Welcome to Aunt Annie's Crafts! Explore printable box patterns, digital papers, templates & craft extras—plus step-by-step projects for kids and adults.
Heart Shaped Cards - Make simple Valentine cards shaped like hearts or topped with heart designs. Most feature a playful circus theme, with one special card designed just for a sweetheart.
Tube-Shaped Gift Bag in Any Size - Create a tube-shaped gift bag sized to fit your gift using simple paper calculations and a printable worksheet. This pattern page shows how to determine paper size, mark fold lines, and prepare the bag for assembly.
Easy Valentine Cards - A quick cardmaking project built around freehand paper heart cut-outs. With a little prep from adults, kids can fold, cut, and glue their own Valentines using simple materials and no patterns. A practical choice when you need lots of cards made in a short time.
Appliqué Heart Valentines - Create Valentine’s Day cards featuring paper heart appliqués made from printable patterned papers. Draw simple stitched details to give the hearts a fabric appliqué look, then repeat the technique to make a coordinated set of handmade cards.
Valentine Heart Chain Pop-Ups – This printable set includes accordion-fold heart chains in four designs. Add them to any Valentine’s Day card for a cheerful 3D surprise, whether you’re making a simple handmade card or using one of the card designs from the Valentine’s Day Cards collection.
Milk Carton Fun - Don’t toss those empty milk and juice cartons! Turn them into sturdy gift boxes, houses, churches, cuckoo clocks, or a Valentine’s Day mailbox. With just a few supplies, you can decorate, play, and even build a mini village of paper buildings.
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At Aunt Annie’s Crafts, we regularly feature step-by-step greeting card tutorials designed to inspire your creativity and teach new techniques. Each project builds on the last, making it feel like you're taking a fun and informative card-making class!
This month's featured card tutorial is Sponged Paper Cards. Create your own decorative sponged papers and turn them into greeting cards with custom backgrounds and design accents. With sponging, you can mix colors freely to match any card style or occasion.
If you are new to card making, the tutorials in the Card Class are a great place to learn many techniques for making beautiful cards. Then for more ideas and techniques, go on to Card Class 2.
