Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Oct 7, About | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:20:42 GMT

About Me

Aug 8, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Origami

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:20:44 GMT

For some people, origami is associated with fancy restaurant leftover food wrapped in a swan-shaped piece of aluminum foil, or a football folded up to be flicked through hands strategically placed like goal-posts. Paper cranes gently strung from the ceiling... well, you get the idea. The point is that origami can easily be incorporated in to your card making projects, as I'm going to show you with this project. For this particular card, we're going to create a cute origami shirt out of a piece of patterned paper.

Jul 7, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Simple Card Base

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:38:45 GMT

Making a simple card base is relatively straight-forward. It might take a little practice to get this technique perfected, but once you've got it you'll find it's a piece of cake!

May 16, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Sour Cream Containers

Mon, 16 May 2011 16:06:39 GMT

No, you haven't accidentally gotten yourself onto a cooking site! The Sour Cream Container is a great way to package a few pieces of candy or a little treat.

Feb 10, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Ideas

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:05:45 GMT

There are many, many different ideas for what you can use in your card making. I don't want to overwhelm you, so we'll start with some simpler techniques for Card Making.

Feb 10, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Instructions

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:52:57 GMT

So you want some instructions for your card making? Well where do I start? There's so much to consider: What kind of paper do I need? How big do I make my cards? Where do I get images for them? What do I put inside of them?

Feb 10, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Projects

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:51:41 GMT

Once you start making your own cards, the list of projects you will want to work on will grow and grow. You'll find that it's like an itch you have to scratch - you keep wanting to make more!

Feb 10, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Sponging and Background Stamping

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:49:40 GMT

This tutorial is kind of a 'two-fer'. You get to see two different techniques - sponging and background stamping - in one lovely little card. I had a question recently about how I had done a certain 'darkening' on the edges of some of the cardstock. And since this is one of my favorite little tricks I decided it was definitely time for me to show you how to do it. Because you will see me do it - a lot. While I was making the card, I decided I wanted to add a little bit of background stamping to it, so I threw that one in as well just for fun. And there's a little bit of masking going on here as well, so let's just consider this one big potpourri of great techniques!

Feb 10, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Digital Images

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:49:11 GMT

Digital Images are a fun and inexpensive way of providing a huge assortment of pictures without the issues of storage space. Well, maybe that's just an issue for me...

Feb 10, Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:43:41 GMT

Card Making Gallery

Feb 10, My Valentine using a digital image

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:37:23 GMT

This cute card was made recently with a digital image. See the full tutorial here: http://www.card-making-ideas-and-instructions.com/digital-images.html

Feb 10, Valentines Day Cards | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:32:38 GMT

Valentines Day is such a fun holiday for making cards. It's one of those holidays that you can give a card to just about everyone you know. And you can be really creative in what you send them. <br> <br> I made a batch of cards recently that I thought would be fun to share...

Feb 1, Resources | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:22:31 GMT

Resources, Patterns and Downloads for Card Making

Feb 1, Crafting Space | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:17:41 GMT

I've gotten some questions about my own personal crafting space. So for a small change of pace, I thought I'd share some pictures of the room where I do my own creating.

Jan 17, Stamping Off Technique | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 01:00:02 GMT

Stamping off is a simple and very easy way to extend your inventory of ink colors. With just one inkpad you can get three, or sometimes even four, different shades of the same ink!

Dec 13, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Fireman Dragon

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:05:02 GMT

Digital Images are a fun and inexpensive way of providing a huge assortment of pictures without the issues of storage space. Well, maybe that's just an issue for me...

Oct 20, Punch Happy | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:50:40 GMT

A punch can be a lot of fun, and an easy way to add shape and dimension to your card.

Sep 19, Kissing Technique | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 19:46:42 GMT

Oh how I do love kissing... on my cards that is! This is a fun technique that uses a stamp-on-stamp action to make a pattern on a solid rubber stamp.

Jun 22, Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:07:47 GMT

Home Page for Card Making Ideas and Instructions. Site devoted to free, step-by-step tuturials of card making techniques. Each tutorial includes a picture of each step as well as my witty commentary! I've tried to organize this site in a way that makes it super-easy for you to find what you are looking for - both in basic card making topics as well as some additional, related, resources and topics.

Jun 21, Emboss Resist | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:47:52 GMT

Emboss Resist is one of those techniques that is a little bit of work, and sometimes messy, but in the end it's so worth it! It's similar to the Joseph's Coat technique but doesn't have the dark color of the black ink. And it makes for a very pretty effect no matter what kind of card you use it on.

May 15, Simple Bookmarks | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Sat, 15 May 2010 12:30:32 GMT

Bookmarks are one of my favorite things to make as gifts. They are great for teacher gifts, Mother's Day, or just as a nice 'thank you' to a friend who did something nice for you. And the great thing is that they are so simple to make, and so easy to create a bunch of bookmarks at one time. I particularly like using scrapbooking paper, because the patterned paper makes an automatically-gorgeous bookmark!

Mar 29, great project

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:37:12 GMT

Hi. Just saw your site via Pioneer Woman. Love this project idea. Will make it with girls to pass out treats to their friends

Feb 28, Lined Envelopes | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:56:52 GMT

Today I'm going to share with you one of my all-time favorite techniques for card-making: Lined Envelopes. This is such a simple thing to do, and yet it provides instant class to any card.

