Winter Crafts Idea: How to Make a Winter Holiday Greeting Card

This winter holiday greeting card includes two of the most beloved winter themes: a snowman and a snowflake. And because it's a non-holiday-specific greeting, it's a safe choice that can be shared with anyone during the entire winter holiday season.

If your kids can be trusted with scissors and glue, they can handle making this project. This idea isn't just for kids though; people of all ages will enjoy creating this winter holiday greeting card.

Tools and Supplies Needed:

Clear acrylic shapes or similar embellishments (I used shapes by Clear Scraps)

Patterned paper (I used paper by Hambly)

Cardstock

Bristol board or similar heavy paper (I used Strathmore bristol board)

Stickers (I used Thickers by American Crafts, which were left over from a package of letter stickers; they look like little snowflakes, but they are actually asterisks)

Stamp with a holiday greeting (I used a clear stamp by Studio G)

Stamping ink.

Small paper doily - tea cup size

Ribbon

Scissors or a paper trimmer

Bone folder or other scoring tool (such as Scor-Pal)

Paint marker

Adhesive

Optional: emery board or sandpaper for frosting the acrylic shapes

Step-By-Step Instructions for Making the Greeting Card:

Cut your greeting card base out of bristol board. Score it with your bone folder and fold it in half. Set it aside.

Cut a rectangle out of patterned paper, and a slightly smaller rectangle out of cardstock.

Use your snowman shape as a guideline to trace a snowman onto your patterned paper. Cut it out.

Optional: Follow the instructions in this article to create a frosted effect on the clear acrylic shapes. This step takes a bit of time, but it's worth the effort because it gives the finished greeting card an extra special winter-y appeal.

Trace around your snowflake shape with a paint marker to give it a bit of emphasis.

Cut a piece of ribbon and tie it in a bow. If your clear acrylic shape has a hole in it, as mine does, you can tie the ribbon right onto your snowman. Otherwise, you'll have to attach it with adhesive.

Stamp the greeting onto cardstock and cut it out.

Cut the paper doily so that the larger piece of it resembles a snowbank. You can save the smaller piece for using in some other paper crafts project.

Attach all your pieces to the card base. Start by attaching the larger rectangle, and then the smaller rectangle. Next, attach the cut piece of paper doily. Then attach the patterned paper you cut into a snowman shape. The acrylic shapes come next; then attach the stickers and stamped image on top of the acrylic shapes.

The last step is to personalize the inside of the greeting card with a special hand-written (or hand stamped) message for the recipient. Then you can mail the card, or hand deliver it and spread the winter holiday cheer in person.