cardmaking supplies in my art room

paint and watercolors

I like to use poster paint when working with children because it is easy to clean up and inexpensive. When I'm making cards myself, I use acrylic paints or water colors. Acrylic paints can cover wide area and can also be used with paste to make interesting textures.

Water colors on the other hand are transparent and cards painted with watercolors have a softer and lighter feel and look. I tend to use my water color palette from Daler-Rowney extensively.

paint brushes

You will need brushes of different sizes including some stencil brushes. I have sizes 000 for thin line works and tight corners, size 3 and 4 for most projects and 1" flat brush for washes or backgrounds.

Do wash your brushes after every project so that they can last longer.

pencils, crayons and markers

I love to use watercolor pencils and use them often on images that I print using my computer printer. With color pencils, you have more control especially on print that are not permanent. You will also need some sharp lead pencils for making marks or tracing an image or template, and color markers for coloring directly on the rubber stamps or on stamped images.

As for crayon, my preference are Neocolor II Watersoluble by CARAN d'ACHE from Switzerland. The best way to use it is to take a white plastic board and make small squares of the colors on the white board. Then when you need to use, pick up the color with a damp brush. This way your crayons will last longer.

bone folder

You need this to make a neat fold on your cardstocks especially useful for making a crease on the base card.

metal ruler

A 12" long metal ruler is a must and if you buy big sheets of paper or cardboards, you will need a long metal ruler for cutting into smaller sheets.

embossing powders

These come in many different colors. I use the Clear Embossing Powder the most. You will also need Detail Embossing Powder for more detailed rubber stamps like those from Magenta.

storage boxes

I use lots of those plastic storage boxes for my rubber stamps and paper. There are tier plastic drawers with rollers.

die cut machine and dies

Now our cards are looking better because of die cut machines and dies. Here's a white flower made with cardstock using a die design.

It's a test piece I made for a church project.

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