Do-It-Yourself Christmas Holiday Greeting Cards

Here is a quick how-to tips to personalize your holiday greetings cards. This diy recipe is shared from Elizabeth Moad in her book “Quick & Clever Christmas Cards: 100 Fast & Festive Cards & Tags”.

You’ll need the following materials for completing this work: blue lightweightpaper (7×11 inches), 2pcs of dark blue card (7×3 1/8inches), blue card (8 1/4×5 1/2 inches), scrap of patterned paper, acrylic paint, glaze pens (orange, black, brown), sponge dauber, bone folder, glue stick, saucer, and ruler.

1. Fold the blue lightweight paper in half. With the flat edge of a bone folder, press along the fold to make a sharp crease. (You may want to write your letter before folding the paper).
2. Fold back one short edge to the centerfold. Crease this edge with the bone folder. Turn the paper over, fold the other short edge to the centre fold and press with the bone folder.
3. Rub a glue stick along one of the shorter edges of the blue paper and then attach to one of the pieces of dark blue card. Attach the other piece of dark blue card to the other end of the paper, blue side facing outward.
4. Place a small amount of white acrylic paint on a clean, plain saucer. With a sponge dauber or piece of sponge, pickup small amounts of the paint and gently dab in the center of the blue card to create three rounds, building up the shape from the center outward. Practice on scrap paper first to gauge how much paint is needed on the dauber or sponge. Leave the paint to dry according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
5. Using the glaze pens, add a carrot-shaped nose in orange, and eyes, mouth and buttons in black. Use the brown pen to draw in stick arms. Cut a scarf shape from two pieces of patterned paper. Leave the pen marks to dry.
6. For a torn effect, a clear plastic rectangular template was used as an alternative to a metal ruler, as this allows  you to tear all four edges easily. Position the clear template over the snowman, hold firmly in place with one hand and tear the paper along the edges of the template with the other hand. If the template is smaller than your image, just move it down as you tear. Glue the snowman panel to the front dark blue card.