the Cricut pen “Crystal” and handwrite “miss you” on the card. If you don’t care for your handwriting, you can always use a stamp instead.

Assembling the Card:

I have my card base ready and pre-scored. Flip the piece with the window in it over and apply some foam adhesive to the back of it.

Position the bear on your card base, using the card panel with the window as a guide to see exactly where to place it. Add a couple of drops of glue down and place the bear on the card.

Remove the backing strips from the foam adhesive and place the card panel onto the card base over the bear. Now, add another drop or two of glue and put the bear’s nose in place. Embellish the card if you’d like. I’m going to add a couple of little crystals to this as finishing touches. It’s that easy! Look how fun and pretty this Cricut Peek-a-Boo Card With Ink Blending is!

For more fun paper crafting with Cricut, check out these projects too:

Easy Watercolor Card with Cricut

How to Make a Shaker Card with Cricut

Easy Galaxy Card with Cricut

I just love adding a personal touch to any celebration with a handmade greeting card. You just know that it’s something out of the ordinary that the recipient is going to love! Today, I’m going to show you how to make an Easy Watercolor Card With Cricut. This is such a simple but beautiful card, perfect for any occasion or no occasion at all!

This watercolor greeting card is super fun to make and it’s a great craft project idea especially if you’re a beginner when it comes to making cards. Today, we are using the feathers from the Makers Gonna Learn cut files and our Cricut Maker to create a lovely piece of art we can send to someone special. Grab your die-cutting machine and let’s get started!

Easy Watercolor Card With Cricut

Materials needed:

• Water-based inks: We’re using ink pads from Catherine Pooler. They’re absolutely gorgeous! We’ve picked the colors “Melon Ice”, “Sauna”, “Something Borrowed”, “Aquatini”, “Royal Treatment” and “Be Mine”. The darker the colors the better when it comes to water coloring!
• A piece of watercolor cardstock. You should be able to find this at any craft supply shop. You can use regular cardstock in a pinch but it’s going to be a slower process because it’s not going to absorb the water the way watercolor cardstock does.
• Black cardstock. I went ahead and cut it to the size I need for my card base and scored it.
• Craft foam adhesive. I’m using Scrapbook Adhesives Foam. It’s perfect for sticking my feathers onto the card.
• Paper towel.
• Watercolor paintbrush. I’m using a water brush that holds water right within it.

As I mentioned, we are going to be using the feathers file from the Makers Gonna Learn and cutting our feathers out of the watercolor cardstock. These are going to be sized to fit on our card base which is four and a quarter by five and a half inches.

Painting the feathers

So let’s get started! We are going to begin by placing our feathers on a paper towel. This helps absorb the water and prevents us from making a mess. It also gives you a nice clean surface to be able to wipe down your watercolor brush.

Now, we’re going to begin by using the ink colors and you can do these several ways. I’m actually gonna place the color on the inside of my ink pad lid but you can do it on an acrylic block or a piece of packaging. I just find the lid to be the easiest and cleanest way to do it.

My water color brush has some water in it and I’m going to add a little water to my ink. These inks are water-based so they’re just going to grab that pigment beautifully. To create that watercolor effect, you want to dab this watered down ink onto your feather.

We’re going to be layering our colors. So once you have finished with the first color, you can move on to the next one. Be sure to apply it away from the first color. That first one is still drying and you don’t want them blending together. Dab on the second color just as you did with the first one. If you find that you want the color darker, you can always add more color in once the first layer dries.

Continue with the third color and then let this dry. You can use a blow dryer to speed up the drying process if you’d like. Once it’s dry, you can add the last three colors. Be sure to clean off your brush between colors so you don’t get any color mixing. If you’re using your ink pad lid, you also want to clean off the excess water before putting it away so you don’t water down your ink pad.

Assembling the card

Let them dry completely and then we can place the feathers onto the black card. I chose black because just look how it makes those colors pop! It’s so pretty!

Place some foam adhesive onto the back of each feather and apply them to the card. That’s it! Simple and simply beautiful! Each time you make these feathers, they will come out a little bit differently and that’s part of the fun of it. I hope you enjoy making a beautiful Easy Watercolor Card With Cricut too! Happy crafting!

Hi everyone, if you’re looking for a fun Cricut card tutorial, or a unique Valentine’s card to make for your loved ones, you are going to love how easy it is to make your very own Shaker Card with Cricut. 

HOW TO MAKE A SHAKER CARD WITH CRICUT

We are going to begin by downloading our files from Makers Gonna Learn. Go to cut files and download the “Geometric Heart”.

We are also going to download the “ILY” cut file from our Valentine’s Day Collection. Once those are downloaded. we are going to upload these into Cricut Design Space.

