I made a few alterations in addition to switching up the colors a bit: I attached the fenders with adhesive foam to add dimension, embossed the basket (and added that to the back with a flower side, too), used enamel dots for the flower centers instead of paper, and added a “bumper sticker” enamel heart to the back fender.
I also made my own sides, because the svg files didn’t play nice with my Cricut for scoring that one piece and the files didn’t come with any instructions for assembly. Luckily, I’ve made quite a few box cards so figuring out how to wing it wasn’t too hard. There may be a tutorial on the website, I didn’t look since I was already deep into the project.
The files did not include an envelope which I think is standard for this company, but as in the past I dug through all my other box card files and found an envelope that would work!
One of the coolest things about box cards is how they collapst to fit into their envelopes, so it just wouldn’t feel finished if I didn’t have an envelope made just for this card!
Nailed it again!! I’ve been curious, if you don’t mind sharing secrets, how do you adhere all the small bits without getting adhesive on the fronts of any pieces
Hmmm, to quote several dozen dad jokes: very carefully!
I use a glue (Art Glitter Glue) for a lot of these projects and it has a pretty tiny opening and you can even get a cap with a very teeny tiny opening for it. And it only takes a teeny tiny bit of this glue to really adhere, too. It’s kind of expensive, but because you can use less and control how much your squeeze out so well, it’s worth it in my opinion. The trick is they will not ship it in the cold months!
Sometimes I’ll use a tweezers or foreceps to hold while applying glue and to place the little pieces and I have little tool that is sticky on the end made for picking up tiny things and placing them, but I forget to use that most of the time.
And finally, I do get glue on the front! Not infrequently! I will use a fingernail to get it if I can. Sometimes I’ll live with it, sometimes I’ll try to ink the piece to disguise the glue, but I also have a glue eraser thing that can do wonders.
A lot of the embellishments I use are self-adhesive, so that helps with those, although sometimes I end up adding glue if they don’t feel secure enough.
The little scooter is so sweet! I’m glad you pointed out where you deviated from the pattern; I think all your little embellishments really make it special.
