Greeting Card Class 2

About the tutorials

This is the second set of monthly greeting card tutorials offered on AuntAnnie.com! These tutorials go beyond the basics and demonstrate ideas and techniques to further enhance your handmade cards. Come back each month for a new tutorial!

Have you seen the original Greeting Card Class tutorials? They are chockful of great ideas!

The tutorials 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!

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  Scalloped Edge Cards Tutorial #1 - In this greeting card tutorial learn how to make a fancy edge on your handmade greeting cards using scallops and a paper punch. This is a quick and easy way to add a strong design element along the right-side or bottom of your card.

  EASY

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  Strip Folding Cards Tutorial #2 - In this greeting card tutorial learn how to use folded paper strips to give your card added depth with three-dimensional layers. This tutorial features a frame created with folded paper strips that enhances a small image or photo that's the focal point of your card.

  AVERAGE

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  Strip Folding Heart Cards Tutorial #3 -In this greeting card tutorial, make a card for Mother's Day or your sweetheart that features a framed heart motif while learning how to use a strip folding template. Once you learn this technique using the heart template, additional motifs can be made using other templates.

  AVERAGE

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  Dangle Cards Tutorial #4 - Go beyond the ordinary with this novelty card featuring a dangle that twists and turns. See how easy it is to make this freestanding greeting card with a 3-dimensional opening for hanging your special dangle.

  AVERAGE

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  Pop-up Birthday Cards Tutorial #5 - Make a birthday card that features the child's age as a pop-up. There's something almost magical about pop-ups that delights both children and adults. After you make this card, you will be able to add a similar V-fold pop-up to any greeting card.

  AVERAGE

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  Cutout Edge Cards Tutorial #6 - Special edge treatments are one of the things that can set your homemade card apart from a store-bought card. This greeting card tutorial shows how to add a cutout edge detail to your rubber stamped cards. Also, see how to draw a background using felt-tip markers.

  EASY

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  Pocket Folder for Greeting Cards Tutorial #7 - This simple folder is prefect for storing your handmade cards and with multiple folders you can arrange the cards by theme or occasion. When selling or giving your cards as a set, make a folder to match your handmade cards.

  EASY

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  Ribbon Edge Christmas Cards Tutorial #8 - 'Tis the season for ribbons! Take your homemade Christmas cards up a notch by adding a ribbon edge. In this tutorial you'll learn how to create a decorative cut edge that is enhanced with a ribbon backing. You'll also learn how to make a stamp from an eraser and use it make plain and checkered backgrounds.

  EASY

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  Sponged Paper Cards Tutorial #9 - See how easy it is to create custom decorative papers for use in your card making. The beauty of sponging is the limitless range of color possibilities—make whatever color paper you desire!

  EASY

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  Invitation Card Set Tutorial #10, Part 1 - Make a set of six invitations from a single sheet of letter-size, patterned paper! In about the same amount of time that it would take you to make a batch of identical invitations, you can create unique invitations to send to each of your guests!

  EASY

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  Christmas Card Set Tutorial #10, Part 2 - Make handmade Christmas cards to send to family and friends in a flash! Just stamp up a sheet of cardstock and cut it into to six pieces. Add some red and green paper and Christmas-themed rubber stamps to make six totally unique Christmas cards!

  EASY

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  Step Pop-Up Cards Tutorial #11 - Make a pop-up greeting card for a variety of occasions. See how easy it is to make a step pop-up mechanism, also sometimes called a platform or double-slit pop-up. Once you learn this technique, it's a simple matter to create pop-up cards of your own design.

  AVERAGE

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