3 Summer Crafts with Shaped Card Bases
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- Written by: Crafter's Companion
Summer is the perfect time to get creative with bright colours, playful designs, and handmade keepsakes. Our Shaped Card Bases make it easy to craft something truly special. From thoughtful gifts and sweet birthday cards to memory-filled projects inspired by sunny days and summer adventures, these ideas are full of seasonal inspiration to spark your creativity.
Here are three creative summer makes to try with our Shaped Card Bases collection.
Jam Jar Notepad 🍓
Cute, practical, and full of summer sweetness, this Jam Jar Notepad is the perfect project for keeping organised in style. Decorated with strawberries, gingham patterns, and sweet embellishments and finished with ring binding, this shaped design feels like a sunny picnic day captured in papercraft form.
Ideal for writing your shopping lists, recipes, and reminders. This would also make a lovely handmade gift for friends, teachers, or anyone who loves stationery.
Cupcake Card 🧁
You simply can’t celebrate a birthday without cake, and this adorable cupcake card is the sweetest way to send summer birthday wishes! Featuring soft pastel tones, layered frosting details, and strawberry embellishments, this card feels playful, cheerful, and full of sunshine.
The addition of foam pads adds extra dimension and makes the cupcake really stand out, while the gentle gingham background gives it a fresh picnic-inspired feel. Whether you personalise it with sentiments, glitter, or extra embellishments, this shaped card base is guaranteed to make someone smile.
Pull-Out Photobox 📸
Summer is full of unforgettable moments, and this clever Pull-Out Photobox is the perfect way to treasure them forever. Designed with a decorative jam jar outer box and a pull-out accordion-style photo strip inside, this project is ideal for displaying your favourite summer snapshots.
Add holiday pictures, picnic memories, festival moments, or family photos to create a keepsake that’s both interactive and heartfelt. Soft pastel colours, fruity embellishments and layered details give the whole project a summer feel while still leaving plenty of room to personalise your design.
From practical makes to sweet birthday cards and memory-filled keepsakes, Shaped Card Bases are a fun and creative way to take your summer crafting to the next level. Mix playful embellishments with soft seasonal colours and experiment with different patterned papers to make every project uniquely yours.
