| Sometimes you don't feel like taking out all your | | | | and write it either on the outside or the inside of the |
| scrapbooking supplies and photographs but you wish | | | | card. |
| to put something together. A perfect solution is to | | | | It is helpful to make more than one of the same card. |
| make some cards. Cards don't take as much time as | | | | That way you'll always have one when you need it. Its |
| creating a scrapbook page. And you can make a | | | | beneficial to have a supply. A way to organize your |
| whole bunch at one time. Cards are used for every | | | | supply of cards is to get a shoebox and place dividers |
| occasion including birthdays, graduations, and holidays. | | | | in it with all the different labels (i.e. birthday, anniversary, |
| Everybody enjoys receiving cards especially if it's hand | | | | etc.) Keep the appropriate envelope sizes in the |
| made and it looks like the person spent time making it. | | | | shoebox so that they are always on hand. |
| Making the Card- slice a 8 1/2x11 piece of paper in half | | | | Creating cards is often just as enjoyable as |
| so it measures 5 1/2x8 . Use a scoring blade to score | | | | scrapbooking. If you get one great idea for a card, |
| at 4 . Then fold in half. Use the scrapbooking supplies | | | | Make a bunch of the same cards. You may even |
| you would use while scrapbooking to decorate the | | | | want to rework the idea a little bit to change it into |
| front like patterned paper, stickers, die cuts, just to | | | | another subject, merely modify a few of the elements. |
| name a few. A good tool to use is a quote book. Find | | | | Try card making one night instead of scrapbooking |
| a quote that goes along with the theme of the card | | | | and see what you come up with! |