I really like creating handmade celebration cards and have been doing so now for more than two decades. I find it tremendously enjoyable, restful and rewarding to create my own personal greeting cards. It's a really great way to chill out, by sitting with all of my papercrafts paraphernalia laid out next to me and to really allow the creative juices to flow!
A handmade greeting card can be as complex or as straight forward as you prefer it to be. A quick style can be very stylish and hugely effective. Simple designs are excellent for newcomers to card making to begin with. Consider mounting a die-cut decoupage design onto a blank card along with a peel off sticker sentiment to complete the greeting card, a straightforward enough design to come up with with not a whole lot of gear required, nevertheless very beautiful and impressive.
After you have perfected simple designs, attempt adding to those ideas. Add in an extra embellishment like a lace or a ready to use topper. Begin incorporating background papers to part or all of the card blank and incorporate glittery or pearlised accents with the help of decorative glues. Instead of a decoupage picture, try rubber stamping an image onto a sheet of card, colour the rubber stamped image with pencils or watercolour paints, trim close to the stamped picture in a rectangular shape or square shape after which you can attach that rubber-stamped picture on to the card blank. Your own ideas will swiftly come to be larger, better and more complex designs. Using a little time and effort you can actually develop many very eye-catching designs.
When you sit down to create a Birthday card, first of all you should give thought to is what person the card is for. Will it be for a teenager or an adult, will it be for a lady or for a gentleman, what exactly are his or her's pastimes and hobbies?. It's always good to integrate a little something personal into your birthday card. If the card is for a golfer, a golfing graphic, with golfing embellishments would make the perfect birthday card and also can show that a great amount of deliberation has gone in to the card.
When you have determined your topic for use on your card, it is best to decide on the colour palette. A colour scheme for the card is often driven by the colours from a decoupage picture or maybe a ready to use decoration which you have already chosen. Decide upon one or two colours from the decoupage image or embellishment and use those colours through the entire card, colour co-ordinating all ribbons, embellishments or backing papers to those two colours. If you work with a rubber stamped picture then it is possible to colour this image using your colour scheme and develop that scheme by means of colour co-ordinated extras.
To personalise your hand made birthday card, you can feature the person's name within the theme of the card. This can be accomplished by using peel off sticker lettering, alphabet stamp lettering or should you have a steady hand, you'll be able to hand write his / her name using a decorative ink or glitter glue.
Additionally printing an insert for your birthday card having a lovely personalised message like a poem or lovely message really finishes off your hand crafted birthday cards.
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