I’m going to begin by picking up the Geometric Heart. We’re going to select “Simple” and add this as a “Cut image”. Our card is a standard A2 size, so we are going to size it to four and a quarter by five and a half.

Next, I’m going to go to the “ILY” cut file. It’s also going to be a “Simple” image and we’re going to bring it in as a print file.

We’re going to bring this down to size so that it fits under the heart. Select the heart to cut and the ILY to draw. Then go ahead and send everything to your machine.

Once everything is cut, we can go ahead and assemble the card. For the materials, you’re going to need white cardstock, a white card base, and a piece of red cardstock. I’ve cut everything to four and a quarter by five and a half.

You will also need two pieces of acetate and embellishments such as sequins, crafty glue, foam adhesive, flat adhesive and a pair of detail scissors.

We’re going to place our cardstock on a Cricut standard mat four and a quarter by five and a half and do the steps that we did previously. Then we’re going to repeat the cutting of the Geometric heart.

Now we are ready to assemble the card. We are going to place some flat adhesive on the edge of the heart on the backside of the cardstock. Once that is done, we’re gonna place the acetate. You can buy sheets of acetate on your local craft store or take it from some packaging.

Then, on the red heart that we cut from the monogram heart, we’re going to add some glue. You want something that goes on with a fine tip and dries clear. Use a light touch with the glue.

We’re going to place it starting at the bottom corner and running it up. Now you have a gorgeous window ready for your shaker.

Next, we’re going to flip this over and add foam strips. This is just regular foam adhesive. It’s too wide, so I’m actually going to cut them into thin strips. Be sure to cover with foam strips from top to bottom so there are no little gaps where your embellishment can pop out.

Peel off the backing of the foam tape to reveal the sticky part and add your embellishments. I’m using an assortment of embellishments in pink, clear and red. You can use sequins or anything that you have at your disposal. Just be sure that these lay flat before placing your card base on.

Try to place your card base on evenly. Press down on the adhesive and your shaker is now ready to go.

For a finishing touch, I am using the same embellishments on the front panel over by the I love you at the top left corner and on the bottom right corner. That’s it! A beautiful shaker card made with your Cricut and Makers Gonna Learn files.

You are going to love today’s project! We are creating a beautiful Floral Paper Ball perfect for spring or summer. It’s a simple, quick project to make but so pretty! Not only that but it’s a super affordable craft too. This is a lovely addition to any room and makes a beautiful gift. Just think of how perfect this would be for a wedding!

For our materials, you’re going to be using:

• Card stock (shades of hot pink, light pink and white)
• Sheer ribbon
• Foam ball
• Glue dots (or hot glue or a glue gun)
• Bone folder
• Cricut

We’re going be using the Stacking Flower cut file from the Spring Collection. It’s a very basic flower but there are so many possibilities of ways to use it!.

Designing and Cutting the Paper Flowers with Cricut Design Space

Go over to Design Space and upload it. Edit and size these – we want them to be about two by two inches. Once you have it sized the way you want it, duplicate it as many times as you need for as many as will fit on a 12 by 12 sheet. You’re going to have enough to be able to make about 2 or 3 balls.

We have ours pre-cut here. We’ve cut the out in the three different colors.

Assembling the Floral Paper Balls

We’re going to start by grabbing our first flower. Using the bone folder, curl the ends of your flower just a bit.

Once they’re curled, you can kind of stack them. The more flowers you put on this ball the easier and prettier it will be. We’re going to stick the pin right in the center. Then, attach a glue dot on the paper as close to the pin as possible.

The pin along with the glue dot will really help the flowers adhere to the ball. Attach this flower to the ball. Then, grab another flower (a different color this time) and repeat the same process. Place the second flower next to the first one.

Keep going until the ball is nearly full of paper flowers. You want to just leave enough space for the ribbon.

Some other fun ideas for this technique: Make a bunch of the balls and create a garland out of them. Or buy shapes other than balls – the foam pieces shaped like bunnies at Easter for example and cover those in flowers. Wouldn’t a rainbow flower garland decor be pretty?

Using the glue dots and a piece of ribbon, create a loop so that you’ll be able to hang up this paper floral ball. Then add another glue dot to the end of the loop. Using a pin along with the glue dot just as you did for the flowers, attach the ribbon loop to the ball. If you want to, you can add in a few more flowers now to cover the end of the ribbon.

That’s it! Isn’t it pretty? I love how a simple flower cut file and some inexpensive craft supplies can make something so amazing. Let us know if you make one or use this idea in another project. We’d love to see pictures of it!

Today we are going to show you how to create a gorgeous paper bow with a piece of 12 by 12 paper and Cricut Design Space. This is such a great way to use up those leftover sheets of craft and scrapbooking paper you have sitting in your stash!

