Making Your Own Christmas Cards This Year? Here’s a Card Making Idea You Might Enjoy: This Easy Card Features Jolly Cardinal Motifs From the “Time to Flourish” Collection by Graphic 45

When the winter landscape seems bleak and dreary, vibrantly colored red cardinals add a splash of color. This card features a showy red cardinal plus sprigs of evergreen plus scattered snowflakes. The cardinal motif is echoed again in a washi tape border along the lower edge.

Supplies You Will Need to Make This Christmas Card:

• Papers from the “Time to Flourish” 8×8 pad by Graphic 45: This pad features 2 papers for every month of the year. I used elements from the papers for December and January.
• Heavy cardstock Paper: I used Tim Holtz Heavystock to make the sample card pictured here. This paper is not only sturdy; it is also just the right color to complement many of the papers in the “Time to Flourish” pad. That said, you have many choices for cardstock papers that would work beautifully for making this card.
• Scor-Pal tool, bone folder or other scoring tool
• Envelope: I’ll be mailing this card in a plain white envelope. I like these Cardmaker’s Choice envelopes by Paper Accents, but there are many possibilities for envelopes that will complement this card design well.
• Adhesive: I used Cherry Tape and Glue Dots as the adhesives to make this Christmas card, but you could use pretty much any paper-friendly adhesive for putting this design together.
• Christmas themed Washi Tape by Recollections
• Paper Trimmer
• Scissors

How to Make the “Happy Holidays” Christmas Card

The first step in making this card: Transform one sheet of 8.5″ x 11″ Heavystock or cardstock into 2 card bases. You can use them both to make these cards, or you can use one and put one aside to use for making some other card later. To accomplish this, you’ll cut the sheet of cardstock into 2 identical pieces measuring 8.5″ x 5.5″ each. Then use a scoring tool to score and fold the cardstock to create a card measuring 5.5″ wide by 4.25″ tall.

Cut out several of the cut-aparts from the “Time to Flourish” paper pad. For this card, I used a bit of the overall
winter-themed patterned paper plus the “Let It Snow” border. Cut these apart and tape them to the front of your card base.

Cut one piece of Christmas-themed washi tape measuring 5.5″ across. Stick it to the card base right below the patterned paper.

Add the card to your card stash, or personalize a greeting on the inside and send it off to its recipient.

That’s it! That’s how to make this Christmas card, step-by-step. I hope your recipient will LOVE it!

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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Posted By: Amy Solovay

This page was last updated on 1-30-2022.