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Greeting Cards, and Birthday Cards and Cards for all Seasons including Valentine’s Day Cards, Easter Cards, Halloween Cards and Christmas Cards
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There are so many occasions in the year when you need greeting cards. Whether it be a birthday, an anniversary, a holiday like Christmas or even for the birth of a baby, the reasons are many. Before you go out and buy another card, consider crafting your own personal cards. Creating hand made greeting cards can be so rewarding.
Think of your cards as miniature works of art that you are giving to someone. Not only are you giving that special someone a moment of your time by creating that special card for him or her, but a hand made card will often be kept and cherished as a reminder of you.
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Greeting Cards and Birthday Cards for Spring and Easter
Spring is the time of awakening after a long and cold winter. It also offers many reasons to give cards. Use the spring months as a chance to say hi to old friends or make someone happy with a personally made card. Craft a card for Valentine’s Day on February 14th and show the one you love just how much that person means to you. Surprise a family member with a card you made yourself for Easter.
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Birthday Cards and Greeting Cards for all Occasions
Everyone has a birthday. Why not craft a birthday card instead of buying one? Here you will find a selection of cards to craft using many different techniques. Some cards are quick and easy to create and some need a little more time. Nevertheless, you will impress the recipient with a card you created yourself and show them how much you care. Also, it is not only fun, but a relaxing way to spend your time.
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Autumn and Halloween Cards and Invitations
When the leaves start falling from the trees and the days are getting cooler and shorter, then we know it is fall. Autumn motifs such as pumpkins, leaves or mushrooms in warm colors of reds, browns and golds look wonderful on handcrafted cards. Here you will find cards you can craft and give for the season, whether for a birthday, for Halloween or for Thanksgiving.
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Christmas Cards to Craft
For many people, Christmas is the favorite season of the year for crafting. There is a feeling of cheer in the air and it is so fun doing creative activities associated with the holiday. Instead of buying Christmas cards, sit down at the table, turn on some holiday music and get out your crafting supplies. Create memorable Christmas cards for your friends and family. It will give them a warm feeling inside to receive a beautiful handmade card from you.
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Tags
Tags are not only perfect for presents but also can be used for decorating cards and scrapbook pages to give them an extra accent or decorating element. Tags can be created sophisticated or as simple as necessary to fit the look you like. Find here examples of tags using different types of paper and decorating elements. New tags will be added on a regular basis. Here you will also find a selection of gift tags to print out. Print the tags out to the size of your paper or cardstock, cut and use.
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Artist Trading Cards
Artist Trading Cards or otherwise known as ATC’s are created in the size of 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches or 64 x 89 millimeters (6.4 x 8.9 centimeters). These are small and self-made miniature works of art. Other than the size, there are no particular rules to follow. Combine different materials and elements to create unique and one of a kind cards. Sign, number and date the backs of your cards. These cards are not meant to be sold but if you like, there are groups that trade and collect these cards. You can find them on the internet in different craft forums. More ATC’s will be added regularily for more inspiration.
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Christmas Cards on Christmas-Projects.com
Click here if you need even more Christmas card ideas.
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How to Make Patterns and Permanent Templates
You need patterns and templates mainly for sewing crafts, wood crafts and paper crafts. Creating permanent templates is easy and has a couple of advantages. First, if you wish to create the same project more than once you will save a lot of time because the template is already prepared. And second, if you are working with a group, the templates are durable and can be easily passed along to the next person. Permanent templates are especially useful when making crafts with children.
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Tutorials for card making and paper crafts
There are so many occasions in the year when you need greeting cards. Whether it be a birthday, an anniversary, a holiday like Christmas or even for the birth of a baby, the reasons are many. Before you go out and buy another card, consider crafting your own personal cards. Creating hand made greeting cards can be so rewarding. Think of your cards as miniature works of art that you are giving to someone. Not only are you giving that special someone a moment of your time by creating that special card for him or her, but a hand made card will often be kept and cherished as a reminder of you. Craft stores offer a wonder selection of craft supplies to make card making easy and fun. Find out more about what some of these items are by clicking on the card technique links. You will find out how to rubber stamp, die cut, emboss and other ways to embellish you cards. Many of these items and techniques were used on the cards presented on this website.Lots of the techniques can be used for scrapbooking just as well. With all of the possibilities, you will be spending many creative hours creating one of a kind albums that your family will cherish for generations.
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