Using various themed materials, you can make a personalized cards for this Christmas season. This activity is very interesting that people of all ages can pour hours of their day in making these extraordinary Christmas greetings.
These Christmas greetings can be given as gifts or can be sold; just put all of them in a single package with a nice red organza ribbon tied around it. Get your materials from stores that are conducting seasonal or clearance sale. You can also reuse materials that have been already disregarded. All you needs a small amount of imagination and you can surely make these amazing cards even without innate artistic talents.
Here is a step-by-step instruction on how to make 3-D Christmas greetings:
1. Make many blank cards as you want using a cardstock. These blank cards should fit in an A-7 size envelope and should measure 5 x 7 inches. To make these, cut the cardstock in a paper cutter. It should measure 10 x 7 inch and fold the sheets into half.
2. Cut circles that measure 4 inches from themed decorative papers with a scissor. Randomly stick the cutouts in the front of the blank cards using a glue stick.
3. Using hot glue, connect cutout circles to the top of the card with gold cord strips. Afterwards, make small bows using 4-inch gold cord strips and glue it on at the circles where the gold cord strips at attached.
4. Use dimensional paint to decorate the card. Put peel-and-stick foam images after applying the dimensional paint on the card.
5. Write your Christmas greetings inside the card with calligraphy pen.
6. You can also add a long triangle that is cut from a mat board sprayed with fake snow and place it in front of the blank card. The triangle should be 4 inches wide and 6 inches high. You can design the triangle in any way you like.
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