quick, easy but effective christmas cards (11)

hello!
sorry it's been a while but i'm back with lots of Christmas fun tucked up my sleeve!
today we'll be making   christmas card designs, but feel free to make your won styles, please post the pics in the comments!
lots of stories coming your way; including an extra-special humorous Christmas story, you seriously NEED TO CHECK IT OUT! (coming VERY soon!)
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you need:
coloured paper, bright & colourful!
buttons, ribbons, scrap card & bits and pieces.
(TIP: try to create a colour theme, like "red and green, light blue and white, yellow and orange, e.t.c.")

1. look through the pictures below and decide which one(s) you'd like to make.
2. gather together resources (listed below every picture); if you don't have everything simply improvise and change it a little, if you don't have decorated paper you could always draw a picture which looks just as amazing.
3. start gluing. taping, pasting it together.
4. finally, write in your message and if you want put it in an envelope! (template at the bottom)

resources: (not including scissors, glue, e.t.c)

ribbon

green paper

white card

felt tips (coloured pens)

square patterned / drawn picture paper

red paper

(note:  you can change the colours, depending on your theme!)

resources: (not including  scissors, glue, e.t.c)

red paper

red ribbon (tied in a bow)

green paper

patterned / drawn paper

blue paper

felt tips / coloured pens

(I'M STILL WORKING ON MORE DESIGNS, WON'T BE LONG!)

(THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED VERY SOON)

                                                

Christmas crafts - cool snowflake (10)

hi guys!
time to do some Christmas crafts!
this one is simple but extremely cool looking, for those who have read some of my stories will be glad to know that i have LOADS coming in the next three days, so keep listening!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------what you will need:
paper
scissors
tape / stapler
string / ribbon (optional)
punch-hole (optional)

1. fold your paper so that you get a perfect square, cut and keep extra paper (look below for pic)

2. fold two opposite corners to get a large triangle, then fold in half and cut

lines as directed below in pic. (NOTE: CUT ON THE FOLDED SIDE)

3. open up and start by folding he two cuts in the middle and tape.

4. FLIP OVER and do again but with the second cuts. (doesn't trap round? take off tape of the first and fold back up into quarters and make ALL the cuts longer and try again)

5. continue flipping & taping until all the cuts are done, it should look like this: (on a side angle)

6. repeat all steps 1-5 until you have 6. (TIP: make 3 one colour and the other three another to make it even cooler!)

7. tape together two of the bottom parts and do that for the rest so you now have narrowed it down to 3 parts, then those all together, punch a hole at the top of one flake (part of snowflake) and thread a piece of string (opitinal) and TA-DA! all done!

show me your snowflakes in the comments i'd love 2 see them!