Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Handmade Greeting Card Instructions

Please scroll down for pictures and step-by-step instructions for all of my homemade card projects. Experiment with various scrapbook paper, stickers, stamps and ribbon to make cards for all kinds of occasions and holidays. Have fun!

My Top 10 Card Making Essentials list is HERE.

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27 comments:

Kelli said...

Plenty of inspiration here! Thanks for posting the links Kelli! I hope some of your creativity rubs off on me!:-o)
~Kalianne

Kimberly said...

That's a lot of cards!
I love making them, too. Now, to just do it! Thanks for sharing your wonderfulness with us.

GlorV1 said...

Those are really some nice cards. I wish I had the patience to cut things out. I may try it one day, but I normally make my cards online and just print. Beautiful and fancy cards you have.

Tammy said...

Kelli,
What beautiful cards....you are so talented! Looking forward to seeing more!
Tammy

P. said...

Such lovely cards. My favorite is the one with the rose.

Alfazema

Elizabeth said...

What beautiful cards! You know I was just thinking this morning on what I wanted to do for Christmas cards this year, and what I came up with was putting three (or two if three won't fit) wallet-sized family photos on the front, kind of like you did with the last card with the butterflies. Thank you for the extra inspiration! :)

Jen said...

You took alot of time on this...thanks for sharing this with us.

Arlene said...

Thank you for putting this all in one post; what a great resource for all of us! :o)

Anonymous said...

Your home and your art are works from the Lord. I'm so glad you stopped by my blog--so I could find yours!

nancy said...

Oh, Kelli,
I'm in love with some of these and all are beautiful. The little teacup pockets are so much fun and I'm inspired!
Love,
Nancy

Elizabeth said...

They are all beautiful. I especially love the last one, lol. I have it sitting in my kitchen. ;-)

Anonymous said...

Love your cards!
I need to get cracking I have so much stuff I recently bought but I haven't started to make anything ... no time...
Diane

Anonymous said...

dear kelli, thank you so very much for the lovely card inspirations. they are so pretty! you are so gifted :D i am definitely going to try my hand at them. (:

- ira

JD/ Jill said...

Making greeting cards is one of my favorite things to do, thank you for posting your beautiful cards and instuctions.

Barbara Jean said...

I am so over the top impressed with all your cards.
Question:
What do you use to cut the scallops and circles that are just a bit smaller than each other for the layered look?
Do you have punches for all those shapes??

Also, you refer to cutting a slit in the edge of the card to put ribbon through.
Does the ribbon show on the inside then?

Thanks for all your sharing, and blessings,
Barbara Jean

Love Bears All Things said...

Thanks Kelli, I have it bookmarked.
Mama Bear

Anonymous said...

Oh, this makes me want to get in my car and go down to Michael's right now! Our Senior Group at church saves the fronts of greeting cards sent to them, glue them onto co-ordinating cardstock and I guess they buy envelopes at discount. Sometimes a card shop owner will donate them. They resell these card for a very minimum fee(less than $1)that money goes to a specific mission project. If you can't use all of the greeting card, maybe you can use some of it. Glue it to a piece of colorful cardstock and finish it off. Helps stretch the budget a bit too!

Queen B. said...

*you are amazing !*

Unknown said...

I am truly amazed at the beautiful cards I just saw here tonight. I have just started making cards and many of yours are so easy.
Sue

Omah Nuhy said...

Hi....I'm from Indonesia.
Really really love this tutorial.
What a wonderful cards... Thank you for sharing this tutorial.

nuhy2005.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Fabulous!!! here is a lot of beautiful reeting cards its inspireable i like it...
Plastic Business Cards
Plastic Business Cards
Plastic Business Cards

Roxanne said...

Thanks alot your cards are great and show a lot of creativity.

Roxanne said...

Thanks for the great cards they show a lot of creativity and i will scraplift some of them and put my own spin on them. Thanks again.

MzLoyalty said...

Hi Kelli,
Love the cards Hun, what would be advice for the newcomers? (me!! Lol)

Indy said...

Your cards are absolutely beautiful!

Anonymous said...

You are so kind to share all of these beautiful card!! Thank you!

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards and very good design.. Even I a m fond of customized cards to send my closer ones. Good work!!!