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Materials for Making Bible Verses Christmas Cards and General Greeting Cards

The Instructions for making a quick and easy Christmas card using Bible Verses are for adults and children alike. There are Bible Verses and Inspirational quotes to use for your seasonal projects. Or, make a "photo album Christmas card" for children to give to grandparents at Christmastime.

Christmas cards are sent to greet friends and family with loving wishes for Happy Holidays and wishes for joy in the New Year. Bible verses are a common theme for Christmas cards. They are sent to co-workers, teachers, customers and acquaintances to express appreciation for kindnesses shown. Christmas cards can be very elaborate or they can be a simple message written from one friend to another. They display a wide variety of art such as Christian art, Victorian scenes, and snowy landscapes. Pictures of Christmas decorations, such as holly,candles and decorated trees are common. Humorous cards are also a popular theme.

Christmas cards were printed in England as early as 1843 and they featured flowers and pictures that predicted the coming of spring. In America, Christmas cards were first printed in 1875. There was a period of time when the postcard was introduced which halted the popularity of Christmas cards until about 1920 when printed cards with envelopes returned.
A Lundy

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How I Made This Christmas Card
Make a Memory Christmas Card for your child to give to Grandmas, Aunts.
Bible Verses for your Christmas Card
Rubber Stamps for your Holiday Cards and Crafts
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Making Greeting Cards - Books at Amazon
A Christmas Prayer - Robert Louis Stevenson
Custom Holiday Cards at Zazzle
Making a Greeting Card Video
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How I Made This Christmas Card

To make this Christmas card, you will need red and green acrylic paint, a small piece of sponge which can be torn from a regular household cellulose cleaning sponge, a small piece of narrow red ribbon, double sided scotch tape, and photos you want to use on the inside of the card. Use card stock from a copy shop and have them cut it in half, leaving two pieces 8-1/2" by 5-1/2". Fold each in half, making two greeting card blanks.

Draw a circle on the front of a card very, very lightly with a lead pencil. Dampen the sponge with water and
dip the sponge in green acrylic paint. Dab on a piece of scrap paper until you see the look you want. Dab around the circle, forming the wreath. Wash the sponge with soap and water for future use as acrylic paint
dries hard very fast.

Pour out a small amount of red acrylic paint and thin it slightly with water. Dip the wood end of a small paint brush in the red paint and practice dotting on the scrap paper. Dot on the wreath to decorate it with the red dots. Allow the card to dry thoroughly.

Using a paper punch, punch two holes near the top of the wreath on the front page only of the card. Add the red ribbon and tie it in place. With a fine tip marker, you can write "Happy Holidays" or another message in the lower area of the front of the card.

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Make a Memory Christmas Card for your child to give to Grandmas, Aunts.

For special people, make a mini photo album..

On the inside of the card, with double sided scotch tape, tape photographs of family, places you have
visited, or pictures of last years' gatherings and sign it with love.

An additional small picture can be pasted at the center of
the wreath on the front of the card - a treasured keepsake.

Bible Verses for your Christmas Card

You can write bible verses on the inside of cards you make.

Here are some Christmas bible verses.

Luke 2:14
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Luke 2:11
The angel said unto them .... For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.

Rubber Stamps for your Holiday Cards and Crafts

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Stamping greetings or designs can be used in many ways. They can be an important part of the Crhistmas cards you are making or can be added to hand written letters you may decide to write during the holiday season. Rubber stamps can be used if you are making your own wrapping paper by stamping a design randomly on butcher paper to have an overall design. With a bright bow this can create a very attractive package and is very economical.

Bible Verses Stamps

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Making Greeting Cards - Books at Amazon

Here are some more helps - great ideas for making your own Christmas cards. Hand made cards are appreciated by the person receiving the card. They are often impressed by the fact that the time was taken to make the cards. Getting the family together to make it a family project provides fun for everyone.

A Christmas Prayer - Robert Louis Stevenson

A Christmas Prayer

Loving Father, help us remember the birth of Jesus,
that we may share in the song of the angels,
the gladness of the shepherds and the wisdom of the wise men.

Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world.

Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting.

Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings,
and teach us to be merry with clean hearts.

May the Christmas morning make us happy to be Thy children
and the Christmas evening bring us to our beds with
grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus' sake. Amen

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

General Greeting Card Making Instructions

Custom Holiday Cards at Zazzle

Make Your Own - Add Photos

The instructions on Zazzle make it very easy to create your own card. Merely upload a picture from your computer and continue to follow their instructions. You can purchase the card you develop or you can add it to the Zazzle Marketplace.

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Making a Greeting Card Video

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Easy Envelopes You Can Make

ENVELOPE IDEA NO. 1
This envelope is for a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 greeting card.

You will need an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper and a glue stick.

Step 1 - Cut off 1-1/2" of one long edge so you are working with a 7" x 11" sheet of paper.

Step 2 - Fold in the long edges 1/4"

Step 3 - Measure 4-1/4" from the bottom edge. Turn up the bottom edge 4-1/4".
Glue the edges, forming the pocket for the card. Also, glue the folded
side edges of the top 2-1/2" so the flap lays flat.

Step 4 - Measure 2" from the top. Fold down the top 2".

ENVELOPE IDEA NO. 2.

If you have an envelope that is the size you want to make, open out the envelope. Lay it on a piece of paper and trace around. Cut it out, fold and glue.

a lundy

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Greeting Card Etiquette

Thoughts and Feelings
The advantage to sending a greeting card is that a message is already written for you. However, this does not replace your own expression of feeling or thoughts. Add a phrase or sentence to let the recipient know that you share her joy, sympathize or wish her well. Even a phrase as simple as "Congratulations on the new job" can personalize a card more than simply signing your name. Linda Mooney of the Department of Sociology at East Carolina University reports that sentiments are described as socially significant feelings. She indicates that greeting cards are a tool in our emotional culture, symbolic vehicles carrying our expressions. Greeting cards can become treasured keepsakes when they contain heartfelt sentiments.

From - eHow.com. Read more about greeting card etiquette HERE.

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YayasHome Mar 1, 2012 @ 3:46 am | delete

I really enjoyed the video on how to make Christmas cards. Very helpful page. Thanks for some awesome tips.

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favored1 Feb 12, 2012 @ 7:53 pm | delete

Hope you don't mind, I added this to my christmas lenses.

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streamline Dec 29, 2011 @ 11:08 pm | delete

Hi,

Very well done lens indeed...

Peace,
Dan

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Annamadagan Dec 27, 2011 @ 9:11 am | delete

Very nice lens. I love making cards.

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YellowHammer Dec 11, 2011 @ 4:38 pm | delete

I always try to make handmade Christmas cards during the holidays, but only for my closest friends and family since they do take a bit of time to create.

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RenaissanceWoman2010 Nov 18, 2011 @ 8:29 am | delete

A wonderful way to share the true meaning of Christmas. These are lovely gifts of the heart and spirit. Thank you!

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sockii Oct 16, 2011 @ 7:08 am | delete

Nice ideas!

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Philippians468 Jan 9, 2011 @ 9:20 am | delete

what a wonderful way to make lovely cards! nothing better than God's Word! God bless you!

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GreenOasis Jan 1, 2011 @ 3:28 pm | delete

Great lens about Christmas card. Thanks.

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Cari_Kay Dec 25, 2010 @ 7:56 pm | delete

I really want to do this next year. You have some terrific ideas. Thank you! Merry Christmas!

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JoyfulPamela Dec 16, 2010 @ 6:41 pm | delete

Homemade cards are always more special!! =D I'm adding your page to my Christmas Unit Study: Bible lens. Thanks!

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Custom made cards are fun and more stylish - great lens

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Making your own cards is a lot more fun than just picking something out at a store. Really enjoyed this lens.

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I live near America's Christmas City, Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Handmade cards and Christmas paper crafts are my favorite. Welcome to Senior Geek Squids!

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