Looking for ideas you can use for making a Christmas card featuring a Santa Claus design?
If so, perhaps you’ll find this card making project idea appealing. On the front of this charming Christmas card, a cute, cartoon-y Santa Claus is holding an airmail envelope in one hand; presumably, he’s mailing a Christmas card to somebody on his list of card recipients.
This is a quick, easy and reasonably affordable Christmas card design to make. If you’re new to card making, your wallet will be happy to know that this card making project doesn’t require a die cutter, dies or stamps.
You’re invited to read on if you’d like to learn how to make a similar Christmas card to send to any of your friends/ family this holiday season!
Craft Supplies You’ll Need for Creating a Similar Christmas Card With a Santa Claus Design
- White Cardstock for Making the Card Base: I recommend using the Neenah Paper Company’s Solar White 110 lb Classic Crest Cover stock, but you can use any similar white-colored cardstock you like.
- Patterned Paper: You can use any winter or Christmas themed patterned paper to create the background for your card design. If you want to use the same paper I used to create the project sample, look for the “Snow Much Fun” collection of patterned papers by Doodlebug Designs. You’ll need two different patterns with designs that harmonize well together.
- Adhesive: You can use any paper-friendly adhesive to create this project. If you don’t already have a favorite to use, you might like to try Cherry tape, which is my favorite.
- Adhesive Foam Strips: Adhesive foam strips are optional. I recommend using them if you are going to give the card to its recipient in person, because they make the Santa Claus design and selected other elements pop up from the rest of the card and look delightfully three-dimensional. However, they might add on to the cost and hassle of mailing the card, so if you’re mailing it, you might be happier just skipping this step.
- An Ink Pad: Ink pads are optional for this project. I used one ink pad — Tim Holtz’s Distress Oxide ink in the Salvaged Patina color — to ink around the edges on my patterned paper to give them more visual interest and make them stand out more. You don’t have to do this, but you can if you want to. It’s just one of those little details that elevates your card and makes it look extra special.
- A Scoring Tool
- Embellishments:
Pictured above, you can see the pack of die cuts I used for embellishing the front of this card. These die cuts are from the “Candy Cane Lane” collection by Doodlebug Designs.
You can find many of the stickers, embellishments and papers from this collection available for sale online; however, this exact collection of die cuts is no longer available. So, it will not be possible to make exactly the same card design you see pictured here; however, you can make something just as playful, fun and cute, using similar craft supplies from the same collection (or from any of Doodlebug’s Christmas collections, which are all similar and delightfully adorable.)
How to Make This Christmas Card:
- Cut a piece of white cardstock measuring 7″ x 10″.
- Score the cardstock down the center and fold it so that you end up with a card base measuring 7″ wide by 5″ high.
- Cut a piece of patterned paper measuring 7″ wide by 5″ high.
- Ink around the edges of this piece using an ink pad in a harmoniously matching color, if desired. Let the ink dry.
- Attach the cut piece of patterned paper to your card base using adhesive.
- Cut another piece of patterned paper in a different, complementary pattern; this piece should measure 6″ wide by 4″ high.
- Ink around the edges of this piece using an ink pad in a complementary color, if desired. Let the ink dry.
- Layer this piece on top of the other piece of patterned paper on the card front, using adhesive to attach it where you want it.
- Embellish the card using any Christmas-themed die cuts, stickers or other embellishments of your choice. Remember that you can use the adhesive foam strips to make some of the embellishments pop up off the card and look three-dimensional, if that’s what you want to do.
- IF you know who you want to send the card to, you can personalize the inside with a note or greeting. But if you don’t know who to give the card to yet, you can simply add it to your card stash so you’re prepared when you need a Christmas card to give to someone.
So there you have it: That’s a fun Christmas card making project idea featuring a cute Santa Claus design. I hope you enjoyed reading about this project and possibly even making a card of your own using these instructions.
Over to You:
Did you try making your own Christmas card? If so, who did you make it for, and how did it turn out? Let’s talk about it in the comments.
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