Snowflake Christmas Card

Keep it simple, using a rubber stamp and a few strips of colored paper and you can create this seasonal card with the minimum of effort.

Materials Needed:

Blank white card and envelope
Snowflake stamp (“Anita’s”)
White paper
Pale blue card
Dark blue inkpad
Dark blue ribbon
Silver letter peel-offs
Scissors
Glue
Foam pads

Instructions:

1. Stamp the snowflake onto the sheet of white paper. Try to align it along one edge of the paper to make cutting it out later easier.

2. Cut the snowflake into a strip, which is the same height as the card you will be using. Then, cut out a strip of blue card the same height, but slightly wider than the snowflake strip.

3. Using peel-off letters, spell out “Merry Christmas” onto a small rectangle of blue card as shown in the photograph.

4. Stick the pale blue strip of card and the snowflake strip together as shown in the photograph. Glue this to the front of your blank card.

5. Stick a strip of dark blue ribbon to either side of your strips of card.

6. Finally, stick the “Merry Christmas” greeting to the bottom of the card using foam pads. Again, you are not limited to using a snowflake stamp – any Christmas themed stamp, or a combination of stamps could be used. Simply alternate the colourings to suit. For example, if you were to use a Christmas tree stamp, you could use green ink and card in place of the blue.