Card making ideas - Few simple ways to try

Making handmade  greeting cards is fun and very addictive .Not very complicated either .You must be thinking that I am going to tell various techniques that one can use to make greeting cards .Well actually  - kind of yes and kind of no

Although the following are the various techniques 

• Embossing
• Quilling
• Parchment paper
• Iris folding
• Origami folding
• Stamping
• Die cuts
• Stencils Etc and so on on .

I wanted to give very simple card making ideas :

1. Combine techniques : Merge any 2 techniques and see how you card comes out..

For eg :  Make a card topper  using the stamping method and  see how that card will look on embossed card or use quilled paper shapes around the topper as a border .


2. Draw and color : One can create simple card toppers by just drawing /tracing an image from magazines / activity books /.paper .etc .

3. Create in different colors : Say you make one card which you think is a winner then recreate the same one in different colors using different pattern paper

4. Cut outs : Do you have any gift bags lying around that you are about throw away ??check again , It can be used for pattern paper or stickers . Cut out images and shapes to have own stickers. Same can be applied to old greeting cards , magazines,gift wrap paper etc .Wherever you can see an image .


5. Digital picture : this is also called Digital embellishments .Take a print of the image and use the same to make your card.Google is best repository of images .Please be aware of copy rights!

6. Doodles : Very similar to idea #2 above but one need not draw very accurate or actual picture .Even doodles can be used in card making. Simple pens ,gel pens , fine liner pens  can be used to doodle .Doodle while you watch TV or while travelling .


There you go , a few ideas for card making .These are very simple techniques to make the main "image "section of the  card.Once that is done ,designing the greeting card becomes very easy .

Have fun!
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These are specially designed earrings in 2 different ways First the black seed beads are beaded around and into the blue acrylic bead . Second - The blue bead is now inserted into designed eye pin along with silver toned spacer bead and white glass pearl . The last but not least the ear hook is attached to make this beautiful dangle earrings 

Beading - myl latest interest

Hi

I know I have not been writing much in my blog recently

Really sorry for that! I hope to reconnect with my blog friends here again :)

What I have been doing lately ??

Well I was exploring a bit and learning about beading recently .I found so much information and instructions , tutorials ,patterns - lots of them online .

As usual it became me latest interest (addiction ! Should I say ) .I just love doing beading now ..

It is fun! Absolutely love it

Here is one of my latest items ..

Beaded and wired together - I merged 2 techniques of jewelry making to make this pair of earrings . Please do leave some feedback /opinions /critics anything

I will be so looking forward for your comments :)