Card Making and Craft Project Ideas
Snazzy 40th Birthday Card
This eye-catching card makes great use of embossing powder and bright, bold colours of card. You can obviously change the age on the card to whatever you need. You can even use letters instead for a really striking effect.
Father's Day 'Don't Stop Digging'
This card makes use of one of our gardening toppers (they are ideal for dads that aren't into football). You can print any message you like with this card, but we doing a cheeky Father's Day message this time.
Shrink Plastic Ducklings Card
Shrink plastic is a lot of fun. Draw or stamp onto it, colour it in, then shrink it down! We've taken advantage of this effect to use just one rubber stamp to create a mother duck and her little ducklings (they are sooo cute!). It works really well with flower designs as well but we're sure you will come up with all kinds of creative effects...
Glittered Flowers Card
We've used a great technique here that involves stamping onto acetate, then colouring in from the back with glitter glue. Fantastic results and a great finish every time.
Train Birthday Card
This card is great for a child or train enthusiast! The two colours of card make an effective background and glitter gel pens are used to colour in the train outline sticker.
A Luxury Laura Ashley Card for Mum
With Mother's Day just around the corner, we thought we would try using the new Laura Ashley range of papers and toppers to create a really special luxury card. The striking flock background on this card is softened by the organza ribbon and you can adapt it to spell out a message of your choice...
Decorate a Favour Box Using Ribbon and a Buckle
By using a diamante buckle and 2 layers over coordinating ribbon, we will show you how to create this elegant favour or gift box. There is an excellent choice of colours for the ribbons and favour boxes, so you should always be able to create a look to suit your occasion.
Ribbon Rosebud Invitation, Place Card and Gift Box
This elegant invitation, place card and gift or favour box set looks fantastic, but is really easy to make...
Pink Butterfly Invitation, Place Card and Gift or Favour Box
This set is very eye catching and perfect for those who love butterflies. The colour of the butterfly can be changed very easily to coordinate with a chosen colour scheme. The whole set is very quick and easy to make.
Pyramid Decoupage Card
This card has a real 'Wow!' factor... the Dufex finish catches the light and highlights the 3D pyramid effect.
You're Always There For Me
This fun card will brighten someone's day! The bright colours all coordinate beautifully and the fun and quirky characters in this range add a touch of humour. This card is quick and easy to make.
Twinkling Fairy Cards
This project shows you how to make 3 charming cards using one of our clear stamps and some amazing shimmery paints called Twinkling H20's
Cat Birthday Card
This card is easy to make and easily adaptable for lots of different occasions. Just changing the colours can give you a very different effect.
Rosebud Wedding Invitation
This card is great for wedding invitations or as a useful wedding card. A single red rose on the front is framed in front of a gold wedding vellum sheet. The ribbon at the edge and the insert on the inside give this card a really luxurious feel.
Script Rosebud Wedding Invitation and Place Card
A stylish and elegant wedding invitation with a matching place card. Why not use the same technique to add matching order of service cards and even thank you cards.
Glitter Glitter Everywhere...
Stencils can be used in so many different ways, and this method shows how to use any stencil design and turn it into an amazing glitter card. Be prepared for everything you own getting a light dusting of glitter - well, that's what happens to me anyway...
Stunning Snowflakes
This is a great technique for creating some extra impact. Using a simple set of snowflake stamps and allowing them to fall of the edge of the paper you get a really interesting effect. It uses embossing powder, with a little glitter added for some extra wow.
Silver Fantasy Tree
The main focus on this card is from the incredibly detailed rubber stamp from Penny Black. We have used it with silver embossing powder to create a really glossy card with a cool silver sheen to it. Lots of great detailing can be added around the edge as well.
The Manger
A charming Nativity scene that is great fun to make. It makes use of watercolours to colour in the design, and the deep blue background makes the perfect night sky.
Lily and Orchid Card, Gift box and Tag
This coordinating set of card, gift box and gift tag are simply stunning to look at. They feature beads for some extra sparkle on all three designs. Some of the techniques described in this project are ideal for intermediate to advanced crafters looking for a fun challenge.
Snowflake Sparkle Card
This card is very easy to make, but the layering and use of different types of card give it a luxurious feel.
Script Hearts Wedding Invitation
An easy to make wedding invitation that produces a very professional and high quality result, even if you are a beginner at Card Making.
Penguins in the Snow
Let it snow...! A cheerful and colourful Christmas card, which is fun to make. It uses a triangle card as well, which really helps it stand out from the crowd.
Ring and Rosebud Wedding Invitation
This very sophisticated invitation features a black and white photo of a pair of wedding rings. A single burgundy rosebud adds a splash of colour.
Stickeroo Quick Card
This card is perfect for a last minute emergency card. It works well for all kinds of occasions and is super quick and easy to make.
Foto Finesse Card
Our range of Foto Finesse Toppers have been very popular for wedding stationery. The new range of floral designs lend themselves to a wider range of cards. This project shows just how simple it is to create cards using Foto Finesse Toppers.
Embossed Rose Cards
We have created a few variations of this design, to show you the different kind of effects you can achieve using the same techniques. The raised effect of the rose on this card and the subtle colouring will have everyone wondering how you did it...
Embossed Interlocking Rings Wedding Card
This simple but effective card is very easy to make. It makes a great wedding card or could be used for wedding invitations, evening invitations and order of service cards?
Juggling Presents Birthday Card
It can sometimes be hard coming up with ideas for cards suitable for men, but this set of stickers make great cards for children and adults, both male and female...
Mulberry Flower Birthday Card
Learn 3 fun card making techniques as you make this card. This project will show you how to use simple rubber stamps to great effect, how to create soft edges on mulberry paper and how to create coloured edging effects using an ink pad. The card is easy to adapt to other occasions by simply changing the colours and stamp design used.
Wedding Cake
A classic and luxurious wedding cake is the centre piece of this card. The colour of mulberry paper on this card could very easily be changed to match the colour theme of your wedding as well.
Rose Romance Vellum Wedding Invitation
The soft colours and intricate edging on this card compliment each other. It is a very straightforward card to make, but gives you an excellent result.
Love You Lots...
There is just so much you can do with stencils, and this card uses them to create a stunning embossed card for that special someone.
Try Rubber Stamping to make this Snowflake Card
This intricate and glitzy snowflake will brighten up anyone's mantelpiece during the festive season. This card can be made in stages, for those of you who need to mass produce Christmas cards, but never have a long enough slot of time to do it in one go!
Brown and Cream Wedding Invitation
This simple yet elegant wedding invitation is quick and easy to make, with the gems giving an opportunity to put in an extra splash of colour.
Creating a "Feathered" Mulberry Rectangle
Mulberry paper is a great way to frame an embellishment or add a little background detail, but getting a soft feathered edge to your shape is tricky if you don't know the easy way to do it...
New Baby Pram Card
This card features a small pram in the middle of a hand made topper. The mirri card adds a bright and colourful background for the pram and the mulberry paper gives it a soft and gentle edge. Make this card in pink or blue for a new baby girl or boy.
