10 Ideas for Delightful Handmade Christmas Cards

Get your Christmas scrapbooking supplies out and use them to make your own custom Christmas cards. Most of these designs can be made with scraps and small embellishments. card making is a great stash buster! With a variety of techniques including stamping and stitching, you’re sure to find a design or two to inspire a mega card making session this weekend

Are you looking for more Christmas Holiday papers and supplies? Check out some of our favorite holiday designs over at A Cherry on Top. and these printable designs we found on Etsy.

Check out these other Christmas-themed posts for project ideas and tutorials for Holiday Scrapbooking.

The Christmas season is a special time of year. And what better way to show your loved ones you care than with a homemade Christmas card? It’s a unique way to express your emotions and add a personal touch to the holiday. You don’t have to be an artist to make a beautiful card — there are plenty of tutorials online that can guide you through the process. You can choose from hundreds of different designs and themes, or you can create your own from scratch. You can also use a variety of materials to make your card, from traditional paper and ink to more modern materials like felt and fabric. Whatever you choose, the sentiment behind the card will be sure to melt your loved one’s hearts. So this Christmas, don’t settle for a store-bought card. Take the time to make your own and add a special touch of love to the holiday.

Warmest Wishes: Simple triangles become Christmas trees when stitched and topped with a star.

Circle Card: Go a dofferent way with this lovely card in a circle shape.

More Ideas For You:

This wonderful double page Autumn spread features a large photo with a few embellishments on one side and pocket pages with photos and journaling on the other. Take a closer look on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog.

Autumn is officially here and it’s the perfect time to head outdoors during the nicer weather and spend time at the pumpkin patch, go to a Fall Festival, rake up some colorful leaves, go for a walk in the woods or spend time indoors with family and friends eating, cooking, canning and decorating during this bountiful Harvest season. And of course don’t forget to take lots of photos for scrapbooking those wonderful Fall memories. I’ve gathered together a bushel of Autumn Scrapbooking layout ideas to get you started.

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I love the vantage point of these photos, looking down at boots in the Fall leaves. Around the photos are layers of pattern papers, loads of leaves and critters with a chunky title. Find a process video for this design and 4 more Autumn layout ideas on the Bramble Fox blog.

This wonderful layout has lots of rustic charm from the torn paper with rough edges, tags tied with twine, warm fall colors, cozy sentiments and tons of movement from the “falling” leaves. I spotted this idea on Jessica Michaels’ Instagram page.

Here’s another idea for tearing paper, this time Vicki torn a triangle from the white background cardstock, adding tiny leaf pattern paper behind. Around the photos are some larger leaves, sweet birds and handwritten journaling. Take a closer peek at the Simple Stories blog.

Woodgrain pattern paper takes center stage on this lovely layout. The black and white vintage photo is surrounded by sunflowers, a rustic red truck and the paper is tied twine for a down on the farm during Autumn feel. I came across this layout by Rachel Kent on The Cherry on Top Gallery.

Kelly Baxter- Fitzgerald is offering an on-line class featuring Gnomes for Autumn with products by Close to My Hearts. You’ll be creating 10 different pages that will give you lots of ideas for all those Fall photos. Learn more at the Snips by Kelly blog.

Marci has a fun Fall idea, to list her Top Ten for the season. It’s a great way to keep track of what you’d like to do or did accomplished during this time. Her handwritten list on a journaling card is surrounded by leaves and a die cut title. I came across her design on Citrus Twist Kits Instagram.

You can find sketches, cutting template and directions for making these fun double Fall pages with punched borders and frames over on Meggan Jacks’ Blog.

These two tall skinny pages work side by side to form a single design with layers of pattern paper, clusters of leaves, the title on one side and the photo on the other. I spotted this sweet double layout on the Echo Park Papers Instagram page.

This page features a cascade of pretty Fall Florals fussy cut from pattern paper and then colored and below are more flowers that have been stenciled and colored too. Tied tags and torn paper add great texture to this pretty design. Visit the Shimmerz Paints blog for all the details.

This wonderful Fall Layout uses lots of strips of patterns paper and layers of squares behind the large photo, it’s a great way to use up scraps! I love the little pocket also created with pattern paper, there’s a pull out tag inside for a fun interactive element. Learn more about this design on Scrapbooking QC Instagram.

This layout captures everything great about fall, from warm orange and green colors, plaid patterns and playing in the changing leaves. I came across this sweet layout on Granny JV’s Scrapbook.com Gallery.

I hope you’ve been inspired by all these wonderful Autumn scrapbook layouts! Happy Scrapping!

-Heather

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