Cricut machines can cut so much more than just vinyl. You can cut paper, cardstock, fabric, felt, and more with your Cricut. Your machine will make it so much quicker and easier to put your craft projects together and make beautiful items for yourself and to give as gifts. Or you could even start your own crafting business!

How to Make an Easy Paper Bow with Cricut Design Space

If you are a newbie when it comes to using Cricut Design Space, be sure to check out our Cricut Design Space Introduction for Beginners.

Materials’ Needed:

For this project, you are going to need a few basic supplies: a 12 by 12 piece of cardstock (I’m using a fairly thick piece, 110 lb, double-sided gives really pretty results), glue (half-inch glue dots or an ATG gun work well), a bone folder and a little gift box.

We’re going to begin by designing our strips in Cricut Design Space. Once you’ve opened your canvas, just grab a square shape.

To create a rectangle, you’re gonna unlock the square and press edit. Make your rectangle one inch by six inches and then lock that up.

We are going to duplicate this until we have 9 of them. Once we have our 9 strips that are 1 inch by 6 inches, we’re going to take one of them and unlock it. For that one, we’re going to unlock it and change the height to 5 inches. You’ll need 4 strips that are 1 inch by 5 inches. Then we need to create one more strip that is 1 by 4 inches.

So, you should have created eight strips that are 1 by 6 inches, four strips that are 1 by 5 inches and one strip that is 1 by 4 inches. Go ahead and cut these.

To assemble the paper bow:

Now we’re going to start putting our bow together. Begin with the largest paper strips.

Using your bone folder, curl the ends of each of the large strips. This makes it a lot easier to attach the strips together. Use your glue dots or ATG to attach one end to another to create a cone-like loop.

We’re going to repeat the process with the rest of them of the strips, using your bone folder for curling and then the glue to make these cone-like loops. For the smallest strip, simply glue into into a traditional loop shape.

Now, we’re going to create the bow itself. On most tutorials for this type of paper bow, they are using a thinner cardstock or paper than I am. They will usually start assembling the bow as they make the loops but I find it much better to place these individually when using the heavier cardstock. By doing that, it allows more wiggle room to be able to place all of the pieces.

Starting with the largest loops, turn it around to the back and apply some glue. We’re going to attach one of the loops to another one but we’re going to leave some room. The reason we do this is because it creates a bigger bow, it gives you more space to fit in the rest of the loops, and it doesn’t flatten out the loops in your bow.

Now we’re going to add a third loop to the first two we glued together. Then glue in a fourth one so that you have a shape that looks like the photo below.

With the next four loops, we’re going to start angling them as we add them to the bow. You really want to put the adhesive nice and close to the edge.

As you can imagine patterned paper gives a really pretty effect. It is usually a little thinner too so the bow is a bit easier to put together. This thicker cardstock makes a really lovely, sturdy bow though.

Next, we move on to the medium sized loops. Add them into your bow just as you did with the larger one. It’s going to be a bit of a tight fit so just work slowly and carefully. Finally, you’re taking that last small loop and adding it right to the center of your bow.

If you want to clean up the bottom of the bow, you can glue a piece of cardstock there. These are super easy to make and add the perfect touch to a gift box.

Out of a 12 by 12 sheet, you should be able to get about two bows, so it’s a really inexpensive craft too. We hope you’ve enjoyed this quick tutorial on how to make an Easy Paper Bow with Cricut Design Space. Remember to pin this post so you can refer back to it for all of your gift-giving occasions!

In this post, we’re going to be answering all your questions on How To Make a Cake Topper With Cricut.  We have this adorable little chocolate cake and I’m super excited to share with you how easy it is to make a cake topper. You can do this in many different ways and really personalize it the way you want it.

Most people think of die cutting machines and using them for vinyl and heat transfer vinyl. They’re amazing with these kinds of projects. But you can cut more than vinyl with Cricut machines!

How To Make a Cake Topper With Cricut

We’re using a heart cut file from our Mom and Dad Collection here at Makers Gonna Learn. With a yearly membership, you can get instant access to thousands of digital cut files and hundreds of fonts as well as access to printable guides and courses eaching you how to master any of your die-cutting machines.

 Cricut Kraft board is one of my favorite materials, especially for projects like this. What I love about this Kraft board, is it’s a very thick material that is perfect for 3D projects. It has the durability that you need for 3D projects as it’s a little thicker than standard cardstock.

We’re going to put our Kraft board onto our standard cutting mat. You can cut Kraft board with your Cricut Explore machine or your Cricut Maker. We’re going to use the fine point blade for this project. 

