girlfriend, friends and family to show how much you love them.

Hey loves, we finally arrived into the holiday season, which is my favorite time of the year.

It's time when we send our good wishes to our friends and loved ones. But this year,

instead of buying a bunch of greeting cards, I decided why not making them ourselves. So

here I'll be showing you ten DIY greeting cards ideas, not only for the holiday season,

but also for Valentine's, which is coming soon, birthdays, or just any kind of day when

you want to remind your friends and family that you care for them. You don't have to

wait for the international day of love to let them know how much they mean to you. Do

it today, I'm sure you'll make them very happy. OK, enough talking. Let's get down to work!

Let’s kick off with this cuteness overload whale card! You’ll need some cardboard paper,

blue balloon, googly eyes, tissue and a few bits like pen, ruler, glue and scissors. Cut

two rectangle pieces one bigger and one smaller. I like to take a pointy object and run it

across the middle of the bigger rectangle. This will make it easy to perfectly fold the

paper along the line. There you go, that’s how you easily get a plain card from a big

piece of cardboard paper. But of course we still need to decorate it! To transform a

balloon into a whale draw on his mouth and stick on a googly eye. Every whale also has

a blowhole on top of the head for breathing. Ok, our whale is ready but he can wait a little,

because we need to draw the ocean for him - draw some silver waves on the black rectangle.

To assure the whale will keep the desired form, scrunch a napkin and glue it on the

back. Now we can finally put this buddy in the ocean so he can swim. Fold his tail upward

and glue it in place. When whale breathes he blows the air out through the blowhole,

which may look like a fountain since he’s in the water. Make a white cloud where you

can write a message like happy birthday, I love you, congrats - whatever the occasion,

and stick it on the card. I really love how creative and unique this card is. And also

the fact that you can use it for so many different occasions.

Next we are making this adorable Minion card! These are the things you need. Googly eyes

are optional but they add a bit of texture and 3D feel to the card. For the minion’s

glasses start off by cutting a thin black paper strap. Then cut 2 black and 2 smaller

white circles. I used a tape roll and a glue lid for a stencil to outline the perfect circles.

We must not forget our minion’s hair! And lastly we need to give our yellow monster

a cute smile. With a help of a tape roll I am sketching a shape of crescent moon and

cutting it out. Now we have all the parts ready and we can assemble our minion. Put

the glasses together by gluing black circles on the black strap and the white circles on

top. Fold a rectangle piece of yellow cardboard paper in half to get a card and stick the

glasses on the upper part like that. Add the hair and the mouth. For the pupils you can

simply use two small black circles or a pair of googly eyes like me. How flipping adorable

does this little monster look like! But we are not completely done yet, we have to write

a little quote on: You are one in a MINION, like million but Minion. Get it? I think this

card is so versatile, perfect for a birthday, valentines or just any day really. You can

give it to your love, friend or a family member and you’ll make them very happy for sure!

Let’s continue with this pretty candle card. We are going to need similar things as before

but also four birthday candles. I like to sketch where I want to place each candle so

I am drawing four lines on the black piece of cardboard. You can use any cardboard color

for this card, but I specifically went for a black background because I wanted it to

look like candles burning in the dark. Since the candles are rounded they can be a bit

difficult to stick on a flat surface. Therefore I decided to scrap one side with scissors

like so. You will get a flat side which will be much easier to glue in place. For the flames

I am drawing little silver hearts above each candle. I think this card is so beautiful.

It’s perfect for Valentines or just any day and you can give it to your significant

other or a friend. In the caption I'm writing a note "You light up my life"! I just want

to virtually give this card to all of you watching this, because you guys light up my

life every day, you need to know that. Next is a lovely Christmasy card! Besides

the usual, you will need some pipe cleaners, little colored cotton balls and three buttons.

Sketch a triangle shape on a rectangle piece of paper and stick it on the red card to get

a nice framed front. Take your pipe cleaners and start cutting shorter and shorter pieces

so you can cover the entire sketched triangle with them. I like to use a variety of different

colored pipe cleaners but as you can see, I focus a bit more on the green. Green represents

the tree, while other colors stand for the Christmas tree decorations. For even more

texture and dimension I decided to stick three colored cotton balls on as ornaments. The

tree would not be complete without a star on top. You can draw it, cut it from a yellow

paper, but I decided to use a yellow button instead. To finish of I am also gluing down

two brown buttons for a stem. You can leave the card like this or you can add a little

