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Card Making

card making, scrapbooking, rubber stamps, papercraft

Card making is a great way to make someone feel special.

"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne,
the' assay so hard, so sharp the conqueryinge
~Geoffrey Chaucer circa 1342 - 1400"

How do you feel when someone gives you a homemade card? I know I always feel touched that they have taken the time and made the effort to create something unique and heartfelt for me.

Wouldn't it be good for you to have the chance to make others feel this way??

You can make your own cards at home with your scrapbooking supplies. You can also use rubber stamps to embellish your card making in almost infinite ways.

And you can purchase quality supplies from Stampin' Up! to enable you to do this. Contact Me if you live in Australia and I can assist you with placing an order for yummy stamping and papercrafting supplies or tools.

The first site I found that illustrated literally hundreds of different stamping techniques was SplitCoastStampers. I still go there to browse member's cards for new ideas and technique tips. It's a very friendly community!

I made the 'Happy Everything' card shown at the top of this page with a few basic supplies and some sponge daubers. Sponge daubers are little cylinders of plastic or wood that are tipped with a dome of sponge. You can press them into an ink pad to pick up some ink, then apply them to your paper. Make sure you rinse them well before changing ink colours.

SPECIAL NOTE: To find out a little bit about quilled cards, subscribe to Paper Twists and access the back issues.

Here's how I made the 'Happy Everything' card shown above:

  • I used a pink coloured cardstock as a base and
  • Versamark ink to stamp the pattern on the background and
  • two different coloured papers to mount the main image on and
  • a Stampin' Up! stamp to make the flower from the set 'Greetings Galore'. The image is stamped on glossy white cardstock with black Stazon ink. Then it is coloured in with chalk pastels and a blender pen. The background has been sponge-spotted yellow with a sponge dauber
  • last I speckled the image with more ink to give it a random and completed look.

You might like to try making one of these handmade cards yourself.

Or here are some other ideas:

Now you have some card making tips and techniques to try, go ahead and have some fun! When you have made a project, I hope you will share it with me here :)

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For more birthday card ideas, try Linda's site as well:

Perfect Birthday Celebrations
100's of ideas and resources for birthday cakes, birthday gifts, birthday cards, birthstones, birth flowers, and more; Birthday party planning, party themes, and etiquette. Free zodiac cards and recipes. Many Birthday Greetings!

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