Everyone loves receiving a greeting card -- and in today's age of electronic communication, a real tangible paper greeting card is becoming a rare occurrence indeed. Imagine the recipient's delight when they realize the card is a hand made treasure from the heart.

Making your own hand made greetings cards is satisfying on many levels. Your recipient feels extra special that anyone would go through so much trouble for them. And you get a chance to really let your creativity shine. Each hand made greeting card is a mini work of art -- the only one of its kind in the world.

For busy crafters making greeting cards gives them the chance to be creative in small manageable doses -- after all a greeting card, no matter how elaborate, is still a small project and finished relatively quickly.

Even the kids can get into making greetings cards, and in fact, making cards is a fun family project.

You can use all kinds of techniques tools and adornments for your greetings cards.

For these cards I challenged myself to come up with various designs using nothing more than a single rubber stamp and some basic paper crafting supplies. The results are five simple yet stunning cards that anyone would love to receive on Hanukkah.

Card Making Directions
Below are links to detailed directions for making the five cards in the photo above:

• Dreidel with Vellum and Silver Bow Card (top left)
• Spinning Dreidel Card (top middle)
• Embossed Vellum Dreidel Card (top right)
• Vellum and Stripes Dreidel Card (bottom left)
• Multi-Matted Dreidel Card (bottom right)