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Beautiful Basket Cards ⭐ Card Making Countdown BONUS Projects!

Make beautiful 3D basket cards that fold flat for posting.

This tutorial shows how to make the six basket cards that come as a bonus file in the Instant Access Bundle of the 2026 Card Making Countdown.

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If you’re taking part in the 2026 Card Making Countdown on a free ticket, then please be aware that you will not receive these designs.

These cards are currently exclusive to the Instant Access Bundle, so that is the only place to get the SVGs.

They will be added to my SVG shop to purchase individually in August 2026.

These cards are quicker to make than they appear. All the dimension is created with clever accordion “tabs” along the side, so you don’t need any foam squares – only glue.

Despite that, the baskets look wonderfully 3D when they are displayed. And best of all, the layers “squish” down completely for putting in an envelope.

Basket cards supply list

Here is a list of the materials that are used to make this project.

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Cricut machine
Light blue Cricut cutting mat
Cricut scoring wheel or scoring stylus
Coloured card
Glue (I like Bearly Art Glue and Collall)
Foam squares (optional, not used on all designs)

Basket cards are suitable for the following types of Cricut machines: Explore series, Maker series and Joy Xtra. They are too large to cut on the Joy or Joy 2.

Foundation learning

If you're new to making papercrafts with your cutting machine, check out these links to get you started.

They include videos on topics such as: which file to use with your type of cutting machine, how to load the files into your cutting machine's software, how to cut cardstock with your type of cutting machine, how to recolor and modify/customize the cut files and tips for displaying your projects.

The following tutorials are Cricut-specific, but many of the ideas will work similarly with a Silhouette or ScanNCut machine and any cut files that are shared in them are compatible with all types of cutting machine.

How to score with a Cricut (even without scoring tools)
Print then cut tutorial
Design Space tools (Combine, Attach, Slice, Weld, Flatten, etc.)
Pattern fill tutorial (for making backgrounds & cutting images to a specific shape/size)
Free envelope SVGs that can be sized to fit any card
Presentation boxes for handmade cards
How to write inside cards with Cricut pens
How to cut layered designs at a small size
Design Space tips & tricks
Cricut pens tutorial
How to mount multiple designs in the same frame with magic guides

Basket cards video tutorial

Watch the video below to see how to make this project. Keep scrolling for a written tutorial.

How to make basket cards with a Cricut

The same steps shown below can be used for any of the basket card templates included with the Instant Access Bundle of the Card Making Countdown.

Step 1) Download the cutting files & upload to Design Space

Download the files from within the Instant Access Bundle of the Card Making Contdown.

Before you upload the SVGs to Design Space, you need to unzip the download folder that they come in.

After unzipping, upload the SVG file(s) into your cutting machine software.

Not sure how to use cut files with your type of machine? The following links lead to videos on how to open cut files in:

The download folder also contains printable PDF versions of the templates for hand cutting.

If you are using Cricut Design Space, start a new project and then click the “Upload” button on the left of the screen.

You can then either click “Browse” to find the file on your computer, or drag-and-drop it.

Upload the file within the “01 Cricut Version” subfolder.

Press “Upload” on the next screen.

After uploading, the design should be automatically inserted onto your Canvas.

To hide the left sidebar (to give you more space for designing!), click the arrow that’s about half way down the page.

If the design doesn’t get inserted onto your Canvas, it will show under “Uploads” in your “Recently Uploaded Images”. Click on it and then press “Add to Canvas” to put it onto your Project.

Need help uploading SVGs? Get step-by-step instructions here in our detailed help guides for Cricut, Silhouette and ScanNCut.

Step 2) Check the template size

Check the size that shows in the lime green box on the top-left of the box card template.

Make sure your basket card is showing at that exact size. If it isn’t, then change it to match.

Click the design and press the “Ungroup” button at the top of the layers panel.

Click the green size guide box and delete it.

Note – the white shape in the design is the message panel to write on.

Step 3) Format the score lines

Click one of the basket base card pieces to select it, then click the chevron arrow that appears next to it in the layers panel to open it up.

Click the top layer within that group to select just that piece. It looks like two horizontal lines.

Change it to “Score” in the Operations dropdown.

Click to select the group of the score line and the base piece, and press “Attach” to join the score line to the base piece.

Repeat this for all of the basket base pieces that are shown in a Group in the layers panel.

Note that the very back piece of the basket does not have any lines that need to be scored.

Step 4) Cut out all the pieces

When you’re happy with how the project is looking in Design Space, click “Make” and follow the instructions on-screen to cut out all the pieces.

To change the paper size, go into the dropdowns over on the left side of the screen and choose the paper size that you want to use. You need to change it for every single colour.

To save space on your cardstock, you can move things around by clicking and dragging. Make sure when you’re moving things about that nothing overlaps because otherwise, it won’t cut out properly.

TIP: New to using cardstock with your cutting machine? Check out these machine help guides for Cricut, Silhouette and ScanNCut that go through every step of the process, including tips for getting the best quality cuts from your machine.

Step 5) Put the card together

My favourite glues to use on papercraft projects are Bearly Art Glue and Collall All Purpose Glue.

These are great because they don’t “warp” or bend the cardstock like some glues do. You can use as much of it as you want and the card stays perfect – and it dries perfectly clear too!

Bearly Art Glue comes with a tiny nozzle to make it easy to apply glue to small areas of card. The Collall glue doesn’t come with this, so it’s easiest to decant it into needle tip applicator bottles so that you have more control.