Mother’s Day Card and Gift Tag

Updated on July 23, 2024

Mother’s Day Card and Gift Tag. Use a beautiful Mother’s Day SVG from Carina Gardner to make this Mother’s Day card and matching gift tag.

Mother’s Day is this weekend. I think the gift wrapping can be as important as the gift itself, especially when it is handmade. I don’t always go all out on packaging up my gifts, but I love to make handmade cards.

Adding a handmade tag to a simple gift bag makes it seem much more special.

Thank you to Carina Gardner for sharing this Mother’s Day die-cut set with me. This post contains affiliate links. Please read my full disclosure policy here.

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Supplies:

• Mother’s Day Card File
• Mother’s Day Tag File
• Cardstock
• Adhesive
• Cricut Explore
• Small stick-on rhinestones (optional)

Purchase and download your Mother’s Day set from the Silhouette Design Store. Once the files are downloaded, you can upload them into Cricut Design Space™.

Need help with getting the image from Silhouette to Cricut? Check out this tutorial from Creative Fabrica.

Mother’s Day Gift Card Tag

Step one: Click File -> New -> Upload Images

Step two: Click Upload Image

Step three: Click Browse. Find where the file is located on your computer. It will end with .svg. Click on the file. Then click Open.

Now, you can change the Image name and add tags to help you find the file later. Then click the green Save button.

Step four: Click on the uploaded image (there will be a green check in the right corner after selecting it. Click Insert Images.

Note: If you want to resize the image, now is the time to do it BEFORE you ungroup in Step 5 since all the individual elements of the design are grouped. 

Step 5: To work with the .svg file and all the individual elements, ungroup the images.

Step 6: Once they are ungrouped, you can change the color of any of the individual pieces of the file. In this particular file, there are dotted lines for scoring. Select the dotted lines and the tag and attach them.

Step 7: Choose the dotted lines and change them from Cut to Score.

Step 8: Your design is ready to cut out on your Cricut Explore. Click Go and follow the prompts for each cutting mat.

Tag assembly

Glue the Mother’s Day word art to the white cardstock. 

Note: I love this Elmer’s Craft Bond glue. Its very fine tip makes it perfect for gluing detailed designs.

Then, glue that whole piece to the scalloped pink paper. Fold the edges of the tag, and then use an adhesive tape runner to glue the sides of the tag closed. 

Glue on the flower shapes, starting with the two larger ones and then adding the two smaller ones. Add the small dark pink dot to the center.  

Add a ribbon to the top of the tag and then attach it to your bag.

Mother’s Day Shadow Card

Follow steps one through five from the Mother’s Day Gift Card Tag to upload the file into Cricut Design Space™.

Step 6: Now that the images are ungrouped, select individual elements and determine their color. This is a helpful way to envision your finished project.

Any elements that are the same color will be cut on the same cutting mat.

Step 7: All the elements of this file are now colored in except for the small flowers and leaves. I want the flowers to be all the same color. So, select each one, select Attach, and then change the color to light pink.

Now, select Detach.

Note: Attaching the images is the easiest way to change the color of all the flowers at once. You can also select each individual flower and change the color to whatever you would like. I detach the flowers once I am finished so that they will be cut out on the cutting mat in the most efficient way.

Repeat this process for the small leaves.

Step 8 (optional): Add a scoreline to the card. Click Insert Shapes -> Score Line. Set the width of the score line to 5.49″ (the same width as the card). Choose 90° so the score line is horizontal rather than vertical.

To perfectly align the scoreline and the card, select both. Click Align -> Center Vertically -> Center Horizontally. Select Attach so that the card and score line are cut together.

Step 9: Click Go and follow the prompts for each cutting mat.

Card assembly

Glue the small flowers and leaves to the dark green base. Add small rhinestones to the center of the flowers. 

Glue the smallest open rectangle to the larger one.

Glue the word ‘Mother’ to the card cut out.

Attach each of the layers using adhesive foam squares in the corners. Start with the folded card base.

Add the green floral layer, the Mother layer, and the rectangle border, using adhesive squares on each. This will create a shadow effect on your card.

The card and tag coordinate beautifully to create a special Mother’s Day gift set for someone special.

Need more help? Watch this video for a step-by-step tutorial on how to use a .svg file in Cricut Design Space:

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