Do you need a delightfully adorable winter greeting card to send to someone you know?
This fun card features an illustration of two polar bears riding the lift at a ski resort. Could this image be any cuter?
You could make a card just like this one, even if you’re a beginner to card making; this card design is incredibly easy, and it doesn’t require special talent like some of the fancier handmade designs you see around. You won’t need to invest hours painting, coloring or stamping make a card like this one.
If you’re familiar with the craft supplies manufacturer known as Doodlebug Design, Inc., you’re surely aware that their cheerful, colorful paper collections are ideal for making captivating greeting cards that will delight your card recipients. Doodlebug’s papers make it so easy to create professional-looking cards that turn out super appealing.
Craft Supplies You’ll Need for Making This Winter Greeting Card
You’ll need the following tools and supplies to make a card like the one pictured here:
Cute Winter-Themed Patterned Papers: You’ll need 2 different patterned papers to create a card design like this one. If you want your card to be just like the project sample pictured above, I recommend selecting patterned papers from the “Snow Much Fun” paper collection by Doodlebug Design Inc.
This paper collection is available to buy online as of 12-18-2025 when I’m posting this project. However, this manufacturer offers a fantastic selection of adorable, seasonal patterned papers — so if you can’t find “Snow Much Fun,” or you’re looking for something a little different, you can create a very similar card design using any of Doodlebug’s winter-themed paper collections.
I used the following patterned scrapbooking papers to create the card front:
- The focal image with the polar bears at the ski resort is from the “Frozen Flurry” 12×12″ patterned paper. If you want to make a whole bunch of cute cards, I think you’re going to love this paper, because there are bunches of other cute, wintry images also printed on this paper — enough to make the focal points for a total of 12 different cards.
So here’s an idea you can consider: If you want to mass produce a bunch of cards to send to all your friends, you can make them very much like this one, except you’d change out the central image and use up all the different focal image designs from the Frozen Flurry paper.
The other patterned paper is a small scattered dot design where the dots sort of resemble snow. This design is included in the Snow Much Fun Petite Prints Pack, and I recommend this paper. But if you can’t find it in stock, don’t worry, because papers like these are available for sale in many of the Doodlebug “Petite Prints” packs. For example, the Petite Prints pack from the “Let It Snow” collection has some similar designs you could use.
Colored Cardstock: You can use any color of cardstock that complements your focal image. I chose a teal-colored cardstock because I happened to have it in my craft supplies stash — but if you want your cardstock to match your other papers perfectly, it’s ideal to use the cardstock from the coordinating “Snow Much Fun” cardstock pack by Doodlebug.
Smooth White Cardstock for the Card Base: You can use any smooth white cardstock to make your card base. I recommend smooth cardstock because that makes it easier to handwrite a personalized greeting on the inside of your card without your pen skipping, but it’s also possible to use textured white or light-colored cardstock if you prefer. Again, the white cardstock that comes in the “Snow Much Fun” cardstock pack coordinates perfectly with the other “Snow Much Fun” papers, although it isn’t what I used to make the sample project.
A Scoring Tool: If you’re serious about card making, and you plan to make cards frequently, it’s ideal if you can use a bone folder, scoring board or similar paper scoring tool to create crisp, perfectly even, professional-looking folds. This isn’t strictly necessary; you can fold your card without using any tools. However, I like the results much better when I use my bone folder and scoring board to create perfect folds — and I recommend doing it that way if you think it would be helpful to you to use scoring tools.
Adhesive: I used Cherry Tape to make this card. If you don’t already have any adhesive on hand that will work for this project, I definitely recommend Cherry Tape; it’s my favorite adhesive. However, there’s no need to buy Cherry Tape just for this; you can use any paper-friendly adhesive you like.
Washi Tape: I embellished the lower half of the card with a diagonal striped strip of washi tape. Washi tape is a lovely finishing touch that adds visual interest to the card front.
Ink Pads: You’ll need an ink pads in a color that coordinates with the colors of your patterned paper. You can use this to ink around the edges of your papers to add emphasis and give them a cohesive, finished appearance. I used Tim Holtz’s Distress Oxide Ink in the “Salvaged Patina” color, but there are many ink colors that would work well for doing this. So please use any similar ink color you might already happen to have on hand.
Once you’ve gathered your supplies, assembling the card is straightforward; you make a card base out of white cardstock, and create several layers using the specified papers, attaching them all to the card base using your adhesive. The washi tape strip is the finishing touch for the card front, and you’ll also want to write a personalized note to the card’s recipient on the inside.
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This page was last updated on 12-19-2025.
