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