Playing Card Box

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 This past weekend my friend and I stopped by a garage sale and they had a bunch of cool unique playing cards. One deck that we found has purple, blue, light purple and light blue stripes on the back and the cards are light purple/pink an light blue. The Diamonds and Hearts being light purple and spades and clubs being blue. The card box was a bit damaged so we decided to decorate a plastic card box that I had. We decided on a cotton candy theme due to the light purple/pink and light blue. We first found the cotton candy design we wanted and then we used the Cricut to cut the design out on light pink and light blue vinyl. For the cones we used white vinyl. We used holographic vinyl to cut out "Cotton Candy" to put on the front and we cut out some sparkle diamond to add onto the box. Overall, we definitely will be doing more of these because we loved how it turned out.



Materials Needed:
  • Cricut - Cutting machine
  • Crayon Holder Box
  • Vinyl - Light Pink, Light Blue and White
  • Holographic Vinyl
  • Transfer Tape

Comments

  1. Jacob HypkeApril 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM

    Cotton Candy was a great idea, given the colors. I aspire to reach your level creativity.

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  2. Júlia SitjasMay 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM

    That cotton candy theme is such a cute idea! I love how you turned a simple, damaged box into something so unique and fun. The vinyl details are a perfect touch. Definitely sounds like something I'd love to try myself! Thanks for sharing :)

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