Now, let’s head over to Cricut Design Space. My number one tip when working on designing a cake topper is to make sure the file is one piece. It’s much easier. If you really want to use a file that isn’t one piece, you need to begin by duplicating your file. Click on your duplicated image, then click on actions and press “Hide Contour”.

Now, what we need to do is to take out all of the little pieces that are going to be cut. With the example we’ve got here, this leaves us with a perfect heart background. Change the color to make it easier to see. Then, click “Edit” and “send to back” so we can visualize it better. That’s a really easy way to use with a two-layer design. In this case, our letters are joined together so we don’t have to worry about that.

Next thing I want to do is size it. We’re going to type in the size that we would like. For this project, I’ll go for 3.5 inches. This is the perfect size cake topper for our little chocolate cake. We are now going to press “Make it” and select Kraft board on the materials. Then we can load the mat into our machine and press the flashing Cricut button.

Once the cutting is complete, let’s go ahead and unload the mat. Gently peel the mat away from your project. Then, use the spatula to help lift it up a bit and go in with your weeding tool to remove the pieces you won’t be using.

You want to be delicate with the project so it doesn’t fold, but with using this thicker material it’s a lot less likely.

We’re just going to add our little cake topper right down in the center and look how adorable this is! This is such a fun unique thing that you can add to all of your cakes. It’s going to take it to a whole new level.

What do you think about this project? I cannot wait to see what you do with this using our cut files. There are so many that we want to try out as cake toppers and we know you’re going to love this idea. If you are a DIY bride you will love being able to make your own cake toppers for your wedding too!

Hi everyone, today we’re going to create an Easy Galaxy Card With Cricut using the Tim Holtz Distress Oxides. These are amazing and you have got to have them! We’ll and we’re gonna be using vinyl with a cut file from Makers Gonna Learn. This is going to be great!

Here are the colors you need, Dried Marigold which is a really dark yellow, Picked Raspberry which is a kind of a hot pink, Seedless Preserves which is a bright purple grape-like color, Broken China, and last but not least Cracked Pistachio.

You will need an ink blender or a makeup brush. You can get these at Walmart, Amazon or your favorite retailer. They’re great for blending ink. We also need some white acrylic multi-surface paint, a water brush for the flickering and your card base. This has been pre-cut and scored, so let’s get started!

We’re going to begin by cutting the “Congrats” on our white vinyl with our Maker. We’re going to go ahead and click Make It. We are now going to press continue and select our materials and set it as “Vinyl”. Then, we’re going to use more pressure and do this on fast mode. So, now just press the flashing Cricut button.

We’re going to begin by creating our galaxy background. I really like to start with the lightest colors first. So, starting with our lightest color is going to be the Dried Marigold. Because we are blending, you want to get your brush pretty saturated. Apply to the cardstock and blend. You can do galaxies with bright cardstock or dark cardstocks depending on what you’re trying to achieve. We’re going to keep blending and then move on to our next color.

I feel like this cracked pistachio is our next lightest color. So we’re going to saturate our brush again. I really like these makeup brushes because they just grab the pigment and really allow you to blend in. I am blending some of each of the colors into the next one. That’s what is going to create that galaxy background appearance.

Remember, you want to leave some white spaces for the other colors in your color selections. Next, we’ll use the Broken China and then the pink Picked Raspberry. This is why we do the darkest last because honestly they can be overbearing and hide some of the other colors. Just keep blending outwards to really fade out and blend out those circles. By doing that you’re going to mix those colors a little bit more making them darker and creating that outer space look.

Last but not least, we’re going to use our Seedless Preserves color. It’s such a dark color that we’re going to be light with our application. If it covers up one of the lighter colors a bit too much, simply go back in with that lighter color again.

Once you’ve achieved a good base, this is where we really turn it into a galaxy. We’re going to grab our water brush and flick water over our background. Allow that to dry.

Put a little bit of the white paint on your palette and add a bit of water. Grab a paintbrush and flick the white paint onto your card. This is really what’s going to me get that gorgeous outer space look.

Let the paint dry and let’s work on our Congrats vinyl piece! We have removed it from the Light Grip Mat, weeded it, put our transfer tape on it, and now we’re going to transfer this gorgeous vinyl onto the card. This is a great way to incorporate vinyl with your paper crafts. So I’m going to place this down on our paper and use my fingers to press it down and then we’re gonna burnish it.

Peel it up slowly. If your paper is wet, it’s probably going to pull up a bit of the paint with it. We’re going to finish this card off with some little white sequins. Isn’t it super easy and fun to create your own Galaxy card?  We’re just incorporating a few materials to create a beautiful project! I hope you’ve enjoyed this quick tutorial as much as I did!