Merry Xmas caption next to the tree. And that’s it! What a cute little card for this magical

time of the year. Next we are making a super cute and sweet

butterfly lollipop gift. This time we use a lollipop and a pair of tiny googly eyes

on top of the normal necessities. Take a piece of cardboard and fold it in half. Outline

a shape of a half of butterfly’s wings like that. Cut the wings out making sure that you

are cutting both the upper and the lower sides of paper. Unfold the paper and there you have

a perfect pair of symmetrical wings. If you want you can decorate them, I usually cut

four small circles from a yellow paper and glue them on. It’s time to write on a little

note, which can be anything depending on who you are giving the butterfly to. If that’s

a boyfriend you can write something like I still get butterflies when I see you. If it’s

a friend you can write something simple like have a sweet day. Make two short cuts on the

folded side and slide a lollipop through that opening – you get the perfect butterfly,

see? If you want you can add a pair of tiny googly eyes, but either way, this cutie is

absolutely adorable and such a nice little gift to anyone. It’s amazing how a little

detail like this can make someone very happy. You really don’t have to spend a lot of

money to make a person smile. Let's now learn how to make this beautiful

card with balloons in the sky. You mostly need similar things as for the other projects,

but you also need some buttons and some thread. By the way guys, I'm really sorry for my very

weird voice today - I'm a little bit sick, but I still wanted to put this video on as

soon as possible so I hope it's OK. Then cut out a bigger rectangle and fold it in half.

For the framed front, cut out a smaller blue rectangle and stick it on the white one. We

need to decorate the sky with some puffy white clouds so cut them out from a white paper

and glue them on the card. Try to place the clouds more on the sides to leave some space

for balloons, which are coming in a second. If you want to achieve that stitched effect

you can draw short gray lines along the edge of the clouds. See how the card gets that

cartoony feel? Cut some white thread pieces, place the first one on the card, add some

glue on the upper end and put on a button. I have these cute buttons in forms of Mickey

Mouse, flower and a heart, but normal rounded buttons would look just as pretty. Collect

the threads, tie them together by making a red bow and cut away the excess. Customize

the little note depending on the occasion, I wrote Happy Birthday, which I am soon having

on Christmas day, woohoo!! This card is also perfect for other celebration occasions for

example graduation or getting a driving license. Next idea is again perfect for the Christmas

season. We are making this pretty card with 3d presents. Besides the usual stuff you’ll

need a bunch of colorful tube beads. Fold the cardboard in half to get a greeting card

and if you want stick on a square piece of some different colored paper. I am sketching

two crosses where I want my two presents to be and now we can start gluing the beads!

All you need to do is grab a bead with tweezers, dip it in glue and place it on the card. I

went for pink and green ones. The green beads will represent the ribbon and pink ones the

package itself. I am putting the green ones on the sketched cross and pink ones around

to form a square. Lastly I also made a bow using green beads on top of each pack. Below

the presents you can write a little note, I wrote I hope Santa treats you well this

year. I think this is such a lovely idea, sleek but with so much texture and dimension.

Yep I do hope Santa makes all your wishes come true this Christmas. Because you guys

deserve it! Now let’s make something super quick and

easy but still very adorable! For this project the most important thing you need is a stone.

Yes you heard me right - so go outside and find a stone you like. Then cut a little rectangle

piece of cardboard, I decided to snip away the edges to make it a bit more special. Give

a pair of eyes and a big smile to your stone and glue it on the cardboard piece. How quick

and epic is this idea, right? The only thing left to do is to write you rock my world or

simply you rock below the stone. I simply adore this one. It is literally made in a

minute and could be such a lovely present to your friend and loved ones.

Let’s continue with the most famous snowman out there – Olaf. I printed out the stencil

from the internet and I also decided to decorate the card with some pretty snowflakes. Start

by cutting all the pieces out of the stencil. By the way, I found this one by just googling

Olaf stencil. For this greeting card I decided to use blue cardboard. Fold it in half and

we are ready to start gluing. Here come his legs, body, head and in the end sticks for

his hair and arms. Before we let the snow cover this cute card, let’s write down a

short note. I am going for Olaf is sending warm hugs. Another one of his quotes goes

like this "some people are worth melting for". Which would also work great here. To finish

off let’s sprinkle this wintery card with a bunch of snowflakes. I got these for less

than a dollar in a craft store but you can totally cut them out from a white paper and

they don’t even need to have this snowflake shape. This card is just so adorable and it’s

perfect for this time of the year. You can also use it as a birthday card for friends

with birthdays during winter months. Last but not least I have another Christmas

card idea with Santa’s reindeers. Besides the usual you will need two halves of a peanut

shell and a napkin. I decided to make a framed card front so I am just gluing a smaller green

square on a red plain card. Draw a pair of black eyes and a red nose to each of the two

Rudolf reindeers. Then put some glue on the inner side of the shell, scrunch a piece of

napkin and put it in. This will make it much easier to glue the shell on the card. I love

using stuff in a non-conventional way, like balloon, candles and pipe cleaners. I think

it’s so cool finding an alternative way of using things, you just need to think a

bit outside the box. All that’s left to do is to draw a pair of raindeer ears and

horns to each of them. This card is super easy to make and looks so adorable! I also

think it’s so nice using peanut shells which would otherwise be thrown to waste.

I hope you enjoyed watching this tutorial, let me know in the comments which card idea

is your favorite. I think they are all so cute, so it's really hard to decide, which

one I like best. I wish you all an amazing holiday season with the people you love. Sending

you a big warm hug! I love you and I'll see you soon.

Instead of going to the crowded mall to buy cards for your friends and loved ones, make

them yourself. The time and the creativity you will invest along the way, will surely

reflect on that persons’ smile when they receive it.