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Hand made greeting card
Card making is the craft of hand-making greeting cards. Many people with interests in allied crafts such as scrapbooking and stamping have begun to use their skills to start making handmade cards. This has contributed to cardmaking becoming a popular hobby.
Traditional high street stores have begun to devote an increasing amount of their floorspace to handmade cards.[citation needed] Handmade products are now being seen by retailers as a way to increase margins, and handmade cards are no exception. This is particularly the case as mass-produced printed greeting cards have been faced with competition from electronic greeting cards. Over seven billion greeting cards were sent in the US alone last year [which year?]; greeting cards are a multibillion-dollar business.
In contrast, hundreds of small businesses have been set up by avid crafters keen to make a return on their cardmaking efforts. Many of these are taking advantage of the low setup costs of web-based selling and the wide customer-base of auction sites like eBay. Many others continue to sell their creations at craft fairs, markets and fêtes. Others use their cardmaking skills to turn a profit in the wedding planning market making handmade wedding invitations and favors.
There are many different variations of handmade cards including decoupage, more commonly known as 3D, where a design is printed a number of times, then various areas of the design are cut and layered on top of each other using double-sided sticky foam squares to mount the layers together to create the 3D effect making a very attractive greeting card.
their skills to start making handmade cards. This has contributed to cardmaking becoming a popular hobby. Traditional high street stores have begun to...
the 18th century (previously several cities in France were involved in cardmaking). Another local tradition is the making of santons, small hand-crafted...
tool used to fold and crease material in crafts such as bookbinding, cardmaking, origami, and other paper crafts that require a sharp crease or fold....
used in rural India for making kitchen utility baskets. Scrapbooking Cardmaking Paper Flowers Decoupage Papier-mâché Origami 3D Origami Origata Paper...
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segments. Other forms of string art include Spirelli, which is used for cardmaking and scrapbooking, and curve stitching, in which string is stitched through...
machines) has become popular with home enthusiasts of paper crafts such as cardmaking and scrapbooking. Such tools allow desired card and decal shapes to be...
mail-artists have used since 1983. Stamping is also often used in handmade cardmaking, scrapbooking, and letterboxing. Stamping has become a very popular home-based...
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in June 1988) R. Crumb Peter Guren (Ask Shagg) Holly Hobbie Tom Wilson Cardmaking "American Greetings opens new Westlake headquarters". Crain's Cleveland...
most commonly used by crafters, quilters and sewers for scrapbooking, cardmaking, home décor, jewelry making, and other arts and crafts activities. Sizzix...
Cardmaker may refer to: Cardmaking, the craft of hand-making cards Cardmaker, a maker of playing cards Richard Cardmaker (fl. 1376–1399), MP for Devizes...
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