Wedding and Graduation Sets with Xyron

The Xyron Design Team has been busy creating Wedding and Graduation/ School sets over the past two weeks. You can all the sets on the Xyron Facebook page. I am sharing my Wedding and Graduation sets today as well as a requested tutorial for the pieces in my Graduation set. This will be a long post so you might want to grab a drink and get comfy!

The Wedding set I put together includes wedding cake gift boxes, wedding bells card, wedding dress favor box, and a save the date magnet.

I took the wedding bells studio file and welded the shapes together to create a card.

The wedding dress favor box is another Silhouette Studio file. I added the second layer with DIY Foam Adhesive made with the Xyron 5" Creative Station.

A Save the Date magnet created using the Xyron 5" Creative Station and magnet cartridge.

The Wedding Cake Gift Boxes were made using 3D round box studio files. I added the wedding couple lantern on top and kept the embellishments simple.

 

Wedding Set Supplies:

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Xyron 9" Creative Station

DIY Foam Adhesive

Recollections White/ Black Cardstock

Bazzill Cardstock (Green)

Ribbon FX White Ribbon

Doodlebug Design Mini Pearls

Martha Stewart Edge Punch

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Studio Files- Round Box, Wedding Couple Lantern, 3D Dress Box, and Wedding Bells 

The Graduation set I put together includes a gift card holder, cupcake pillars, and a card.

Let's start by putting together the graduation hat gift card box.

 

To make the graduation cap gift card box, start by cutting two squares of cardstock- one at 6x6 and the other at 5 7/8 x 5 7/8.

Score at one inch around all four edges of each cardstock square.

Cut tabs from each corner. I like to taper mine a bit to help everything fit together better.

Fold along the score lines and add adhesive to the four tabs using the Xyron Mega Runner.

Adhere together to form the lid and bottom of the box.

To make the insert to hold the gift card you can follow the same basic steps as above. The cardstock square should be cut at 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. To make the slits to hold the gift card I used the Basic Grey Notch Tool. You could also use a craft knife to cut two slits to hold the gift card.

 

 

To finish off the top of the box start by cutting two squares of cardstock that measure 4x4 inches and two squares that measure 5x5 inches.

Run one of the 5x5 inch squares and one if the 4x4 inch squares through the Xyron 5" Creative Station. Adhere both the 4x4 inch squares to each other then the two 5x5 inch squares.

 

Use a 1/2 inch circle punch to punch 6 circles.

Run each of the circles through the Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker and stack together.

Now that our pieces are ready let's adhere everything to the lid of our box. Adhere the 5x5 inch stacked squares to the lid with the Xyron Mega Runner.

Run the 4x4 inch stacked squares throughout the Xyron 5" Creative Station and adhere to the top of the 5 inch squares. Lay out the tassel and secure in place with the stacked circles.

Next we will put together the cupcake pillars. I used white cardstock for the set, but for this tutorial I used black cardstock to make it easier to see each step.

I cut three pillars for my set that measure 3, 4, and 5 inches tall. For this tutorial I am going to show you'd how to make the 5 inch tall pillar. To make the pillar start by cutting a 5x8 1/2 inch piece of cardstock. If you would like to make the other pillars cut your cardstock at 4x8 1/2 and 3x8 1/2 inches and continue with the following steps.

Score the cardstock along the 8.5 inch side at .5 inch, 2.5 inches, 4.5 inches, and 6.5 inches.

Flip the paper over. Starting at the 1/2 inch mark make five score lines every 1/4 inch within each of the two inch rectangles.

Leave about 1/4 inch at the top and bottom of each of the five score lines.

Flip the paper back over, fold along the score lines, and add adhesive to the tab using the Xyron Mega Runner.

Adhere the tab in place to form the main part of the pillar.

Next cut four 3x3 inch pieces of cardstock per pillar and one 2x2 inch piece of cardstock.

Center the 2 inch piece of cardstock over the 3 inch piece and use a pencil to make a mark at each of the four corners.

Use a craft knife to cut from corner to corner and form an X.

Fold each tab and apply adhesive using the Xyron Mega Runner.

Place the pillar over the base and align with the tabs.

Turn the pillar over and secure the tabs in place.

Apply adhesive using the Xyron Mega Runner along each edge of another 3 inch square and adhere to the base of the pillar.

Do the same for the top and the pillar is complete. I cut 2-3 vines per pillar with my Silhouette Cameo, wrapped them around each pillar, and secured them in place with the Xyron Mega Runner. I also add some Jolees stickers to finish off each of the pillars.

The base of the card was cut with the Silhouette Cameo from Snapdragon Snippet's Graduation Card file. I cut a couple of extra layers for a bit more dimension and adhered them together with the Xyron 5" Creative Station. I also used a 1/2 inch circle punch to punch 6 circles. I applied adhesive to the circles with the Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker and stacked them together. I secured the tassel between the stacked circles and card.

 

I used a Hero Arts stamps, Versamark Ink, and American Crafts Embossing Powder to add a sentiment to the inside of the card.

 

Graduation Set Supplies:

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Xyron 1.5" Sticker Maker

Xyron Mega Runner

Recollections Black and White Cardstock

The Paper Company Cardstock (Green)

Silhouette Cameo

Samantha Walker Leaf/ Vine Border Studio File

Snapdragon Snippet's Graduation Card File

Hero Arts Everyday Sayings Stamp Set

American Crafts White Embossing Powder

Versamark Ink

Jolee's Boutique Cap and Gown Sticker Set

DMC Floss

 

I hope you enjoyed my projects. We will have lots of great projects to share with you this month so be sure to stop by the Xyron Facebook page to see what's new.