Hand Made greeting craft Cards For All Occasions
There is nothing more interesting, personal and thoughtful than giving or receiving a handmade card. I love the different craft papers you can make or buy, ribbons, glitter and glue. Anything goes. They can be as simple or elaborate as you like and there are so many occasions and reasons to send a card. Sometimes its nice to just send a " thinking of you card" just to remind someone you havnt forgot about them. It is amazing how something so simple can brighten up your day.
As a child i would love to receive mail by post it would make me feel special. I always loved pop up cards when growing up, they were fascinating and so detailed.
There are many different mediums you can use to create cards and i hope to cover as many as i can so i will be adding to this post as much as i can with new handmade card ideas for every occasion.
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| bird card made from craft paper, butterfly cut shapes and a hand drawn bird. |
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| children's card, little lizards with 3D curling paper tounges |
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| butterfly flower, layered paper |
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| butterfly tree |
I like to use a good quality water colour paper or sketch book paper because you can hand draw and paint anything you like which can be cut out and used on your card design. Using a good thicker paper enables your design to stand out on the card giving a 3D look adding depth and interest. It also will not curl or distort especially if you are using paints.
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| Men's cricket fan's birthday card using layers paper with masked tracing paper backdrop with vintage image |
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| wrapping paper cutouts |
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| This card was made from a bird gift tag my sister made and sent me for my birthday, i loved it so much i designed this card, simple but effective |
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| paper and mini fimo butterflies with paper star |
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| another bird on tree deign using paper |
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| This one has more of a christmas feel, using paper and sequins to create a ginger bread man |
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| Hand drawn bird with cut out flowers using water colours |
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| Funky angle card made from paper and plastic 3D butterflies |
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| Perfect for Easter or Mothers day, I used thicker card to raise the heart giving it a 3D effect |
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| Perfect Mothers day card, layered paper flowers and folded paper holder brings it to life, if your mum has a fav colour just change the design to suit her. |
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| simple cake design, who doesn't like cake! |
Try to collect different colours of paper. I rip strips of colour from old magazines, newspapers and junk mail. They are great for cutting little flowers out and save you loads of money so get recycling.
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| For the modern mum, paper on card |
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| pretty twig and flower reef using brown paper and a steady hand |
 Pink bouquet of flowers with butterfly detail
 Paper layered flower
 Bird in nest, made using cut outs from magazines
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| Layerd hearts with red pen detailing. I used a felt fabric heart in the centre to give it some texture. I also print the little message off my computer but if you have great hand writing you could write it on |
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| Cute and fun hand sown mushrooms in felt with paper grass |
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| I made this card from a gift tag my sister made me (the mushroom) added clouds and a little wooden lady bug which you can buy from craft shops |
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| Girly pink card with pastel on water colour paper background. I used brown paper to create the rabbit and hand drawn the detail with pen & pencils |
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| Pirate theme card again using brown paper and pens |
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| Happy birthday hand made greetings card made from paper & polymer clay butterflies |
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| Love You Vintage airplane hand crafted card |
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| Hand painted sugar skull tattoo art greeting card |
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| Heart with butterflies |
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| Hand drawn sugar skull lollipop head with cherry earrings |
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| Vintage style birds delivering a letter |
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This is one my sister made and sent me for my birthday, she has sown onto the card and used stamps which gives it a real cool vintage look and i love it xx
Boat themed boys birthday card using paper cut outs with 3D fish
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Pink bouquet of flowers with butterfly detail
Paper layered flower
Bird in nest, made using cut outs from magazines
