Cards + Gift Wrap Ideas

Fun gift wrapping ideas for birthdays and Christmas, plus crafty ideas for making cards and gift tags....

These free tutorials are all for non-commercial use only. Please feel free to borrow photos if you want to blog about any of these projects but remember to credit me and link back to the original source, and do not reproduce my entire tutorial on your site. Thanks!

If you make something using one of my tutorials you can share your project in my Flickr group. I'd love to see what you make :)


Pompoms - fun pompoms, great for using up scraps of yarn leftover from your knitting projects


Fun with Fonts - the perfect giftwrap for typography-lovers!


Snowflakes - decorate your packages with classic paper snowflakes


Vintage Stamps - use vintage Christmas stamps to decorate gift tags, or wrap your gift like an old-fashioned parcel tied up with string


Faux Bois - use woodgrain sticky-back-plastic to wrap your gifts and top them with a cluster of brown paper oak leaves


Butterfly Basket - a pretty way to dress up gifts of potted flowers or garden cuttings


Doilies - skip the ribbons and bows and add frills galore with decorated doilies


Baubles and Bells - add some glam to your parcels by using old Christmas baubles and silver bells as gift toppers


Wallpaper - quirky giftwrap made using textured wallpaper


Brooches and Badges - use vintage brooches and old badges (buttons) as gift-toppers


Yarn Plaits - use up leftover yarn to make plaited (braided) ties for your gifts, these look especially great when combined with yarn pompoms


Buttons and Ric Rac - gift wrapping for your crafty friends, add buttons to your trim or make a button-covered gift tag


Cake Ribbon - add a luxe look to your wrapping with fancy gold and silver paper ribbon designed for wrapping round cakes



Mini Envelope Valentine - make a card for Valentine's day or other romantic occasions, with a mini envelope for enclosing a love note, tickets or gift card


"Owl Always Love You" Valentine's Card - a very cute card for the one you love!


"I love you more than tea" Valentine's Card - a fun card for tea lovers (made with real tea!)


Love Notes - cute mini cards decorated with felt hearts


Felt Heart + Washi Tape invites, gift tags and more - crafty ideas for a wedding or special party


Get Well Soon Card - a card to send to someone who's feeling under the weather!


Lucky Four Leaf Clover Card - make a card to wish someone good luck, or happy St. Patrick's Day


Felt Flower Card - a pretty card for Mother's Day or spring birthdays



Angel Christmas Card - a sweet angel with a paper doily dress

 
Glitter Snowflakes Cards - sparkly Christmas cards made using small paper snowflakes


Glitter Christmas Cards - sparkly cards decorated with snowmen, candy canes or Christmas trees



Scrap Paper Cards - originally made as thank you cards with leftover Christmas wrap, these would make great Christmas cards



Simple Notecards - use simple shapes and scrap paper to make cards for all occasions


Crafty Scrap Cards - use your crafty leftovers (felt, paper, buttons, sequins, etc) to make colourful cards


Crafty Scrap Tags - make fun gift tags with your scrap felt & paper, plus leftover buttons, sequins etc.


Chocolate coins - use the foil from chocolate money to decorate Christmas cards and tags, or use the coins to make fun edible gift toppers / tags. 


Halloween Card - a guest post from Sara of Paintbrush and Thread - a cute Halloween Card, plus tips on turning it into an e-card to send to all your friends


Mini Fabric Banner - a guest post from Nancy of Goshery - make mini bunting to decorate cards or to use in your scrapbooking projects

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