Many people complain that today’s communication is fleeting and impersonal. Although we are constantly in contact with each other via apps and messengers, but everything is handled quickly, clicked away and has not disappeared after a second. The Thanks-WhatsApp on the smartphone and the electronic birthday card in the e-mail inbox do not convey much love. That’s one of the reasons why creating and designing cards for all sorts of occasions is so trendy right now! Here is to make your own greeting and birthday cards.
Anyone who wants to show the other person that he has taken time for him, gets creative and creates a suitable card. This fits in perfectly with the current DIY trend. The advantage: A map is a manageable project, where you can let your ideas run wild and yet is not overtime time. Too large projects sometimes go beyond the time frame and will not be completed. That can not happen with a card!
When designing individual cards, there are different options:
1. They can be made from special materials.
2. There are online providers where you can use creative card templates on all topics to design cards yourself and then have them printed professionally.
3. Cards can also be created by digital scrapbooking and then also printed – either at the home printer or a service provider from the network.
Card making
When you make your own greeting and birthday cards, the most diverse articles from the stationery are used. The base of each card is usually a center-folded paper in any format. This is where creativity starts! Whether in oversized, square, with 3-D effect or in heart shape, in the design of the map there are no limits. The cardboard can be embossed and printed and is covered with various motif papers and accessories.
Anyone looking for inspiration will quickly find what they are looking for online.
The nice thing is that always new and extraordinary ornaments come on the market. Designing cards can become a real hobby, full of passion. With punching, embossing, colors and papers, it is possible to create veritable little works of art that will make the recipient very happy and like to be collected. Whether for a birthday, for Christmas or as an original cover for a gift of money, homemade cards are always well received.
Design cards online
If you want to make a little less effort and yet achieve a perfect result, you can adapt already proposed designs online according to your own ideas. This is particularly useful when it comes to the design and production of a variety of cards, such as invitations to a wedding or thank you cards after a communion or Jugendweihe. There are numerous templates for all topics that can be customized with your own pictures, photos and corresponding adjustments. It’s a particularly nice memory when the thank you card is adorned with a picture of the child whose big day one took part in.
Digital scrapbooking
The Scrapbooking comes – as many other craft trends – from the United States and is said to have been developed there by the women of the Mormons. Basically, it’s about using photos, letters and “snippets of memory” to create an album that you always like to pick up and leaf through. Scrapbooking, meanwhile, is much more than capturing beautiful memories, but has become a popular craft trend. Millions of handicraft enthusiasts are already scraping in the USA, and more and more are scraping. There are countless background papers, stamps, papers, ornaments and also tools to create beautiful journals and of course maps.
A further development of this trend is the digital scrapbooking. In digital form, everything that is available for scrapbooking in physical form is available: backgrounds, ornaments, digital stamps and much more. To a complete layout, the digital items by editing with a photo program. This should be able to work with different levels, as is the case with Photoshop. It also produces colorful leaves as in normal scrapbooking, which you can print or print yourself and then paste into a journal or use as a cover sheet for a card. What do you need for digital scrapbooking?
– a computer
– an image editor that can edit .png files (mostly photoshop elements)
– digital scrapbooking elements – these can be ordered in appropriate online stores and then downloaded
– possibly a color printer; but you can also have the sheets printed by an online service provider or in a copy shop
Hybrid scrapbooking
Classic and digital scrapbooking can also be combined. First of all, a paper with the digital elements created and printed, which is then supplemented with physical details. This creates a haptic moment that many creatives appreciate about their journals and cards.
Even if the supplies are only available in digital form, the digital design of maps and journals costs about the same as the physical version.
And, have you got the taste for crafting and designing cards, and ready to make your own greeting and birthday cards? Then let yourself be inspired and start with a project right away.
