How to Make Handmade Greeting Cards

Recently, I started to learn how to make handmade greeting cards. It is an enjoyable and relaxing hobby. With a handful of supplies, you can create many beautiful and unique handmade greeting cards. Read this article to learn how to make your own cards.

Things You'll Need
images
photo paper
card stock

Instructions

1. The first step to making handmade greeting cards is gathering all your supplies. You will need card stock, acid free scrapbooking paper, glue dots or glue runner, images, rubber stamps, stamp pads, markers, and photo paper.

2. After deciding what images and sentiments you want to put on your card, decide whether you are going to completely hand make your card or whether you want to create a hybrid card. A hybrid card is a card that you digitally create on greeting card software. You print it out and add embellishments such as buttons, flowers,and ribbons.

3. Hybrid cards are fast and fun to make. You can find word art online and print out the sentiment along with your images and designs on photo paper. Please check out the resource box below this article to find my articles on finding word art online and my articles on cricut expression.

4. If you decide to completely hand make your card, you need to decide on what papers you want to use. Glue them on to card stock. It is fun to mix several different patterns. Add your rubber stamped image that you colored in with markers and add some embellishments. There are tons of blogs online with beautiful examples of how to make hand made greeting cards. Be sure to check out the resource box below this article to find links to blog that will show you how to make your own cards.

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How to Make Greeting Cards

People send cards for every occasion-birthdays, weddings, graduations, new births-anytime communication is necessary. Making your own greeting cards can be cheaper than buying store-bought cards, but they are also more personal and fun to receive. By following these steps your cards can be as creative and intricate as you choose.

Things You'll Need
Cardstock, any color
Scrapbook paper, patterned
Scrapbook paper, light solid color

Instructions

1. Measure and cut a 9 inch by 8 inch rectangle on both the cardstock and the patterned paper.

2. Glue the patterned sheet to the cardstock and fold in half to make a 9 inch by 4 inch card.

3. Measure and cut a 6 inch by 3 inch block from the plain paper and glue to the front of the card.

4. Write a greeting on the front using markers or craft pens. For example, write "Happy Birthday!" or "Congratulations on your engagement!" in block letters or calligraphy.

5. Write your message inside using as much space as needed. If the cardstock color is too dark, paste a rectangle of light colored paper onto the cardstock to make writing visible.

6. Finish the card with stickers or stamps. Glue a light colored square to the back of the card for a place to draw a personal logo or quote.

Tips & Warnings

Use different sized envelopes to determine dimensions of your cards. It is often easier to adapt your card to an envelope than to find an envelope to fit your card.

Be creative in your presentation. Your greeting cards will always be personal and individual if you vary your use of papers, colors, textures and wording.

Use rubber cement or a glue stick rather than liquid glue to get even coverage with no lumps in the paper.

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