Making New Baby Greeting Cards

Want to Welcome the Newcomer? Make a Baby Greeting Card

What better way to say "Welcome to the World" than by making your own new baby greeting cards? Make you own special card to give at a baby shower or to accompany a gift. Maybe you just want to make a great card to mail to the proud parents. Either way, if you've never made a card before, you'll be surprised at how easy it is.

If you are into scrapbooking or rubber stamping, you're probably already making your own greeting cards and are looking for inspiration and new designs.

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Supplies for Making Your New Baby Cards

what you'll need

Making your own baby cards requires some basic supplies. Some you may want to purchase at a craft store or online. Other items you may find around the house.

Depending on the type of card you plan to make, you will need card stock in baby friendly colors, scrapbook paper with a suitable design, glues and adhesives and a cutting tool.

Items such as buttons, ribbons, lace, stickers, glitter, beads and so forth are good embellishments or trim.

Pens with colored inks are good for writing sentiments or greetings. Alternatively, print your sentiments from your computer and attach with glue.

Place your baby card in pre-purchased envelopes, which you can decorate to match your card. Alternatively, you can often find envelope templates on the Internet if you want to make your own.

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How to Make a New Baby Greeting Card

step by step tutorial for making a baby card

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Supply List for the New Baby Card Shown in the Video

a strip of cream colored cardstock, 12 inches by 6 inches

a 3-inch square of cream colored cardstock

a 5-5/8 inch square of scrapbook paper

4 circles cut from scrapbook paper, 1 1/2 inches in diameter

2 circles cut from scrapbook paper, 1 inch in diameter

1/2 of a 2 1/2 inch circle of scrapbook paper

1/4 of a 2 1/2 inch circle of scrapbook paper

a 5 inch strip of wide satin ribbon, cream colored

strip of narrow green ribbon

2 green buttons

alphabets to spell BABY, cut from punches, die cuts or by hand

optional: vellum for the inside and a sentiment sticker

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Baby Card Comments

Make your own cards? Tell us about it.

  • Senora_M Nov 11, 2010 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    Sometimes I make cards. I usually don't though because I can get them for $.50 at the $1 store and it saves a lot of time! Plus I sometimes think mine look goofy and not "full" enough.
  • nightcats Nov 11, 2010 @ 7:04 pm | delete
    Well, making cards is not about saving money; its about creating something that expresses your creativity. And as for your cards looking "goofy", we tend to be our own worst critics. Perhaps other people think your cards are lovely.
  • Joan4 Sep 29, 2008 @ 9:48 am | delete
    Oh I love hand made cards! And yes, a new baby is the best reason of all!
  • DianeStafford Jul 12, 2008 @ 4:10 pm | delete
    lovely clear instructions for making the baby card, good lens and video how to :-)
  • gods_grace_notes Jun 21, 2008 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    Babies are the BEST reason for cardmaking! Thanks for sharing, and welcome to Connie's Craftaholics Club!
    Connie
    : )

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