How Can I Make Greeting Cards?

Glue plastic buttons onto the card.

You can make your own greeting cards from home with basic crafting supplies. Making your own greeting cards means putting your time, creativity and imagination into a gift. Handmade items may be preferred to store-bought items as they are original. With homemade greeting cards, you have the ability to personalize sentiments with your own words or poetry, as well as decorate them whichever way you choose.

Things You'll Need

• Card stock
• Scissors
• Metal ruler
• Bone folder
• Glue
• Decorative punches
• Rubber stamps and ink
• Stickers
• Buttons
• Craft brads
• Glitter
• Ballpoint pen
• Markers
• Glitter Pens

Instructions

1. Measure and cut the card stock twice the desired size of the card when closed.

2. Position a metal ruler on the card stock where you want to fold the card.

3. Hold the metal ruler with one hand. Use your other hand to slide the pointed end of a bone folder across the edge of the ruler creating a score mark where you want the fold to be. Remove the bone folder and ruler and fold the card.

4. Write the opening greeting on the front of the card with markers or glitter pens or use adhesive letters sold in the scrapbook section of craft stores. Punch out decorative shapes with craft paper punches, and glue them to the front of the card. Other decorative embellishments for the card include rubber stamps and ink, stickers, buttons, craft brads and glitter.

5. Write a message inside the greeting card. The message for a greeting card is typically on the right side; however, longer messages, like poems, will start on the left side and continue to the right. Use a ballpoint pen or adhesive letters to write the message.

6. Decorate the inside of the card with the decorative embellishments.

Tips & Warnings

• Purchase card stock that is meant for greeting cards to avoid having to cut the card stock.

• Most embellishments for greeting cards are scrapbooking supplies located in craft stores.

References

• Making-Greeting-Cards.com: Making A Basic Blank Card
• Making-Greeting-Cards.com: Card Making Supplies