Christmas Cards

These paper trees will make it really easy for your Christmas cards to stand out this year!

With a few basic techniques, you can create a wide range of looks by varying shapes, color, and decorative details. These snowman and snowflake pop-ups are decorated with glitter and glue, and inscribed with a fountain pen dipped in red ink.

A three-part holiday card delivers a pair of favorite photos, plus a simple greeting.

As this Christmas card opens, a 3-D tree made from pleated paper rectangles pops out, like a small gift.

A sprig of holly springs to life from atop a store-bought plain note card. This project won't fare well in the mail, so save it for greetings you're planning to deliver by hand.

A handmade pop-up card is anything but two-dimensional. Like a favorite ornament, it's sure to be treasured and displayed year after year.

Dressing a card as a present is as easy as tying a bow. These ribbon-tied cards can be decorated as simply or as elaborately as you wish.

Materials:

These old-fashioned cards are made with sewing notions you probably have around the house.

Any bold, seasonal line drawing can be turned into a stamp for embossing cards. These are two examples of cards Martha created to send out last holiday season.

Rickrack -- wavy cotton trim -- is easily manipulated into seasonal symbols. Glue rickrack designs to blank cards, and use them as holiday greetings

Sewing on paper is a beautiful -- and tidy -- alternative to tape or glue. On these cards, scraps of ribbon in graduating lengths are arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree; the sewn trunk secures them to the paper

Use our clip-art template to create an elegant, nature-inspired card for the holidays.

With the right supplies, these cards are much easier to make than they look. Soft-touch scissors are designed for crisp, intricate work; origami paper is square and thin, making folding and cutting easy.

Martha made frame-style cards to highlight digital photographs of her cats, Sirius and Electra. You can make a border using a frame-shaped stamp or "photo corners" using a triangular stamp.

Send your good wishes this holiday with a glittered card featuring a peaceful winter scene.

The chap, who owes his well-rounded appearance to old-fashioned honeycomb paper, is sure to spread goodwill. After reading your note (now hidden beneath the snowman's belly), recipients can display the card on a table or a mantel, where it will melt the hearts of passersby

Why are these creatures smiling? They're holding on to a secret, and when the time comes, they'll open their arms wide to reveal it: a hidden holiday greeting. Kids can write their own messages inside these cheerful cards and hand them out to classmates and teachers, or punch a hole at the top and tie on ribbon or yarn to use as tags

Add wintry and whimsical embellishments to greeting cards by punching a delicate die-cut border of snowflakes all the way around the paper.

Send a sparkly greeting this Christmas with our clip-art bird and holly berry design.

Spread holiday cheer with this one-of-a-kind reindeer card.

Button shapes resemble many seasonal things, as on these simple cards made of folded card stock.

These festive tree cards are a decorative and fun way to share photos of the kids -- and, they're yet another wonderful craft made using our handy circle cutter.

Create a pop-up card featuring a pair of reindeer with little fairy-tale touches, including a patch of glitter that mimics the wintry forest floor.

Send a personalized message with these distinctive monogrammed cards.

Trees fashioned from colored and textured papers are adorned with sequins and glitter. The boughs of a pretty pink pine literally spring to life. 

Trees fashioned from colored and textured papers are adorned with sequins and glitter in these adorable pop-up cards.

Cookie cutters work well as stencils for cards and gift tags. You can use assorted cookie cutters shaped like cats and dogs for everyday projects, but for holiday- or season-specific projects, try something different -- a turkey for Thanksgiving or a sprig of holly for Christmas.

There are a variety of ways you can turn a favorite digital photo or family snapshot into a memorable card, which you can then either email to friends and family, or send by post. 

Create a whole flock of these charming cards to keep on hand for the holidays or give as a gift set.