10 Easter Cards to Send This Spring

With a new season right around the corner, and Easter not too far behind, why not spring a new stationery collection and send someone you love a cheerful note? After all, nothing says, "Let's get together soon for alfresco activities!" or "Come over for Easter brunch?" better than a personalized penned letter. And if you need some craft inspiration, you've come to the right place.

Start out with this cute paper-punched Easter bunny card. First, layer up your favorite spring colors or play around with patterns, then embellish the front with a bit of seam binding and tiny bunnies punched out from a craft punch tool. Or, send a card that really "pops" with our floral cards. All you need is our handy template, a craft knife, some double-sided tape, and a stack of colored paper in your favorite spring palette. You can even choose to further embellish the flower cut-outs with any additional décor like small gems, sequins, or a touch of glitter. Looking for more floral card ideas? This adorable daisy-chain cutout card features a dainty ring of the tiny paper blooms, glued onto the colored card stock of your choice. Or, perhaps you'll love the look of our classic pressed pansy cards. With their flat blossoms, pansies and their viola cousins make for easy pressing and drying.

However you decided to craft your spring and Easter cards, we're sure these ideas will inspire you to create something extra special to send to the friends and family in your life.

A cheerful clip-art invitation sets the tone for your Easter gathering. Print our hatched chick clip-art onto card stock, cut out the card, then fold in half. Join the backs of the two halves with double-sided tape or a glue stick.

Make use of leftover scraps of paper, fabric, ribbons, and trim with these beautifully personalized Easter notes. To make one, line the inside card with a pretty pattern of your choice and then cut out an oval shape from the front of the card using a craft knife.

You need two main materials for this delightful Easter card: a bunny punch and patterned paper. To make it, cut and fold a 5 by 7 inch card out of yellow card stock. Adhere a rectangle of crosshatch patterned paper to the front of card. Cut a piece of seam binding about 6 1/2 inches long and notch the two ends. Adhere to front center of the card. Punch three bunnies from blue polka dot paper, and cut a square around each punched area. Overlay and affix onto slightly larger cut squares of yellow card stock. Arrange and adhere three bunny squares across seam binding.

Get friends and family in the mood for an egg hunt with this sunny invitation. To make it, print the invitation onto card stock, then cut out card and fold it in half. Join the backs of the two halves with double-sided tape or a glue stick. 

Sending your card as part of a small package? These pop-out floral cutouts can be used on flat stationery and gift-wrapping alike for a cohesive presentation. Use our printable template, and cut out. Using a pencil, trace the template onto the desired surface. Carefully cut along traced lines with a craft knife, leaving gaps between petals. For gifts, wrap item with paper in a contrasting color before covering with cutout layer. For cards, attach a cutout card to a second card in a contrasting color using double-sided tape.

What could be more cheery than the sight of daffodils? As a sure sign of spring, it's also the inspiration for this clip-art invitation. To make it, print the clip-art onto card stock. Cut out card, and fold in half. Join the backs of the two halves with double-sided tape or a glue stick.

A chain of cut-out April daisies looks lovely on a card. Each one of these flowers is carefully cut from cardstock using a utility knife and arranged in a welcoming wreath display on the front of the card.

A green ink pad and rubber stamps can add a flight of fancy to your Easter card. To make a set, place stationery on a large piece of scrap paper. Stamp grass motif across base of stationery, overlapping imprints if necessary. Add flower and butterfly accents. To create envelope seals, stamp rows of perforated stamp paper. Punch out designs, and adhere to envelope with glue stick.