Card Making For Beginners – Part 5 – Card Layers

Welcome back! In Part 3 of this series – we learned how to cut and score our cardstock and how to make 4 different card folds out of two 8-1/2″ x 11″ cardstock. We made 2 horizontal cards and 2 vertical cards. If you need a refresher, please see this post. Today, we are going to build on that card base. Some people have trouble …

Card Making For Beginners – Part 4 – Stamps & How To Use Them

In Part 2 of this series, we went over the basic tools you need to get started with making cards. Part 3 we discussed how to cut and score your cardstock. Today I’ll show you how to stamp your images, but before I do that, let’s talk about stamps and a few things you need to know. Stamps: There are cling mount, photopolymer, and wood …

Card Making For Beginners – Part 1

Do you remember the last time you went to the store to buy a card? You looked through the various selections to pick just the right one with just the right message. Finally . . .  mission accomplished! Feeling satisfied with your selection, you take it to the counter to pay and the cashier tells you, “That will be $7”. What?! Yep, you forgot to …