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Valentine’s Pink Heart Mailbox


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Design by: CricutDesignTeam (886 Projects)
Project skill level: moderate
Project time: 30 minutes to 1 hour
Project tags: Boxes/Bags/Tags Valentine's Day Girl Kids Love Grade School Love Notes/Cards Holiday Décor Playful

Gather Valentine’s Day notes from all of your friends in this cute, pink mailbox!

CRICUT ®: WHAT WAS USED

OTHER MATERIALS NEEDED

  • Cricut Craft Room® Design Software
  • Adhesive
  • Ribbon
  • Pink polka dot pattern paper (1)
  • Rhinestones
  • Pink glitter cardstock (1)
  • Corner rounder
  • White cardstock (1)
  • Sewing machine
  • Pink cardstock (4)
  • Foam squares

Project Cut Files

STEP-BY-STEP How-TO INSTRUCTIONS

Cricut® Cuts:
Use project cut file (CCR file) to create cuts.

1. Mailbox
a. Pink hinged door/back (Pink CS 1 layer)
b. Pink lower left side/bottom (Pink CS 2 layer)
c. Pink inside front/lower right side (Pink CS 3 layer)
d. Pink curved top(Pink CS 4 layer)
e. Pink glitter inner hinged door (Pink Glttr layer)

2. Phrase: Valentine’s Mail
a. White phrase (White CS layer)

3. Flag
a. White flag (White CS layer)
b. Pink glitter heart (Pink Glttr layer)

4. Decorative hearts
a. Ten pink glitter hearts (Pink Glttr layer)
Create mailbox from cuts 1a-1e. Fold and assemble. Use sewing machine as desired.
Use paper trimmer to cut four 1” x 7 ½” pieces of pink glitter cardstock. Remove guide on corner rounder and use to punch scallops along edges. Use paper trimmer to cut two 3 ¼” x 4 ¼” and one 3 ¼” x 6 ¾” pieces of pink polka dot pattern paper. Layer together. Use sewing machine as desired. Adhere to mailbox.
Use paper trimmer to cut two 1” x 4” pieces of white cardstock. Remove guide on corner rounder and use to punch scallops along edges. Use paper trimmer to cut one 2” x 4” piece of pink glitter paper. Layer together. Use sewing machine as desired. Adhere to mailbox.
Create phrase from cut 2a. Adhere to mailbox.
Create flag from cuts 3a-3b. Layer together. Use sewing machine as desired. Slide into mailbox slit.
Create decorative hearts from cuts 4a. Use foam squares to adhere to mailbox.
Embellish as desired.
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Step 1

Cricut® Cuts:
Use project cut file (CCR file) to create cuts.

1. Mailbox
a. Pink hinged door/back (Pink CS 1 layer)
b. Pink lower left side/bottom (Pink CS 2 layer)
c. Pink inside front/lower right side (Pink CS 3 layer)
d. Pink curved top(Pink CS 4 layer)
e. Pink glitter inner hinged door (Pink Glttr layer)

2. Phrase: Valentine’s Mail
a. White phrase (White CS layer)

3. Flag
a. White flag (White CS layer)
b. Pink glitter heart (Pink Glttr layer)

4. Decorative hearts
a. Ten pink glitter hearts (Pink Glttr layer)

Step 2

Create mailbox from cuts 1a-1e. Fold and assemble. Use sewing machine as desired.

Step 3

Use paper trimmer to cut four 1” x 7 ½” pieces of pink glitter cardstock. Remove guide on corner rounder and use to punch scallops along edges. Use paper trimmer to cut two 3 ¼” x 4 ¼” and one 3 ¼” x 6 ¾” pieces of pink polka dot pattern paper. Layer together. Use sewing machine as desired. Adhere to mailbox.

Step 4

Use paper trimmer to cut two 1” x 4” pieces of white cardstock. Remove guide on corner rounder and use to punch scallops along edges. Use paper trimmer to cut one 2” x 4” piece of pink glitter paper. Layer together. Use sewing machine as desired. Adhere to mailbox.

Step 5

Create phrase from cut 2a. Adhere to mailbox.

Step 6

Create flag from cuts 3a-3b. Layer together. Use sewing machine as desired. Slide into mailbox slit.

Step 7

Create decorative hearts from cuts 4a. Use foam squares to adhere to mailbox.

Step 8

Embellish as desired.

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