Birthday Cards
Easy Birthday Card With Paper Balloons
A beginner birthday card with three paper balloons cut from a folded template, strings that meet at one point and space for a handwritten greeting.
Tutorials
30 tutorials published
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Finishing a Handmade Card: Insides, Backs and Clean Edges
The last jobs before a handmade card goes in its envelope: lining the inside, cleaning off pencil and glue, checking the fold, pressing it flat and writing the greeting.
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Card Embellishments: Ribbon, Twine, Sequins and When to Stop
How to attach twine, ribbon, sequins, buttons, brads and pen details to a handmade card, and three simple habits that stop a card from getting overcrowded.
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How to Make an Envelope for Any Handmade Card
Fold a custom envelope from one square of paper using the card itself as the template, then trim the points, glue the pocket and add a liner.
Handmade Card Techniques
Stamped-Style Card Designs With Homemade Stamps
Make your own stamps from craft foam, erasers, corks and bottle caps, then print repeat patterns for original handmade cards.
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Dimensional Cards: Foam Adhesive, Raised Layers and Shadow
How to add real depth to a handmade card with foam adhesive, homemade spacers, curled paper and a raised window frame, without any pop-up mechanics.
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Pop-Up Card Basics: The Box Fold and the V-Fold
The two mechanisms behind most pop-up cards, explained step by step: the box fold cut across the center fold and the V-fold glued across it, plus how to keep both inside the closed card.
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Collage Cards: How to Compose With Paper Scraps
Build an original collage card from your own paper scraps: tear and cut the pieces, layer them from back to front, glue thinly and press flat. Includes a torn-paper landscape to follow.
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Choosing Card Color Combinations That Look Planned
A practical way to choose colors for a handmade card: one neutral, one main color and a small accent, tested with scraps before gluing, plus five ready-made palettes.
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Card Layout Ideas: Simple Sketches That Always Work
Six dependable card layouts described as plain blocks, with advice on rotating them, placing the handwritten greeting and planning with a pencil thumbnail.
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Layering Cardstock: Mats, Borders and Clean Reveals
How to mat a card panel: the size of each layer, how to keep the borders even, which mat colors to choose, and when to use a double mat or an offset layer.
Easy Greeting Cards
Paper Strip Card: An Easy Design That Uses Up Scraps
Glue scrap strips of mixed widths across a backing piece, trim the overhang in one pass and mount the striped panel on an A2 card base.