Card-making for Beginners
Everyone, at some point in their life, has made a card, whether as a primary school art project or a kind gesture on a relative's birthday. Card-making lies at the heart of crafting, and very much informs much of our stock here at Printable Heaven. If you're looking to elevate your card-making beyond folding a piece of paper and scribbling a permanent marker design on the front, we've got you covered.
Start with Card Kits
A great way to get a start with card-making is to make use of card kits. If you're a little daunted by the prospect of creating your own designs but still want to produce some good-looking results, this can be a great avenue. Everything you need to make a card is conveniently featured in a card kit, leaving you to hunt down only a pair of scissors and some glue. You can add your own embellishments of course, but most card kits come with themed embellishments that you can cut out and stick wherever you want, eliminating the need for drawing, stamping or die-cutting.
Try Stencils & Stamps
Card kits aren't the only way to achieve easy and great-looking results when card-making. Another fun and easy way to breathe life into a blank card if you're averse to drawing or painting is to use stencils and stamps.
Stencils can be used to draw outlines for filling in, or are more commonly used in conjunction with inks and paints. A very common way to create stencil designs on card is to apply paint to a stencil using a simple sponge, and then apply the stencil to the front of the card. You can print one stencil design on the front and call it a day, or make it as complex as you feel you can.
Take our Reusable Santa Face stencil (pictured below), for instance. If you're looking to make a fun and simple Christmas card, this is a great tool to use.
Embellishments, Embellishments and more Embellishments
Cutting and sticking is a sure thing in most crafting projects, especially card-making, and a blank card is a great canvas for creating an embellishment-based design. If you browse our selection of embellishments, you'll find a whole variation of cuttable and stickable designs and accessories for card making, including themed decoupage, gems, beads, pearls and stickers.
Graduate to Embossing
If you're feeling a little more adventurous, or you've honed your cutting, sticking and stenciling abilities to where you could comfortably DIY your way through your whole Christmas card list, you may want to try to take your beginner skills into intermediate territory with embossing.
Embossing is a technique that most commonly involves stamping a special kind of "embossing ink" onto a surface, and then using heat to melt it and create a raised, three-dimensional texture. This might seem quite daunting, but thankfully, it's not the only way that such an effect can be achieved. You can also use embossing folders, which are used in conjunction with embossing machines. Simply place the material inside the folder, and then the folder inside the embossing machine, and the pressure will transfer the design to the surface.
Few things look better than an embossed design on a card, so why not give this a try?
Start with Card Kits
A great way to get a start with card-making is to make use of card kits. If you're a little daunted by the prospect of creating your own designs but still want to produce some good-looking results, this can be a great avenue. Everything you need to make a card is conveniently featured in a card kit, leaving you to hunt down only a pair of scissors and some glue. You can add your own embellishments of course, but most card kits come with themed embellishments that you can cut out and stick wherever you want, eliminating the need for drawing, stamping or die-cutting.
Try Stencils & Stamps
Card kits aren't the only way to achieve easy and great-looking results when card-making. Another fun and easy way to breathe life into a blank card if you're averse to drawing or painting is to use stencils and stamps.
Stencils can be used to draw outlines for filling in, or are more commonly used in conjunction with inks and paints. A very common way to create stencil designs on card is to apply paint to a stencil using a simple sponge, and then apply the stencil to the front of the card. You can print one stencil design on the front and call it a day, or make it as complex as you feel you can.
Take our Reusable Santa Face stencil (pictured below), for instance. If you're looking to make a fun and simple Christmas card, this is a great tool to use.
Embellishments, Embellishments and more Embellishments
Cutting and sticking is a sure thing in most crafting projects, especially card-making, and a blank card is a great canvas for creating an embellishment-based design. If you browse our selection of embellishments, you'll find a whole variation of cuttable and stickable designs and accessories for card making, including themed decoupage, gems, beads, pearls and stickers.
Graduate to Embossing
If you're feeling a little more adventurous, or you've honed your cutting, sticking and stenciling abilities to where you could comfortably DIY your way through your whole Christmas card list, you may want to try to take your beginner skills into intermediate territory with embossing.
Embossing is a technique that most commonly involves stamping a special kind of "embossing ink" onto a surface, and then using heat to melt it and create a raised, three-dimensional texture. This might seem quite daunting, but thankfully, it's not the only way that such an effect can be achieved. You can also use embossing folders, which are used in conjunction with embossing machines. Simply place the material inside the folder, and then the folder inside the embossing machine, and the pressure will transfer the design to the surface.
Few things look better than an embossed design on a card, so why not give this a try?