Archives for the 'Free Card Making Idea' Category
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Card Making Tips and Techniques 4
I’ve been working with Green Sneaker’s Templates for over 4 years now, and there are few things I’ve discovered along the way. So here’s my next tip: look at your templates in a new way, and see what you can make. These were created from the FreeStyle™ Square/Circle Templates Kit. The […]
Card Making Tips and Techniques 3
Here are two of my new favorite tips. I have fallen in love with Matchbook Style cards. I adore them. They end up being 4″ x 6″ (fits into an A6 envelope), and you can create 3 of them from one sheet of scrapbook paper. First, cut down a sheet […]
Card Making Tips and Techniques 2
I know I’ve mentioned this a few times here on the Kreate-A-Lope Blog, but it bears keeping in mind. When making your cards by hand, there can be a huge difference in cards to be mailed and cards that are to be handed to their recipients. Both the cards and the envelopes […]
Creating Cards For the Whole Year!
Maybe it seems a little early for Mother’s Day - but I like to make up a year’s worth of cards in January. I make as many cards as I know I’ll need - and then I’ll still have plenty to make up during the year - for those occasions that I didn’t know […]