Glass painting is a real passion of mine and over the years I shown so many people simple glass painting techniques.  Glass painting is really such a doddle with good instruction that you'll wonder why you never tried it before.  If you haven't, this handmade card glass painting project is a real delight.

 

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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If you've a passion for both patchwork and cardmaking then you're in for a treat. I've been teaching both for some time now and this particular card marries both together in an easily achievable card in under 2 hours.  And believe me, for patchwork, that's pretty fast.

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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 What perhaps could be nicer than receiving a home-made Easter card -especially when getting such a card could mean the world to that someone special.

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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The mix of Easter flowers and a homemade Easter card is a heady one!  It seems impossible to marry up the two but given a bit of preparation, the right materials, and good instructions, anything's possible.

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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Are you looking for a homemade Easter card project that’s also great fun to do? This Marbled card looks like a speckled egg and is made with oil-based paint, water and turpentine. And because marbling is just an organic technique,  you’ll never get the same result twice.

You can create a whole range of individual  cards in one go, but guarantee no two will be the same.  Everyone will receive a unique homemade Easter card personal to them.

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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There’s really no alternative to a handmade greeting card when you want a card for a special occasion. There are no end of great ways to make a card, but the simplest is to use a good greeting card craft kit.  When they’re put together well, you can be sure that you’ll get all the right materials and those all important clear, how-to instructions.

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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Gift cards - feel, felt, found. Perhaps the title wasn't my best, but two things to recommend to you here.

One - a great idea for a card which I haven't come across before. It;'s from Happy House Quilts. This is a delightful place to browse and not just for those into quilting.

What's nice to see is the combination of new ideas.  Is it a gift or is it a card?

It's really two things in one - a brooch and a card.  And it'll be perfect for all those gift occaasions wehn you want to give a card plus a little something else.  Nothing too large, nothing too expensive, and something easy to post.

 I heard about them from Craftzine which is full of all things crafty and a great place to stop and take a look around.

Craft cards are so popular at the moment - as are crafts in general so anything which brings together two different art forms will have a interested public. 

I love anything textural and visually interesting like this - and even if you aren't tempted to purchase, you could always take the idea and incorporate it into your handmade cards, stretching your card-making techniques.  If you're a crafter you're bound to have some felt or offcuts around. 

Perhaps you could play around with different shaped leaves and add your own calligraphy or art at the bottom. 

Do a bit of lateral thinking and allow your brain to go for a brain walk.

I don't think we take enough time out to just 'be'.  We're all too busy being busy that sometimes we should allow our creative nature to just 'be'.

Perhaps I should recommend some books on creative thinking and mind maps.  Which reminds me - how did I get onto  this when I was talking about brooches?

 It just shows you how inventive our minds are, and if we put them to work, there's really no limit to where they'll take us.

 

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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Doing Origami paper folding using specialist paper is a delight and highly recommended for creators of handmade cards.  I’ve written before about the sensuous nature of origami papers as a Tea Bag Folding and Origami fan.

We crafters, no longer content to handle bought cards, have the pleasure of ‘housing’ our own regular stack of touch-feely papers.  At any time we can pull out, admire and caress our stack of all that’s best in paper folding papers.

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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When buying card stock for your handmade greeting card projects you’ve got so much choice it can be overwhelming.  Here’s a run down of your options.

Two of my favorite suppliers for card making supplies and card stock in particular are paper.com and Dick Blick.  Always reliable and known for their good customer service, you can be sure that whatever you choose will more than meet your expectations.

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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There are a thousand and one plus blank cards out there for you to choose from for your card making projects.  This choice can be so overwhelming that it's often difficult to know where to start.  A few tried and tested pointers on how to go about it will have you selecting the very best card to show off your skills, every time.

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Written by Geraldine Jozefiak
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