{"title":"How to Make a Christmas Ornament Card","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/card-making/how-to-make-a-christmas-ornament-card","category":{"slug":"card-making","name":"Card Making"},"creator":{"name":"Create with Scrimpingmommy","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdepVRLqRdevDLCszHfwhMQ","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBCp8psZfd4"},"tldr":"Make a Christmas ornament card with a clear acetate window and stamped baubles that seem to float. Sizes, paper and mailing tips included.","quickAnswer":"Make a Christmas ornament card with a clear acetate window and stamped baubles that seem to float. A medium project. You need 20 things, including teal cardstock, cream cardstock and white cardstock. The 10 steps start with cut the Window Out of the Christmas Card Base on a Paper Trimmer, glue the Patterned Paper Strips Onto the Ornament Card Front, glue the Cream Liner Inside the Christmas Ornament Card and tape the Clear Acetate Window Into the Christmas Card.","totalDurationSeconds":1168,"videoDurationSeconds":1168,"difficulty":"medium","project":{"difficulty":"medium","projectMinutes":null,"waitMinutes":null,"totalMinutes":null,"estimatedCost":null,"yield":null},"tools":["paper trimmer with scoring blade","bone folder","small scissors","ornament punch or ornament dies","clear stamp block","sponge dauber","binder clip"],"materials":["teal cardstock","cream cardstock","white cardstock","Christmas patterned paper","clear acetate sheet","strong double-sided tape","Christmas ornament stamps","Merry Christmas sentiment stamp","black ink pad","teal and green ink pads","gold gel pen","liquid glue","foam adhesive strips"],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Cut the Window Out of the Christmas Card Base on a Paper Trimmer","text":"Cut your card base and fold it in half, then burnish the fold well. Lay the folded card on the trimmer with the fold on the 1 1/2 inch mark and trim the front panel only, up to the fold. Turn the card round and cut 1 1/2 inches up from the bottom edge. Lift out the middle section. The loose bottom strip will become the base of the window later, so keep it."},{"number":2,"title":"Glue the Patterned Paper Strips Onto the Ornament Card Front","text":"Cut two cream mats, about 1 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches, and two strips of patterned paper a little smaller. Amanda picked a teal paper with copper foil swirls. Glue a cream mat to the top strip and another to the loose bottom strip. Then press a patterned strip onto each mat, leaving a thin cream border all round. Wet glue lets you slide it until it sits straight."},{"number":3,"title":"Glue the Cream Liner Inside the Christmas Ornament Card","text":"Cut a cream panel, about 5 3/4 x 4 inches, and glue it to the inside of the card. This is what shows through the window, so center it well. Do all of your gluing now, before the acetate goes on. Amanda added a spare scrap of patterned paper inside too, so the card looks finished when it is opened."},{"number":4,"title":"Tape the Clear Acetate Window Into the Christmas Card","text":"Clip the bottom strip in place so it lines up with the card. Cut a piece of acetate a little narrower than the card and add strong double-sided tape along its top and bottom edges. Press the top edge onto the back of the top strip. Then lay the bottom strip in line with the card edges and press it onto the lower tape. The acetate now joins the two pieces."},{"number":5,"title":"Stamp the Christmas Ornament Images on White Cardstock","text":"Ink an ornament stamp with dark ink and stamp it on a scrap of white cardstock. Lift the block straight up so the lines stay crisp. Stamp a mix of shapes: a tall lattice bauble, a round swirly one and a small one. You need about four ornaments for one card. Stamp a few spares in case one smudges."},{"number":6,"title":"Punch Out the Stamped Christmas Ornaments","text":"Slide the stamped cardstock into the matching ornament punch, upside down, so you can see the image through the opening. Line the stamped lines up with the edge of the punch and press. A matching die set and a die cutting machine do the same job. Each ornament comes out with a thin white border around it."},{"number":7,"title":"Color the Ornament Caps With a Gold Gel Pen and Trim","text":"Color the cap at the top of each ornament with a gold gel pen. It ties in with the foil on the paper. Let it dry. Then trim away the white border with small scissors, using the punched edge as your guide. You only need to trim if you plan to ink the edges. Untrimmed ornaments are fine for a quicker card."},{"number":8,"title":"Sponge Ink Around the Christmas Ornament Edges for Shading","text":"Tap a sponge dauber on the ink pad and dab most of it off on scrap paper. Flick it around the cut edge of the ornament so no white shows. Then work inward in small, light circles. Keep the edges darker and the middle pale. That gives each bauble a rounded look, as if light is catching it. Use teal for some and green for others."},{"number":9,"title":"Glue the Floating Ornaments Onto the Christmas Card Window","text":"Put a tiny dot of glue at the top and bottom of an ornament and press it across the window, so it touches the patterned strips. Hold it for a moment. Add a second ornament overlapping the first, a little higher, so they are not level. Set a pair on the other side and tuck the small one under its neighbor. Use as little glue as you can on the acetate."},{"number":10,"title":"Add the Merry Christmas Sentiment With Foam Adhesive","text":"Stamp a Merry Christmas sentiment on a strip of cream cardstock. Let it dry, then trim it close by eye, leaving a narrow border. Put small pieces of foam adhesive on the back. Amanda used offcuts of foam strips left over from other cards. Press the sentiment onto the bottom strip, near the right corner, and check it is straight."}],"commonProblems":[],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-10-20T19:45:27.528Z","published":"2026-10-20T19:45:12.303Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit Show Me Step by Step with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure. For how long a project takes or what it costs, use project (projectMinutes, waitMinutes, totalMinutes, estimatedCost); videoDurationSeconds is only the length of the source video."}