Most off-the-shelf greeting cards are printed on standard card stock so create a unique card using the following steps in the greeting card video.

I hope you enjoy the video and get some good tips to help you on your way with your greeting card making adventures.

Make Your own Stationary

Learn how to make your own stationary and more in this free arts and crafts video taught by an expert. Expert: Elouise Hester Bio: Elouise Hester is a paraprofessional and homemaker. She uses her creative talents to make personalized stationary and cards for her friends and family. Filmmaker: bobby Hester

Make your own stationary today

The materials needed to create greeting cards include colored construction paper, a pen, scissors and tape. Find out how to fold, cut, tape and decorate paper to make a greeting card at home with help from an elementary school teacher in this free video on card making. Expert: Stacey Olson Bio: Stacey Olson holds a Bachelor of Science in education and human sciences, with an endorsement in inclusive early childhood education. Filmmaker: Jon Olson

Hello and Welcome! I made this video to help the 1st time card maker to make a card at home. To make a card at home you will need: 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Cardstock will give better results than regular paper, but in a pinch it all works. Envelopes! If you have time — make a trip to Staples or Office Max (not sure Wal Mart will have this) and buy Invitation Size envelopes. Usually the cards are packed as 50 per box. Look to see if you can choose between white and ivory. Buy the cardstock at the same time (or really nice linen paper?) — don’t mix the white and ivory colors if you are a beginner. If you have these invitation size (A2 size — greater than 4.25 x 5.5 inches) envelopes you can make standard greeting cards. See this video how to cut your paper: Tip #3 How to Make a Standard Size Greeting Card www.youtube.com If you do not have invitation size envelopes and want to use small business size envelopes (No. 6 ¾ size) you can still make a card! See this video: Tip #20 – Make Cards that fit envelopes in the House – Small Business Size www.youtube.com Written directions for these 2 cards types can be found on my blog here: A2 Standard Size Greeting Cards: cropwithlisa.blogspot.com Small Business Size Greeting Cards: The written directions are also in the video comments. Good Luck with the decorating! Remember — you can make the card really simple and go for the “classic” or “timeless” look. Lisa CropwithLisa.blogspot.com http