The snowflake and round background are die-cast cutouts made from card stock passed through an embossing machine. The striped sections are hand cut from “designer series paper” (DSP). The ¼-inch-wide sheer ribbon along length adds balance, as does the blue, imitation jewel. All elements are 胶水d to white background paper and that to folding blue card stock that opens upward
Handmade Christmas cards have become extremely popular in recent years. If you’ve never designed and created your own, you may be surprised—even overwhelmed—by the number of options for crafting individualized, 创意节日贺词.
Kits for Making Handmade Christmas Cards
对于初学者来说, people on a budget or those with limited time, a greeting card kit may be the best choice. A kit can also be great for parents wanting to create something fun, magical and heartfelt with young children. Card kits come in numerous varieties and are packaged with specific themes, 配色方案, 风格和预制设计. They vary in complexity, with each kit oriented toward a specific age level. Each also generally contains any materials needed to create personalized cards right out of the box. Such materials can include precut 形状 and designs, 卡片纸, 信封, 胶水, 墨水, 磁带, 贴纸, 闪闪发光的, 和更多的. Kits are generally more limiting compared to using separately purchased components; however, they also tend to be more cost-effective.
入门的主要工具
The 蜡烛 are die-cut from red 闪闪发光的 paper. The window is also die-cut and 胶水d to gold-colored paper. Both are 胶水d to white card stock that folds out, book-like.
Some of the most common tools of piece-by-piece Christmas card building include embossing machines and cutting dies; card stock (350 gms or 110-120 lb. weight is a good starting point); decorative 磁带 (e.g.、Washi、Gem等.); felt fabric sheets; tissue paper; scissors; 墨水; twine and string; 胶水; decorative ribbon; and rubber crafting stamps.
For the most serious homemade card makers, rubber stamps are essential. Stamps come in an endless assortment of 形状 and 大小, 包括卡通人物, 花, 鸟, 昆虫, 动物, 雪花, 圣诞老人, 树, 雪人, 精灵, 花环, 植物, 宗教符号等等. Rubber stamping types generally include wood mounted, cling and clear. After pressing a stamp onto an 墨水 pad and pressing its shape onto stock paper, you can build a Christmas card directly around the image. 另外, you can cut the shape out and use it as a raised element in your card design, 创建3D效果, or even as the basis of a pop-out or pullout card.
The cardinal and greenery are stamped, 手工切割, colored with alcohol-based markers and 闪闪发光的 胶水, 并粘在折叠DPS上. These are all 胶水d onto dark blue card stock. The ¼-inch ribbon at the top is tied to the folding DPS and pulls upward, 是什么导致DPS上升, 创建弹出效果, revealing a stamped “Merry Christmas” beneath.
Embossing machines come in electrical or hand-crank manual versions. They create cutouts through use of metallic diecasts. These dies come in a huge variety of types and 形状, 包括——举几个例子——雪花, 动物, 树, 植物, 花环, 蜡烛, 饰品, 玩具, 昆虫, 精灵, 圣诞灯, 圣诞老人, 宗教符号, 雪人和更多. To create an embossed cutout, you sandwich the paper and
die between two plates, lay them on the entry side and feed through the embosser. The machine presses the die cleanly through the paper, producing a perfectly proportioned cutout on the other side. Embossing machines are better suited for creating more complex, precise cutouts compared to stamped images.
我们在这里提供了一些例子, but t在这里’s not nearly enough space to cover all the options homemade cards offer in terms of color, 墨水的类型, 形状, 大小, 论文类型, 模式, 设计元素, 装饰, 字体类型, 模版和更多. We further suggest an internet search of “ handmade Christmas cards ” or something similar to uncover additional resources.
The wreath is die-cut from 闪闪发光的 paper, decorated with green ribbon and stamped with “Merry Christmas.“在左边。, the right margin is created with a paper puncher, while the center element with the 饰品 is a DSP strip 胶水d onto a rectangle of dark green card stock. The left element is lace paper cut into a narrow strip. All elements are 胶水d onto maroon card stock and that onto white card stock that opens upward.
This card has been created from a “Three Wisemen” stamp set. It’s designed in a “fun fold” modified gate style, with DSP paper 胶水d onto the red card stock at the bottom to create the “gates.”
这个简单的, heat-embossed card is made with red card stock stamped with a tree pattern using white 墨水 (clear 墨水 also works). White embossing powder is layered over the 墨水 and then heated with a heated-air crafting tool and allowed to cool.
