Other - Making My Own Christmas Cards

 Other - Making Christmas Cards

The last two years I have chosen to make my Christmas cards to my close family. I have chosen 2 designs.

I will show you how to make each Design 

Two homemade Christmas cards Reindeer and Polar Bear on a shelf, with plants on the left and right hand side
My Homemade Cards

Making Christmas Cards

Rudolph

Ruldoplh the red nose reindeeer home made christmas card on a white shelf with fake pot plants on the left hand side
Rudolph card

To make 1 Rudolph card you will need

* 1 blank white greetings card

* Reindeer Template

* Brown felt

* Scissors

* A pair of large Googly Eyes

* Red Mini Pom-Pom

* PVA Glue and glue spreader -  an old lolly stick will do

Method

    A blank white greetings card on a wooden desk, with a computer screen in the background
    Blank greetings card that you will need

    1. Get a blank white card - you can get these from craft shops, or just fold a piece of card in half to make a card 

      2. Me placing the template on the blank white greetings card
      Me placing the reindeer template on the card to gage the location on the card
       

    2. Get your template (there easy to find on Pinterest or Google) and place it on your card so you know what potion to place your head and antlers

      3. The Reindeer Template attached to the brown felt, with a orange paper clip
      The template paper clipped the the brown felt

    3. Then place your templates for the head and the antlers on the felt and cut them on - I used a paper clip to hold the template a sewing pin is better to use. 

      4. A glued on brown felt cut out Reindeer head, on a white blank greetings card
      The glued cut own felt Reindeer head with the antlers

    4. Once cut the shapes place them on your card, to check the position. Once happy with the position glue using PVA glue on to the card, glue the antlers on first then the head and leave to dry

      5. Two googly eyes glued oto the brown felt Reindeer head, on a white grettings card
      The eyes glued on to the felt head

    5. Once dry place the googly eyes on the felt head, and glue in position and leave to dry

      6. The completed card, with the red pom pom added as the nose, the completed card on a white shelf with fake pot plants on both sides
      The finished card with the red pom pom rose added

    6. Once dry, dip in the mini pom-pom in the PVA glue and place under the eyes to create the red nose and leave to dry

    7. Once dry you can write your message in the card or add extra like a scarf using festive ribbon, or any other decoration or leave it as it.

    Polar Bear
    Polar Bear Christmas card, on a shelf
    Polar Bear Christmas Card

    To make 1 Polar Bear card you will need

    * 1 blank white greetings card

    * Polar Bear Template

    * White Felt

    * Scissors

    * Festive Ribbon

    * PVA Glue and glue spreader -  an old lolly stick will do

    * 1 sharpie Permanent marker pen

    Method

    The method is pretty much the same as for the Reindeer Rudolph card, so follow step 1 of the Rudolph card

      1. Get your template (there easy to find on Pinterest or google) and place it on your card so you know what potion to place your bear, if your doing two bears flip the card to landscape and place the temple so the bears look into each other eyes with noses touching

        2. Me placing the template on the blank white greetings card
        Me placing the reindeer template on the card to gage the location on the card

      2. Then place your template for the bear on the felt and cut them out - I used a paper clip to hold the template a sewing pin is better to use. If your doing two bears cut out two bears from the felt 

        3. The Polar Bear Template placed to the white felt
        The template placed the the white felt

      3. Once cut the shapes place them on your card, to check the position. Once happy with the position glue on to the card. If your doing two bears make sure that the noses are touching when glued

        4. A glued on white felt cut out Polar Bear, on a white blank greetings card
        The glued cut out  felt Polar bear clued on to the card

      4. Once dry, cut a small piece of ribbon, then glue it on the bear and leave to dry. 

        5. The glued on Polar Bear, with a glued on piece of Red glitter Ribbon, on a white greetings card
        The Polar Bear, with the cut piece of Ribbon glued on

      5. Once dry, using a permanent marker add a small dot for the eye and a small coloured in patch for the nose and leave to dry

        6. The final card, a white felt polar bear, with a red ribbon scarf, with an added eye and nose added on using a black sharpie pen, on a white shelf
        The completed Polar bear card, with the addition of a nose and eye

      6. Once dry you can write your message in the card or add any other decoration or leave it as it.

        Have you made homemade Christmas Cards before, let me know in the comments

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        Pinterest graphic with the completed Ruldoph card with a boxt of text saying "Making My Own Chriostmas Cards" in small text "https://nicbakes.blogspot.com"

        Nic xx 

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