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Greeting Card Class

Learn card making techniques

Greeting Card Class

Learn card making techniques
 
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About the tutorials

Welcome to Your Greeting Card Making Journey! Unleash your creativity and learn how to make beautiful, personalized greeting cards that will be cherished by loved ones. This collection of twelve FREE tutorials starts with beginner-friendly projects and progresses to more intricate designs. By the end, you'll master a variety of paper crafting techniques, allowing you to craft unique cards that truly stand out.

Ready to Level Up? Looking for even more inspiration? Explore Greeting Card Class 2 and the Greeting Card Ideas roundup for more cardmaking techniques and inspiration. And for a delightful surprise, dive into the world of Pop-up Cards!

Crafting with Kids? Spark their imagination with our collection of easy-to-make Greeting Cards Kids Can Make, featuring fun pop-up designs and more!

The projects range in difficulty from EASY to AVERAGE

Browse down this page for descriptions and illustrations of the tutorials, then select a tutorial and have some crafting fun! Or jump to the category index for a listing of all crafts.

Four Patch Cards Tutorial #1

Four patch card
Description ↓

Use this simple card making idea to create two beautiful greeting cards from a single 6" by 6" sheet of decorative paper. With this versatile technique you can make great looking card designs with ease! This tutorial also includes how to make card blanks and envelopes. Related: Kids' Four Patch Birthday Cards and Four Patch Card for Him

EASY

Matted Clip-art and Photo Cards Tutorial #2

Matted clip-art cards
Description ↓

Learn matting techniques and color combining concepts to use with clip-art and photos to make stylish greeting cards.

EASY

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Easy Rubber Stamp Repeat Cards Tutorial #3

Repeat cards
Description ↓

Learn to make cards using repeats of small rubber stamps arranged in threes or fours and matted. Once you learn this design concept it can be used for repeats of any small object—paper punches, cutouts from decorative paper, stencils, and more. Related: Aunt Annie's Rubber Stamping Tips

EASY

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Stenciled Cards Tutorial #4

Stenciled Cards - 4th greeting card tutorial
Description ↓

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make cards using stencils and acrylic paint. You'll also be shown how to make your own stencils using paper punches or a few snips with scissors. Related: Stenciled Bear Christmas Cards

EASY

Paper Appliqué Cards Tutorial #5

Paper Applique Cards
Description ↓

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make paper appliqué cards. Basically these are cards made from cut paper arranged on the card to mimic the look of cloth appliqué. There's no end to what can be done with this technique. Related: Appliqué Heart Valentines

EASY

Paper Weaving Cards Tutorial #6

Paper Weaving Cards
Description ↓

In this tutorial, you'll see how to weave paper strips into decorative elements for use on greeting cards. The tutorial also explores color concepts based on the color wheel. Related: Woven Heart Valentines

AVERAGE

Embossed Cards Tutorial #7

Embossed Cards
Description ↓

In this tutorial learn how to add embossing to your greeting cards without making a large investment in special tools. An embossed card is bound to be appreciated for its elegance. Related: DIY Scoring and Embossing Board

AVERAGE

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DIY Bookmark Cards Tutorial #8

Bookmark Cards
Description ↓

This fun and easy greeting card tutorial guides you through creating beautiful cards featuring a functional bookmark as the centerpiece. Learn how to use contrasting colors, a decorative marker technique, and work with colored cardstock to design one-of-a-kind keepsakes.

AVERAGE

Leaf Silhouette Cards Tutorial #9

Leaf Silhouette Card
Description ↓

This greeting card tutorial uses sponged paper and leaf silhouettes to make a simple and elegant card. The design concepts of positive and negative space are introduced in this tutorial along with how to make your own unique decorative paper by sponging with paint.

EASY

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Recycled Cards Tutorial #10

Example Recycled Cards
Description ↓

In this tutorial learn how to make new greeting cards by recycling old cards. A variety of techniques are presented that make it easy to create a card you will be proud to give. Making recycled cards is a terrific group activity and is fun for people of all ages.

EASY

Pocket Cards Tutorial #11

Example Pocket Cards
Description ↓

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make greeting cards with pockets that can be filled with little pieces of your creative art. They are also ideal for presents of money or gift cards. The pocket cards are very versatile, make several in a variety of colors to have on hand to decorate for any occasion. Related: Kids' Pocket Mother's Day Cards and Card with Money Pocket

AVERAGE

Serendipity Square Cards Tutorial #12

Example Serendipity Square Cards
Description ↓

In this greeting card tutorial learn how to use leftover scraps of paper and cardstock to make colorful serendipity squares that are then combined in various ways to make beautiful cards. Once you learn how to make serendipity squares, you'll never need to throw away those small scraps of paper again!

EASY

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