How to Make Greeting Cards With Paper Cutouts

Series Summary

Tired of spending too much money on impersonal, store-bought greeting cards? Making handmade greeting cards is about more than just saving money. Giving someone a personalized birthday, graduation, anniversary or holiday card makes the occasion that much more special. Make excellent thank-you cards, Christmas cards, and great invitations for your wedding, shower or party. In this series of free video series on arts and crafts, learn tips on how to make homemade greeting cards. A professional scrapbooker teaches techniques on making various types and styles of greeting cards, including Valentine's Day cards, pop-up cards, and Christmas cards. She demonstrates how to create brightly-colored, cards to add fun to festivities and shares advice on the best materials and supplies, like construction paper and markers, and where to find these supplies.

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is Janet Casto and I'm going to show you how to make cards with paper cut outs. I'm an independent demonstrator with Stampin' Up! And this is one of the favorite cards that I love to make using these die cuts. They come out into a sheet in different colors. All you have to do is punch them out. Using a little bit of adhesive, put it on your card. And all I've done here is added a little bit of designer series paper and a saying at the bottom. This way I'll never forget anyone's birthday. These cards are quick and easy. Let me show you another way to use cut outs with your cards. Here I've made a graduation card. I've stamped the graduation cap and cut it out and them adhered it with a penny in the back so it can spin. Everyone loves to get an action card. So there's another way to use cut outs with your cards. The third way that I like to use cut outs with my cards is stamping the design twice, cutting out part of the design and then adding it to the card with dimensions. This way you get a nice 3-D image with your paper cut outs. Paper cut outs are a cute way to add dimension to your card, add movement to your card and I hope you'll try them. They're a lot of fun. I'm Janet Casto with Stampin' Up! your independent demonstrator. Happy stamping."