Peace and Joy Bauble Christmas Card
Celebrate the season of peace and joy with this colorful Peace and Joy Bauble Christmas Card. Use a few basic materials to make a card that will convey special wishes for the upcoming holiday. This card features a textured look that is eye-catching and appealing. The colors, sparkle, and shine really lend themselves to the Christmas holiday! Giving a homemade Christmas card like this has more meaning than a store-bought card, and the recipient will be certain to feel very blessed when receiving this card.
Materials:
- Provided Pattern Sheet:
- 10” x 5” White Cardstock
- 4.6” Square of White Corrugated Cardstock
- 4.4” Square of Matching Green Handmade Paper
- 3” Square of White Cardstock
- Red and Gold Craft Foil
- Foilart Super-tack Glue Pen
- Red Felt-tip Pen
- Golden Mirror Word – for this Project, the Word Peace was Used
- Golden Twine
- Small Twig Cut from a Conifer Tree
- Standard Scissors
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Thick Needle
- Clear-drying Craft Glue (such as bostik clear)
Instructions:
1. Score the 10” x 5” white cardstock in half to create a card sized 5” x 5”.
2. With the fold at the top, centre and glue the green paper square to the front of the card.
3. Take the white corrugated cardstock and cut out the inside, leaving a space of 0.5” from the outer edges of this piece to make a “frame.” Glue the frame to the front of the card.
4. Trace the bauble onto the 3” square of white cardstock.
5. Add Super-tack glue to the bottom part of the bauble. Allow the Super-tack glue to dry for about 20 minutes. When the glue is wet, it is blue, but when it is dry it becomes transparent.
6. Press the red foil down on the glue. Remember that – of course - the red side of the foil must be on top. Rub the foil over the areas where you have added glue with the Super-tack glue pen and carefully lift the foil.
7. Use the red felt-tip pen to fill in any small white areas where the foil did not stick.
8. Repeat steps 5 and 6 with the top part of the bauble, using the golden foil.
9. Cut out the bauble.
10. Use the needle to make a hole at the top of the bauble and thread the twine through the hole.
11. Glue the bauble to the front of the card.
12. Tie the twine around the twig and glue the twine and twig to the card.
13. Use the loose ends of the twine to make a neat bow.
14. Glue the mirror word in place at the bottom of the card.
Bonus! Find this tutorial and more in our collection of 18 Free Printable Christmas Cards and Homemade Christmas Card Ideas.
