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Winter Holiday Card With Cut Paper Snowflakes

Small six-point snowflakes cut from thin white paper sit on a deep blue panel with dots of falling snow. A winter card that suits any December holiday or a new-year greeting.

Holiday Cards

Christmas Tree Card Made From Paper Strips

Horizontal paper strips stacked from long to short build a tidy tree with a kraft trunk and a star on top. Straight cuts only, and easy to make in batches.

Seasonal Cards

Autumn Leaf Card in Warm Layered Paper

Paper leaves in red, yellow and kraft brown drift diagonally across a white panel, a few of them raised on foam. A warm card for autumn birthdays and Thanksgiving greetings.

Seasonal Cards

Spring Card With Paper Tulips

Three paper tulips on stems of different heights rise from a striped band. A cheerful spring card for birthdays, Mother's Day, Easter or a get-well note.

Celebration Cards

Anniversary-Style Card With Interlocking Paper Hearts

Two hearts cut from folded paper, overlapped so one tucks behind the other, on a soft double mat. A restrained card for anniversaries, engagements, weddings or friendship.

Celebration Cards

Congratulations Card With a Paper Starburst

Thin paper rays fan out from one point and a raised star covers the spot where they meet. One scrap-friendly design for graduations, new jobs, new homes and exams.

Thank You Cards

How to Make a Matching Set of Thank-You Cards

Batch-make six or eight coordinated thank-you cards: one layout, one palette, one detail that changes, an assembly-line order and a scrap-card jig for consistent placement.

Thank You Cards

Botanical Thank-You Card With Cut Paper Leaves

Cut symmetrical paper leaves from folded scraps, crease a vein down each one and arrange them as an arching sprig or an open wreath with space for a handwritten thank-you.

Thank You Cards

Simple Thank-You Card With a Layered Paper Flower

One three-layer paper flower, a thin stem and two leaves, set off-center on a matted panel. Petals are cut in a stack so they match and curled over a pencil.

Birthday Cards

Birthday Banner Card With Paper Pennants

Cut a row of equal paper pennants from scrap strips with one zigzag cut and string them along two swooping lines. The lower third stays free for a handwritten greeting.

Birthday Cards

Pop-Up Birthday Card With a Stack of Gifts

Three box-fold tabs in one liner lift three paper gifts when the card opens. Follow the order cut, fold, test closed, decorate, glue, and nothing sticks out of the edge.

Birthday Cards

Layered Birthday Cake Card With Paper Candles

Stack three paper rectangles into a tiered cake, add hand-cut wavy icing, thin candles and a raised middle tier. Suggested measurements fit a standard A2 card.