Where To Find Card Making Ideas

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Looking for Card Making Ideas? You Can Find Card Making Ideas Everywhere.

Be creative! Find card making ideas in the most unexpected places. Just be on the look out and you will have lots of ideas to make your greeting cards.

For example, I love shoes and love to look at shoes. Well, below is one shoe card that is just the card to make for your trendy and fashion conscious girlfriends this Happy Valentines Day. And this is just from an idea I got looking at people's shoes on the train. You too will be able to find card making ideas if you are consciously looking for them.

Other Places To Get Card Making Ideas:

1. Watching television program: Since I started making cards, I have been more aware of design and color and I found that I can find them freely watching products promotions, program advertisements on the television.

2. Browsing through fashion magazines. Look at the layout and combination of colors.

3. Textiles: I receive lots of card making ideas and inspiration just from studying the clothes that people are wearing. Look at the design on the fabric. Also observe the colors used.

4. Books' covers.

5. Store bought cards. Try not to copy. Just get some ideas and know the latest trends in greeting cards.

Shoe Card

Just right click on the shoe template below and follow the step by step instructions. I believe any young or not so young girls will love this shoe card. It will take a while to make it though but it's worth the effort.

shoe template

Card Making Supplies :

rose pink color cardstock

white cardstock

tan or gold color cardstock

tiny pink and white ribbon

beads

pink, tan, and black color markers

red color pencil

foam tape

glue

decorative scissors

bone folder

Instructions:

1. Cut out the different pieces from the shoe template.

2. Scribble markers on a palette.

3. Wet brush and pick up each color.

4. Paint the different shoe parts.

5. Score and fold the heel part (refer to the shoe pattern or the shoe card picture on this page.)

6. Use a burnisher to rub on the back of the cutouts to form it.

7. Assemble on a small piece of scrap card with glue and foam tape.

8. Use a red color pencil to fill in the stitches.

9. Glue on the tiny pink ribbon on the front of the shoe.

10. Trim the scrap card around the assembled shoe.

11. Trim white cardstock with decorative scissors.

12. Layer white cardstock to tan/gold card. Then attach to the rose pink blank basic card.

13. Use foam tape and attach the shoe onto the white card.

14. Glue 2 white ribbon to the shoe and form a loose knot.

15. Apply a dab of glue to the knotted area and stick to the card.

16. Glue beads to card. (Note: The beads can be sewed in before step 12.)

So you will find card making ideas just by looking at what people are wearing; clothes, shoes, handbags, scarves, etc.

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