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Here on CardMaking we discuss everything to do with creating handmade greeting cards.

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Todays make

This is a really old stamp from the now defunct company “some odd girl” coloured with copic markers.

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2024/12/20
07:58 UTC

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New Jersey Card makers!

Are there any members here local to South Jersey (and surrounding areas)? My Mom was an avid card maker and died in October. I have a ton of supplies I don't know what to do with. Throwing them away feels terrible. Things off the top of my head..tons of paper, all different sizes, embellishments, stamps out the wazoo, stamp pads, inks, washi tape, and a ton of sizzix metal and rubber stencil cutters?

4 Comments
2024/12/19
22:54 UTC

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My hand is cramping

Baby is worth the pain

13 Comments
2024/12/19
21:17 UTC

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Accessories

I’m fairly new to cardmaking and have limited supplies, so I’m feeling restricted and/or maybe I’m not as creative as I thought. I’m wanting to buy a sidekick or a big shot because I like the look of cards with embossing and die cuts. Aside from buying those things mentioned and a magic mat, is there anything else you’d recommend me putting in my shopping cart? Also grabbing some enamel dots in different sizes and of course the embossing folders, some dies and good quality cardstock.

12 Comments
2024/12/19
20:42 UTC

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Another card..

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2024/12/19
20:11 UTC

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What is this!?

Got a box of supplies from my grandma who has passed away…can’t figure out for the life of me what this is! Any ideas?? The blue piece comes out and is silicone!

11 Comments
2024/12/19
17:59 UTC

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Received cards as materials?

I'm rather new to making my own cards, but really got into it this year, making all the birthday and Christmas cards I sent out. I've found that I'm looking at the cards we receive with new eyes. Only one was handmade and it is really cute. The others are beautiful store-bought cards and my first though is . . . this Christmas tree would look lovely trimmed out and on top of this other patterned paper I have. Or what a cute Santa!! I'd love to cut him out and use him in a card.

So my question is . . . do you save the cards you've received and reuse them as materials in your own card making?

10 Comments
2024/12/19
14:18 UTC

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First try at a shaker card

As a happy little accident the cardboard ring inside my roll of double-sided tape fell off. It felt lika a sign to try my hand at a shaker card so I gave it a try. The ring made a decent inside frame and the "glass" I scrapped from plastic packaging.

Wish you all a happy upcycling holiday 😊

21 Comments
2024/12/19
13:51 UTC

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Cakeday Card

6 Comments
2024/12/19
08:59 UTC

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Red river paper.

Does anybody use Red River paper for card making? If so, do you use the photoshop templates? Need help figuring out what I’m doing wrong.

0 Comments
2024/12/19
06:00 UTC

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Retirement card

My mom’s friend is retiring and she loves hiking. This is the card I made for her.

1 Comment
2024/12/19
05:32 UTC

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So many cards.

Wee, I mailed my last card for this year on Tues the 17 th. A total of 104. More than last year, but not my highest number. I'm now starting Valentine's Day cards for an exchange group.

4 Comments
2024/12/19
04:23 UTC

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Not really a card but I thought it’d be a cute Christmas gift for my boss.

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2024/12/18
21:12 UTC

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Warped card stock

I have a 6x6 pad of holiday card stock I was going to use to create cards. A water bottle was knocked over and the paper all got damp. It’s dried but the paper is buckling and warped. Does anybody have solutions for fixing warped card stock? I’ve seen videos where water color paintings have been ironed to flatten them. For what it’s worth, I immediately weighted down the pad and gave it quite a while to dry, hoping that might reduce the warping. But it’s still pretty bad. I just hate to toss the entire pad if there I’d any way of salvaging it.

9 Comments
2024/12/18
17:28 UTC

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Basic cricut template cards.

I like making random ones so that I have things on hand for those around me when things come up. I love giving out cards

1 Comment
2024/12/18
17:07 UTC

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Hand painted Cards

Couple of Christmas cards I made for my husband and dad. Used watercolour and stamps

6 Comments
2024/12/18
16:44 UTC

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My first card

I mad this card for my doctor. Her daughter had her first child. I never realized how addicting card making can be!

2 Comments
2024/12/18
14:42 UTC

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Special Delivery

Made this card for our mail carrier last night. She is doing the important work of keeping my card-making supplies rolling in!

2 Comments
2024/12/18
14:34 UTC

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