Spring Tulips in a Basket

Long ago at the beginning of this blog I created a sliceform basket and "filled" it with puppies.
This updated (new files!) slice form basket is bursting with spring tulips, a perfect flower basket for Easter.

How to make a spring basket of tulips sliceform


Make it!
 
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How to use my files in Cricut Design Space

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Cut basket pieces from two sided card stock.
Cut lots of flowers and leaves (the pink and green pieces).  I used 26 sets.

Assemble the flowers

Slide together the two flower pieces.

Glue the stem across the slot of the piece with one long slot, inside the bottom slot of the two-slotted piece.  This locks the tulips pieces together.

Dotted line is the long slot.  The stem is glued to the long-slotted tulip.

Here I have bent back the short-slotted piece to show the stem glued across the long slot.

Assemble the basket

This sliceform basket is a little tricky because the slots are angled. Pieces tend to come unattached as you're adding other pieces. As I work I keeping turning the piece and re-seating anything that's coming apart.

1.Contents and inside sides

Fold up the bottom tabs on the contents (purple).
Note that your "contents" piece is shaped differently.  (I borrowed these assembly photos from the puppy basket post.)

Angle the top tab through the center slot of the inside side (yellow), then slide the folded-up bottom tab through. Unfold the bottom tab.

Repeat for the other inside side.

2. Handle piece front and back

Slide the inner slots of the handle piece (green) and the inner slots of the inside sides (yellow) together. The inner slots are the ones closest to the middle of the piece.

Slide one end of the handle piece onto one inside side piece, then the other end onto the other inside side piece.

Repeat for the other handle piece.

Important! The slots under the bows at the top of the two handle piece must point in opposite directions!


3. Outside side pieces 

Fold up bottom tabs on outside side pieces (purple).

Slide the outside side pieces onto handle (green) pieces: slotting the inner slot of the outside side onto the outer slot of the handle.

Repeat for other side.

4. Outside front and back pieces

Starting on one side, slide the top tab of the outside side piece (purple) through the outer slot of the front piece (blue).

Push the folded-up tab through the slot and unfold.

Work across the piece. In the pictures I am working right-to-left. Slot together the inner slots of the front (blue) and the outer slots of the inside side piece (yellow).

Now the other inner slot of the front and the outer slot of the other inside side piece (yellow).

Finally, attach second outside side piece (purple) as you did the first one, by inserting the top tab first, then pushing through the folded-up tab.

Slot together the outside back piece (blue) the same as the front.

5.Create bow

Crease each bow where it joins the handle.

Slot the bow pieces together.

5. Add the flowers

Adhere flowers to the center "contents" piece and the four basket pieces that are parallel to it.  (Shown in the photo above as purple, blue, and green. )

 I started with two groups of three on the right and left sides of the middle (purple) piece, then added a middle flower.  Then another group of three in the center of the front and back pieces (blue); then filled in from there.

Add leaves to fill any bare spots.

Technically, this sliceform should fold flat, but I haven't tried it with the tulips in it.