What You Do

• Fold red cardstock in half.
• Use your paper trimmer to cut off any writing from the paint chip strip.
• Cut the paint chip so it will fit on the red cardstock. Leave the white border at the top and bottom.
• Cut the patterned paper so it's about ¼” bigger on all sides than the paint chip strip.
• Glue the paint chip strip to the patterned paper.
• Glue the patterned paper to the right hand side of the card.
• Put stickers in each paint chip square.
• Tie twine around the spine of the card and trim if necessary.

   

  Helpful Hints

  • Choose stickers that have white borders. These coordinate nicely with the white borders on the paint chip strip.
  • Skip the patterned paper if your kids are finding it difficult to measure.
  • White, blue or green rickrack is a great alternative to the twine.
  • If you want to make a large number of these cards, use an assembly line: precut, then glue all the patterned paper, then all the strips. Then add all the stickers and finally the twine.
  • Large square paintchips are also handy for many other card projects.

   

  Quick switch To make a gift tag, just trim your paint chip strips to two or three squares, then mount on cardstock. This style would also make a great bookmark.

  This card is ideal for other occasions. Just pick out your favorite stickers at the dollar store!

  Find out more about card display, personalizing store-bought cards and creating one-of-a-kind photo cards.

  Plus, don't miss our selection of handmade gift ideas in our Christmas activity guide and gift guide.