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by EverBlooming1

Cardmaking Ideas for Personal Use and Small Business

No matter what the occasion, there is every reason to make a celebration, to send greetings, or to just say hello.  For this reason, knowing a couple of cardmaking ideas is definitely handy, especially if you are one who cherishes giving out personalized greeting cards.  In addition, handcrafted cards are but dandy to create, and if your passion is both in business and the arts, then you can always set up your own small business of handcrafted greeting cards.  So let’s begin.

Use printed photographs.  Nostalgic as they are, photos tell great stories in themselves.  Cut out photos of family members and friends and paste them neatly inside colorful hand-drawn bubble or balloon figures.  This is one of the finest ways to make your greeting cards highly personalized!

Create embroidered card covers.  If you are particularly artsy with great skills in needlework, then why not combine embroidery with cardmaking?  You can make badges of embroidered names, words and phrases, and then stick them onto the cover of your greeting card.

Make a collage.  A simple card can be extra attractive if you put on different items like buttons, gemstones, glitters, colored sand or sawdust, paint streaks and drops, colored cutouts, beads, etc.  Just make sure you have a concept so that the card won’t appear like a dirty mess, though.

Use paper cords.  If you are particularly eco-friendly, you can utilize old magazine or newspaper pages, cut them into strips and twist them until they become paper cords or threads.  Dab the paper cords with paint, glitters or whatever, and then assemble them unto the card cover as outlines, names, figures, etc.  Secure them with heavy duty glue.

Create baby prints.  For baby showers or kid’s birthdays, then this could perhaps be the most euphoric and simplistic cardmaking idea for you.  All you need are water-based paint or watercolor and your child’s hands and feet.  Soak your child’s fingers, toes, palms or soles into the color and stamp them onto the card covers.  Just be sure your baby isn’t allergic to the paint or color.

Replicate kindergarten art.  Toddlers can be very creative with their hands.  Choose one or more of your child’s drawings and then make colored copies of them.  You can use specialized paper or colored cardboard for printing. These cards will make good invitations to your child’s birthday or graduation party.

Make sponge art.  For this cardmaking concept, take out a sponge, cut it into your desired shape and size.  Mix a solution of color and then soak the sponge into the color.  Afterwards dab the sponge onto the card.  You can use a tree-shaped sponge for Christmas, heart for Valentines and so on.  You may use different colors and shapes here.  To reuse sponge, wash it clean first and squeeze excess liquid off.