Crazy About Cardmaking

My latest obsession that has been keeping me occupied in my free time is cardmaking! My friend and I took an introductory cardmaking workshop at Paper Source last week, where we learned how to emboss, stamp, use punches, line envelopes, among other techniques, and I had so much fun! Cards can get so expensive these days if you keep buying them in stores, and it’s so nice to be able to make custom creative cards of your own! I’ve been bitten by the bug and bought some basic tools and supplies and have been daydreaming about all the possible creations I can make! I’m still very much a beginner, but here are some of the cards I’ve made so far…

My current favorite is definitely the embossing. It produces such a cool effect, and is super easy!

Unrelated to the workshop, I also started learning to do paper quilling on my own recently, and decided to try integrating it into my cards in this one:

I even got Dan semi-interested in cardmaking, too! He made the “Bon Appetit” card to the right, below. The other two are ones I made at the workshop. 🙂

I am lucky that I work in a field where I can be creative at work, but all the time spent sitting in front of the computer and coding for hours can get a little draining after a while. I like embracing my inner grandma from time to time and working with crafts where I can create things that are more hands-on. Being a graphic designer, I’m used to the ease of designing my own holiday cards on the computer and getting them printed en masse, but this year I’m toying with the idea of handmade holiday cards….