Using paper for greeting cards is a necessity if they are to make an impression in the marketplace. This piece of writing will review several of the available paper resources and offer brief descriptions on how to make use of them.
Take a number of of these points to be able to be sure that you able to make use of as many paper tools as possible and recognize the ways in which you can use them them suitably.
Edging Punches:Make a non-stop edging on paper or light weight card by making use of the white pattern printed onto the border punch,
begin by punching, one time, somewhere along the edge. Slide part that is punched to the left or right until it lines up directly with the white printed section on the punch tool. Carry on going both ways until the full border is punched. Use the patterns on the hole-punch as a guide to centre or turn corners.
Specialised Hole Punches:If your decorative punch won’t push, the paper you’re punching might be too thick so use a lighter weight paper or card. To re-sharpen your punch, punch through aluminium foil or sandpaper.
Paper-Edgers or Decorative Edge Scissors:In order to cut a straight line, into your
greeting cards with the use of paper edgers, be sure to use a pencil and a ruler to draw a line on the flipside of the paper to be cut. As you cut with the edger, make sure the border of a marking meets the line in exactly the same way every time the pattern is cut.
Die Cutting Machines:There are many die cutting systems available now that allow you to cut out pictures or letters from your personal card or paper etc. onto your lovely greeting cards. This enables you to cut out items for pages in specific colours and papers, which coincide with the layout of your greeting card and any additional embellishments. It’s a fast and easy way of crafting numerous copies of one identical shape, one task that is very complicated to do with decorative scissors. Ensure that you do consider the manual devices, for example 'Cuttlebug' and 'Sidekick', or consider the automatic based devices, such as 'Slice'.
Texturised Plates:Place the paper or card over your textured plate, secure with a weak tape and rub using a stylus, coloured pencil or crayon. This offers a magnificent outcome for die cuts and backgrounds.
Valuable Tips for Greeting Card Papers -
When carefully ripping mulberry paper, make use of a ruler, paint brush and water. After brushing some water onto the line you are tearing, lightly score the paper along that line.. Use your fingers to tear along the wet line. This shall provide a feathered edge effect.
Apply sticky fixers or dots of glue to give a raised image to decoratives.
To avoid unsightly glue while using note card, use a spray adhesive or some glue intermittently and conceal the glue sections with added extras. Otherwise, secure note card in position by using outline stickers.
When peeling outline stickers of the backing, try using some tweezers or even a cocktail stick.
When creating invitation paper, use an inexpensive process and a blueprint that is easy to reproduce and relatively quite light and flat for for cheaper postal costs.
Using an outline sticker the same color as the paper or card will produce a pressed effect.
You can colour outline stickers in using pens or paints for glass.
Use a similar greeting card making technique for gift wrapping, scrap-book pages and photograph albums.
This is simply a short guide into the different tools that are available for making beautiful handmade
greeting cards. It can be very advantageous for you to review pre-made greeting cards so you are able to see how the professionals create theirs and therby get a feel of their styles.
