Blend paint with your fingertips and press onto a clock frame to make a school of delightful fish. It’s so easy to do and makes a very personalised gift for someone.
Fish are the easiest things to draw, and Christmas will soon be here so now is the time to start making gifts.
Show off your favourite line of papers by using découpage on canvas to create do-it-yourself art. Paint the edges of the canvas to complete the look.
Christmas is only a month and a half away and the following selection of cards are quick and easy to make. Giving a card that you made yourself adds a personal touch and makes the card even more special.
Hanging Ornaments Christmas Card
This dazzling card features bright ornament stickers paired with sparkling gems. The ornaments are set off from the background to give the card a special 3-D touch.
Noel Card
Traditional Christmas wishes benefit from a retro twist with bright, festive colours on this handmade card.
Retro-Look Christmas Card
This contemporary holiday greeting card brings you back to the time when artists were experimenting with bold new patterns and tone-on-tone colour schemes. Patterned paper and metal snaps are the key elements.
Old-World Santa Christmas Card
For a holiday greeting that stands out in a sea of red and green, make this striking blue card fronted by an antique scrap relief rendering of Old St. Nick.
Jiggling Letters Christmas Card
Put some fun into a merry greeting with card stock and letters glued on ribbon. This large handmade card will give your kids the giggles as it jiggles. Pre-cut letters make construction quick and easy.
Stick-On Letters Christmas Card
This quick-to-make contemporary look Christmas card requires only a handful of supplies. The letters and embellishments are stickers; some card stock and basic tools round out the required supplies.
Many Merry Greetings Christmas Card
Silver stickers in different sizes and fonts combine to make a festive card for the holidays. To craft this quick-to-make card all you need is some card stock, stickers, and scissors. Feel free to use your own sentiments, or follow along with the selections.
Holiday Star Christmas Cards
Even the youngest child can enjoy a holiday craft with these sticker-laden greetings. All you need to do is supply the materials and draw a simple shape using a cookie cutter as a guide.
Stars and beads make up this sweet and whimsical card.
Your friends will be inspired by this card's message.
What You Need:
Instructions:
Ink the "dream" stamp with the watermark stamp pad. Stamp the image onto the light blue rectangle near the bottom right corner, and emboss. Emboss the blue-on-blue rectangle with the stars stamp.
Fold the white card-stock rectangle in half width-wise to measure 4 x 5-1/2 inches. Center and glue the embossed light blue rectangle on the front of the folded card with the glue stick. Tear two irregular-edged 2-inch squares from the star-embossed paper. Glue the squares onto the card front.
Attach the wire embellishment to the card front with the Diamond Glaze glue. Cut a 2-inch star from the dark blue card stock. Glue the star to the center of the card front.
This colourful butterfly card is easy to make and can lift anyone's spirits.
What You'll Need:
Instructions:
Use black ink to stamp "you can fly" along the bottom edge of the 3-inch square of white card stock.
Fold the 5-1/2 x 8-inch white card-stock rectangle in half to measure 4 x 5-1/2 inches. Centre and glue the light blue rectangle on the front of the folded card. Centre and glue the blue square on the light blue rectangle and the stamped square on the blue square.
For the butterfly's body, cut a 1-1/2-inch-long piece of paper raffia and wrap 1/4-inch-wide light blue ribbon around the raffia. Tie the ribbon ends in a knot at one end of the body, and trim the ends to 3/4 inch for the antennae. Fold the multicolour ribbon back and forth, creating three wing sections. Use miniature glue dots to glue the body to the centre of the wings and to attach the butterfly to the centre of the card front.
When two arms just aren't enough for hugging, add two more with this hug-in-a-card for Dad or Mum.
From 501 Fun-To-Make Family Crafts
What You Need:
Instructions:
Tape four sheets of printer paper together, end to end. Lay the paper on the floor or a table, and have someone help you trace around one hand and arm to cover half the paper. On the opposite end of the paper, trace around the other hand and arm. Connect the two tracings in the center with tape. Cut out the arms.
Use markers, coloured pencils, crayons, and/or stickers to decorate the card. Write a message across the arms.
Accordion-fold the arms until one hand stacks on the other.
Fold a 14 x 7-inch piece of construction paper in half. Write a message on the outside of the card.
Attach the hug inside the card by gluing the bottom hand on the right side of the greeting card.
Use a favourite photo to personalise a birthday greeting. Depending on the photo, you can make the card look silly or stunning or anything in between.
What You Need:
Instructions:
Download the free pattern for this project. (You need Adobe Acrobat to view the envelope patterns.)
Crop the photograph as desired using a crafts knife and a ruler. Cut the light pink paper to the desired card size, tearing the short edges.
Cut the darker shade of pink paper slightly larger than photo. Tear the edges. Glue the photograph to the dark pink paper. Glue the dark pink paper to the light pink card.
Use a gold pen to write messages on light pink paper scraps. Cut out and glue to card.
Place a sticker in the lower left corner of the card. Apply white glue along the torn edge of the card front. Sprinkle with glitter. Let the glue dry.
Choose a purchased colour-coordinated envelope or download our patterns. Using white glue, draw a heart shape on the point of the envelope. Sprinkle with glitter. Let dry.
For the envelope, choose a purchased one or use the downloadable patterns.
