Christmas Keepsake Album

• Dark Red Cardstock,
• Collection of Christmas Cards & Letters,
• Decoupage,
• Two-Hole punch,
• Dark Red Satin Wire Ribbon, and
• Scissors

• Cut out little characters, scenes, holiday greetings, signatures of those who have sent the cards and anything that's worth keeping from the Christmas cards.
• Make a collage of these Christmas card cutouts on the card stock. You may place them in an overlapping manner to make album cover pages.
• Brush a coat or more of decoupage over the card cutouts glued on the card stock to give them the desired finish.
• You may choose from several finishes such as antique finish that gives vintage look to your card cutouts or glossy finish that actually make them shine. The decoupage preserves them too.
• Let it dry for 10 minutes and you may apply another coat of decoupage finish. Keep repeating the process until you get the desired results.
• More coats also mean sturdier album cover pages. Make two of them for the front cover page and back cover page.
• When the pages dry up, punch holes in them and lace the ribbon through the holes.
• Punch holes through your Christmas letters and place them from oldest to most recent in your Christmas keepsake album and add a big red bow to the ribbons.