Archives for the 'Free Card Making Idea' Category
Card Making - Cards to Go Through the Mail 4
This A2 (4.25″ x 5.5″) card and envelope would make a nice birthday card for a man or a woman. Inside the card sentiment reads: Aged to Perfection - Happy Birthday! By using a mottled green paper for the envelope - it’s decorative, but not too busy to accept an address label or just the […]
Card Making - Cards to Go Through the Mail 3
This is a 4″ x 6″ card and an A6 envelope. One of the best things about a card like this is that being a 4″ x 6″ card, and folded this way - you can make 3 of these from one sheet of 12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper. And, again, for a card like […]
Card Making - Cards to Go Through the Mail
I finished my series of a Dozen Tips and Techniques, and I thought I’d start a new series on “Cards that can go through the mail, followed by another series of “Cards that are designed to be handed to their recipient”.
For an envelope, here I knew I needed paper with a barely noticible pattern. I’ll address […]
Card Making Tips and Techniques 12
I had no idea what Watercolor Pencils were. It seemed a contradiction in terms. But I tried them, and they looked like colored pencils - and then I added a slightly wet brush to the color - and the whole thing changed! All of a sudden I was looking at a watercolor painting, and I […]
Card Making Tips and Techniques 9
This isn’t a hard and fast rule - but I find it a useful tip: I like to try to coordinate my ink colors with the papers and the theme of the card. In this card the “Wish You Were Here” sentiment was stamped on in the same color as the darker ink in the […]
Card Making Tips and Techniques 8
This is a fun technique. I’m always looking for ways to make my own embellishments, and here’s what I did. See the acrylic tag on the card? It’s actually a piece of thin chipboard (okay, another frugal tip - it’s from the back of a notepad - I don’t like buying chipboard when I have so much […]
Card Making Tips and Techniques 7
A popular tip is to use the color wheel to coordinate your color families. Here a use of coral and olive green show a tertiary relationship of the colors. By handstamping the background colors (alcohol inks) to match the papers I am using, I was able to coordinate the entire ‘flow’ of the card. I […]
Card Making Tips and Techniques 6
This is truly a useful tip - always think of your stamps in a new light. If you are able to see that how you use them will add to how often you use them - you’ll get more out of each stamp. For example, this stamp is the same one from the last card. And yet, it looks […]