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One of the wonderful things about handmade cardmaking is that it makes use of many different crafting skills and talents. This means that if you love to do a craft of some kind then you will probably be able to use that particular talent in making handmade Christmas cards, handmade friendship cards, a handmade birthday card or any other type of card you wish to send someone.

An example of this would be someone who enjoys doing embroidery. There are cards that you can enhance by making use of your embroidery skills to make designs with your thread, such as the outline of flowers or a decorative line of stitching around a picture or other object. Another craft that can be used to make beautiful cards is that of decoupage. These cards will have a 3D effect to add much interest to the design. People who are adept at origami could make a small decoration such as a flower or a bird to add to the card thus making another type of 3D design. Another possibility might even be to make the whole card into a beautiful object such as a Christmas tree when making handmade Christmas cards, or a pumpkin when making handmade friendship cards.

"What about those who crochet?" you might be wondering. People who crochet can also make creative 3 dimensional cards by adding items such as small crocheted flowers to cards or by crocheting a pretty border which could be attached to the front of the card. Those are just a couple of ideas that would be a great addition to a handmade birthday card. You can be creative and use your crocheting techniques in any way that you think of. Crocheted poinsettias would look fantastic on the front of your handmade Christmas cards. Others use stamping in creating scrapbooks or notepaper. Stamps can also be used effectively to create wonderful cards for friends and family. They can be used to create designs and pictures for the cards or using letters and words to add a verse to the card. Quilling is another craft, about which I know nothing, but others have a love for. Quilling is yet another way to add three dimensional design and creativity to your handmade cardmaking.

Stencilling is another craft that has numerous uses for decorating walls, fabrics, furniture, floors, and paper, thus making it very suitable for decorating handmade cards. My personal favourite is using calligraphy in handmade cardmaking. Obviously it can be used for writing the message in the card, but it can also be used to make some very distinctive borders on a card. Sometimes the use of colour along with an interesting calligraphic хэнд can turn "Merry Christmas" into a simple and attractive cover of a card. I have seen an example of a person's first name being used decoratively on the front of the card. What a fantastic card idea for homemade friendship cards! If you are a writer, then of course you may be able to create many sincere verses for the greetings in the cards.

There are many different skills that may be utilized in making your own personally designed cards. This makes it easy for everyone to begin handmade cardmaking. They can make use of their particular talent to create a card for someone special.

Like most people I have purchased commercially produced greeting cards for most of my life. However, it seems to become more difficult every year to find cards that feel as though I am really sending a personal message to my friends and family. I have мейд a few cards myself which seem to be greatly appreciated and were fun to make too! I am now going to continue with handmade cardmaking and hope to learn a lot of different techniques for making the cards. I don't want to send the same cards to everyone! To explore ideas along with me about making your own cards, visit my website here: