What a gorgeous way to finish our 31 Days of Christmas in July Craftalong!
For Day 31, we’re making a very special Teepee Card decorated as a Christmas tree. It’s a fun fold, a display card, and a beautiful handmade Christmas keepsake all in one.
After a whole month of cards, boxes, bags, tags, scrapbook pages and gift ideas, this card brings everything together beautifully. We’ll use cardstock, Designer Series Paper, die-cuts, foil, a stamped sentiment and a little clever folding to create a card that stands up like a Christmas tree.
This is one of those projects that looks impressive, but once the scoring is done, it comes together step by step.
Teepee Christmas Tree Card
This card is made from a rectangular cardstock base and an added square base piece. The folds allow the card to stand in a teepee shape, and it closes with a Velcro dot so it can be displayed or folded flat.
You will need:
Mossy Meadow cardstock
Designer Series Paper
Real Red cardstock
Basic White cardstock
Silver foil cardstock
Scraps of DSP for die-cut presents
Scraps of silver foil for present tops
Stamps for sentiment
Stocking dies or Christmas dies
Present dies
Velcro dot
Dimensionals
Adhesive
Bone folder
Paper trimmer
Scoring tool
Cutting Measurements
Teepee Base Pieces
Cut Mossy Meadow cardstock:
29cm x 14.5cm
14.5cm x 14.5cm
Designer Series Paper Panels
Cut Designer Series Paper:
2 pieces at 13.5cm x 13.5cm
Cut each square in half on the diagonal.
This will give you 4 DSP triangles for decorating the teepee panels.
Bottom Triangle Covers
Cut Designer Series Paper:
5cm x 5cm
Cut this square in half on the diagonal.
These small triangles will cover the cardstock that shows at the bottom of the teepee.
Front Decorations
Cut Real Red cardstock:
12cm x 9cm for die-cutting the stocking
Use scraps of Designer Series Paper for die-cutting presents.
Use scraps of silver foil for die-cutting the present tops.
Sentiment Strip
Cut:
Basic White cardstock scrap for sentiment strip
Silver foil scrap for sentiment strip
The exact size can suit your sentiment, but a long, narrow strip works beautifully across the front of the teepee.
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Score the large teepee base
Take the Mossy Meadow cardstock measuring 29cm x 14.5cm.
Place the 29cm side across the top of your scoring tool and score at:
14.5cm
This gives you two square panels.
Now score diagonally from the centre score line to the top outer corner on both sides.
You will score:
from the centre fold to the top left corner
from the centre fold to the top right corner
These diagonal score lines create the teepee shape.
Fold and burnish all score lines well.
2. Score the square base piece
Take the Mossy Meadow cardstock measuring 14.5cm x 14.5cm.
Score it once on the diagonal, from one corner to the opposite corner.
Fold and burnish the diagonal score line.
This piece becomes the inside base that helps the teepee stand.
3. Test the teepee fold
Before gluing anything, do a dry fit.
Place the 14.5cm square base piece on the inside of the large rectangle base.
Line up the diagonal score line of the square piece with the centre score line of the rectangle piece.
Now gently bring the sides of the card around and fold the teepee into shape.
Check that everything folds smoothly.
If there is any grabbing, buckling or catching as the card folds, trim a tiny sliver from the two sides of the square base that will be glued down.
This little adjustment makes a big difference and helps the teepee fold neatly.
4. Glue the square base in place
Once you are happy with the dry fit, glue the square base to the inside of the rectangle base.
Make sure the centre score line of the rectangle lines up with the diagonal score line of the square.
Press firmly and allow the adhesive to grab.
Fold the card again to make sure it still opens and closes smoothly.
5. Add the Designer Series Paper triangles
Take the 2 pieces of DSP measuring 13.5cm x 13.5cm and cut each square in half diagonally.
You now have 4 large DSP triangles.
Adhere these triangles to the teepee panels.
These pieces decorate the outside panels and give the card its Christmas tree look.
Take your time lining up the triangles so you have a neat cardstock border around the edges.
6. Cover the exposed cardstock at the base
Cut the 5cm x 5cm Designer Series Paper square in half diagonally.
Use these smaller triangles to cover the cardstock that shows at the bottom of the teepee triangle panels.
This gives the base a tidy, finished look and helps the whole project feel polished.
7. Add the Velcro closure
Fold the card into the teepee shape.
Decide where the panels overlap neatly.
Add a small Velcro dot to close the card.
This allows the card to stand as a teepee, but still open and fold flat for storage or gifting.
A Velcro dot is perfect because it keeps the card secure without making it permanent.
8. Die cut the stocking
Use the Real Red cardstock measuring 12cm x 9cm to die cut your stocking.
This will be the main feature on the front of the teepee card.
You can layer the stocking with Basic White, DSP, foil or extra die-cut details if you’d like more dimension.
Attach the stocking to the front panel of the teepee card.
9. Die cut the presents
Use scraps of Designer Series Paper to die cut small presents.
Use scraps of silver foil to die cut the present tops, bows or accents.
Layer the silver foil pieces onto the DSP presents.
These little presents look lovely tucked around the base of the stocking or clustered near the bottom of the tree.
Adhere some flat and pop others up with Dimensionals for extra interest.
10. Create the sentiment strip
Stamp your greeting onto a strip of Basic White cardstock.
Cut a strip of silver foil slightly larger than the Basic White sentiment strip.
Cut the silver foil sentiment strip in half horizontally.
Line up the Basic White sentiment strip over the silver foil pieces so there is a narrow silver border at the top and bottom.
Adhere the Basic White strip to the silver foil pieces.
Add Dimensionals to the back and attach the sentiment strip to the front of the teepee card.
This creates a lovely little shine without using too much foil.
11. Finish the front panel
Decorate the front panel with your stocking, presents and sentiment strip.
You can also add:
- small foil stars
- rhinestones or bling
- ribbon
- twine
- extra die-cut leaves
- a heat embossed greeting
- small stamped details
Because the card already has a strong Christmas tree shape, you don’t need to overload it. A few special details are enough.
Displaying the Card
Once the Velcro dot is closed, the card stands beautifully as a little Christmas tree.
It would be lovely on a mantel, shelf, desk, Christmas table, sideboard or tucked into a handmade gift.
It also folds down, making it a practical card to give or store with your Christmas card stash.
Make It Your Own
This Teepee Christmas Tree Card is easy to change by switching the colour theme.
Try:
- Mossy Meadow, Real Red and silver
- Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla and gold
- Old Olive, Crumb Cake and red
- Night of Navy, white and silver
- soft pink, white and silver for a pretty modern Christmas look
You can use patterned DSP for all the panels or mix patterned paper with embossed cardstock for extra texture.
Day 31 Challenge
For today’s grand finale, make a Teepee Card decorated as a Christmas Tree.
Use your scraps, offcuts and spare die-cuts. Add a little foil if you have some left. Heat emboss the greeting if you’d like a special finish, and tie everything together with a simple colour theme or your favourite Designer Series Paper.
And just like that, we’ve made it to the end of 31 Days of Christmas in July.
Cards, boxes, bags, tags, scrapbook pages, gift packaging and keepsakes — all ready to tuck away for December.
Thank you for crafting along with me.
Merry Christmas in July! 🎄✨
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