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Homemade Christmas Card: How to Make a View Master Spinner Inspired Christmas Card

November 23, 2015 by Stefanie Girard

I grew up with my Mom’s View Master and still have it today. Sizzix has a die cut that allows you to make the view master shape yourself and I thought I’d make a special homemade Christmas card using the tiny index photos you get when you have your photos printed. They fit perfectly!

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Materials:

  • View Master die
  • Die cutting machine
  • Hole punch
  • Cardboard recycled mailing envelope
  • Photo Index sheets
  • Variety of scrapbook paper
  • Brass paper fastener
  • Red ink pad
  • Scissors, mat knife, ruler, paper glue, tape

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Die cut the view master disk out of a recycled cardboard envelope.

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Cut out the index photos and tape them into each window. The close up faces were my fave so I went with mostly those but you can pick another theme or mix things up with all sorts of images.

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I printed out a center disk that said “Girard Family Holiday” to go in the middle.

I also inked the edge of the view master disk to make it pop a bit.

Next I punched a hole in the center disk, the black backing square and the green card section.

I die cut a few circles of holly to embellish the edges.

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I used a brass paper fastener to attach them all and still keep the view master disk spinnable.

To hide the brass fastener on the back I added one more layer of paper that had a fun border “not pout and Santa”

This is a great way to recycle the index photo prints and it was fun to reminisce while crafting up this card of a fun family Christmas card. This design would work for virtually any holiday or special occasion that you have a collection of tiny photos.

 

Who would you give this homemade card to?

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