Feb 22, Flowering Heart Card | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:08:27 GMT

I'm starting to get a little taste of Spring Fever, and this Flowering Heart Card is just what I needed to get past that. This is a fun little project that uses some very simple tools. The end result is a gorgeous card that your recipient will absolutely love!

Feb 14, Chinese New Year | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:40:34 GMT

The Chinese New Year brings a whopping 15 days of celebration and Chinese traditions. Since 2010 is the year of the Tiger I chose to make a card out of the adorable Rintoo character from the Nick Jr. show Ni Hao, Kai-Lan. My daughter absolutely adored this card, as she is a huge fan of the show!

Feb 14, Kid's Valentines Cards | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:44:44 GMT

Here are some cute Kid's Valentines cards that are simple and very easy to make. I've had this set of stamp images for a very long time, and find I pull them out to use every year for Valentines. It's a Stampin' Up! set, but you can find lots of cute stamped or digital images to use for the same purpose!

Feb 10, Joseph's Coat | Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:59:24 GMT

This tutorial is going to teach you the Joseph's Coat technique. Aptly named because you end up with many bright colors on the card once you are done. It requires a few more tools, and steps, than a typical card but the end result is so pretty that it's worth the extra work!

Feb 2, Shaker Cards

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:22:17 GMT

Shaker cards are a great way to shake things up a bit with your card-making projects. This is a fun way to add some dimension and movement to your cards in a way that doesn't take a huge amount of time or require a lot of fancy, expensive tools.

Jan 23, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Masking

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:59:34 GMT

Masking and omitting are great ways of leaving out the parts of an image that you don't want to use on your project, while keeping the parts you do want to keep. Kind of like tossing the squishy, shrivelled grapes out of the bunch and eating the juicy, firm ones. Sorry for the mental picture there... You can use this technique a number of different ways. I'll show you two today on this very simple, but very sweet, card.

Jan 17, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Acrylic Frame Calendars

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:35:04 GMT

Acrylic frame calendars are easily made with tools and supplies you probably already have on hand. Add an inexpensive frame that you pick up from a local crafts or office supply store and you've got a great project that can be given as a gift or kept to admire for an entire year, or longer if you wish!

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Card Making Tools

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:20:10 GMT

This list of tools is not comprehensive, by any means. But it's a good starting point that will get you making cards with a lot of things you probably already have around the house, or can pick up pretty inexpensively. It will get you a solid start with the least amount of investment. And I'll often tell you when something is a nice-to-have rather than a must, and what alternatives you can find.

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Stickers

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:17:19 GMT

Chances are pretty good that youve got some stickers lying around the house somewhere. If you have small children or youre a scrapbooker then I would be willing to bet money that you do! These are great to add to your cards and give a quick and simple pop to any project.

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Thanksgiving Verses

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:13:04 GMT

Thanksgiving verses, sayings & greetings - something for everyone!

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Card Verses

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:11:17 GMT

You've got a beautiful card, but is the inside looking a little lonely. Verses, poems, sayings and greetings are the perfect way to decorate a bare-looking inner card. You wouldn't wrap a gift only to leave the inside empty, would you? So unless you plan on gifting a set of cards to someone else to use, make sure you put some kind of sentiment inside of it!

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Scrapbooking

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:10:48 GMT

Many a card-maker has started off scrapbooking first before tip-toeing into other areas of paper crafts.

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Contact

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:52:19 GMT

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Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:59:58 GMT

Confession time: I love my stamps. I love them so much that if I had to chose between them and my husband... well, let's just say it would be a very painful decision to make...

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:58:55 GMT

Make your own Wedding Invitations, stationary, favors, and cards

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Wedding Verses

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:58:20 GMT

Wedding verses, sayings & greetings - something for everyone!

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Thank You Verses

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:57:10 GMT

Thank You verses, sayings & greetings - something for everyone!

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Stitching

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:56:39 GMT

Stitching your cards can be a great way to show off your skills as a seamstress... or in my case, your lack of sewing skills!

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Stamping Supplies

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:55:40 GMT

Aside from stamps and inks there really aren't that many supplies that you will need for your stamping projects. Notice I said

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Simple Card Base using a Trimmer

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:54:22 GMT

One of the tools I find to be indispensable for simple card making is the paper trimmer. There are many different types of paper cutting tools, but these compact little guys are my favorite.

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Punches

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:53:36 GMT

One of the easiest ways to add dimension to your cards is with punches. These little guys can create shapes, cut corners, add holes, and do just about anything but the dishes...

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Privacy Policy

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:53:02 GMT

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Patterned Paper

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:52:39 GMT

Patterned Paper is one of the most versatile, and yet easy-to-use, tools in your crafting arsenal. It is inexpensive, stores nicely, and can be used on just about anything you put your mind to.

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Paper Crafts

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:52:15 GMT

Paper crafts are a natural extension of card making. Once you get comfortable with your card making tools, you may start to think of other things you can use them for. This is where things really get fun!

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Newsletter

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:51:35 GMT

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Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Inks

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:50:24 GMT

You can't stamp without inks, so we're going to talk a little about the different kinds of stamping ink pads you'll find.

Jan 12, Card Making Ideas and Instructions | Inspirational Verses

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:49:50 GMT

Inspirational verses, sayings & greetings - something for everyone!