I may be an all digi scrapper, but I still love pulling out the paper and pretties to make handmade cards every month or two. Since today is World Card Making Day 2015, I thought I'd share some of my favourite card making classes, posts and events.
Card Making Classes
Would you like to make your own greeting cards, invitations and posters in Photoshop Elements?
Join me and digital scrapbookers from around the globe, to learn to create digital and hybrid cards, posters and more using Photoshop Elements.
- How to scale you digital scrapbooking supplies to work on a card or poster
- Learn to alter your templates to fit your new page size
- Alter your photos for a modern look
- How to customise the size of your page
Purchase today and receive:
- Access to the video workshop recording
- Workshop handouts
- Handy links to hybrid crafting and photo editing resources mentions
Wendy Bretz’s style of scrapbooking is simple, graphic, and modern; mixing different techniques for unique, eye-catching layouts. Now you can experience Wendy’s one-of-a-kind style as she translates her modern layouts into inspiring digital scrapbooking cards. What she calls ModCards!
In this self-paced edition of ModCards, you’ll explore modern uses of typography, balance, flow, and white space while constructing 5 “anything-goes” cards that can be customized and shared over and over again. You’ll also learn how to set up your cards for printing with Persnickety Prints or sending your digital projects as e-cards. In addition, ModCards students will receive a workshop kit of digital goodies by Karla Dudley, Deena Rutter, Gennifer Bursett, Robyn Meierotto, and Karen Funk. The kit contains everything you’ll need to recreate the 5 cards Wendy demonstrates via pre-recorded video lessons.
Enroll into ModCards today and start creating beautiful custom cards using Wendy’s impressive skill for modern design! Learn more here
It’s the time of year when the aroma of holiday-scented candles fill the air and twinkling lights are hung in storefronts. The time when family and friends begin planning their get-togethers and Christmas lists are written. That's right; it’s time to being creating your seasonal Holiday cards!
ModCards make the perfect holiday card; they’re simple yet stylish, eye-catching and sweet. For this season, Wendy Bretz will show you how to craft five gorgeous, digital ModCards perfect for your holiday greetings. With step-by-step video tutorials, you’ll build printable cards using this year’s trendiest designs including Subway Art and pocket-scrapbooking. The unique techniques shared can be used not only in your ModCards but in any other digital project as well.
You’ll receive everything you need to build your cards along with instructional videos for preparing your Modcards for print. Enroll in Modcards today and join Wendy in her simple, modern cardmaking class for a jump-start to this Holiday season!
Learn more about this class here
You spend hours creating a beautiful card for that special occasion… so doesn’t it deserve a “home” worthy of its beauty? Yes, it does! And Windy Robinson, Paper Crafts Magazine Go-To Gal and envelope artiste extraordinaire, has some creative tips up her sleeve. In this hour-long video class, Windy will show you how to create gorgeous hand-crafted and hand-embellished envelopes and mail art that will make even the grumpiest postman smile! And it takes only minutes…
Here’s What You’ll Learn:
- Easy ways to jazz up pre-made envelopes
- How to create your own handmade envelopes from a variety of materials
- What envelope sizes are standard
- What’s safe to mail and what’s not
- And more!
Spend an hour with Windy Robinson and host Lain Ehmann, and you’ll be ready to double your crafting pleasure with envelopes that are worthy of the art (and heart!) inside!
You may not have time to pull together dozens of handmade holiday cards to send to your nearest and dearest, but you still have PLENTY of time to create a digital photo card to showcase your family at its best! And with the amazing assortment of cute, classic, vintage and va-va-voom holiday digital designs available, there’s no reason NOT to put your personal touch on your holiday photo cards.
Traci Reed from Sweet Shoppe Designs is here to show you how quickly you can make your own holiday cards right on your computer! In this 24-minute video, Traci will walk us through the steps to:
Downloading and opening a pre-made card template
Placing your own photo
Adding an overlay
Personalizing with your own text
Head to the Layout a Day store and choose for the "cards" topic to grab this class.
Card Making Posts
- Make Custom Christmas Cards with Tiny Prints
- Create your own card with your Digi Scrap Supplies (FREE template)
- Use your Stash: Card Making tip
- My most popular card post: A Girl's first birthday card
Win a Big Picture Classes Membership
Big Picture is doing giveaway on Instagram. Share cards you've created on Instagram, using the hashtag #BPCworldcardday to be entered to win a 3-month membership to BPC!
In the BPC Store on Saturday and Sunday only, shoppers can enter the promo code CARDS20 to receive 20% off on stamps, inks and embossing supplies + FREE shipping*. Again, this promotion won’t begin until Saturday, and will end Sunday night. If you’d like to share the promo code, please do so with the following fine print:
*Sale ends 10/4/15 at 11:59pm EST. Exclusions may apply. Free shipping for domestic customers only.
Happy shopping, reading and card making!
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