Homemade Greeting Cards

Making and selling handmade greeting cards can be a rewarding home business opportunity. Find out what you need to create your own greeting cards at home.

Here is a list of the cardmaking supplies you will need to start making greeting cards.

• Paper. There is a whole world of card making paper supplies out there! From delicate ricepaper to beautiful mulberry paper your local craft store should have a large choice. Also collect whatever you can find at home for making your homemade greeting cards - consider every piece of paper that arrives in your mailbox as a possible cardmaking resource.
• Card Stock. These are more rigid and stronger than paper and can be either glossy, matt or textured. Craft stores stock them ready cut or as a whole sheet. Card kits include pre-folded cardstocks. These can also be purchased online from paper stores and card making supplies companies.
• Envelopes. These also come in a huge range from vellum envelopes to textured enevelopes, linen envelopes to parchment envelopes. You can brighten up your own envelopes using stencils, rubber stamps, ribbon and decorative cutting.
• Cutting tools. When making greeting cards good cutting tools are essential. Some of the basic cutting tools you will need to give your homemade greeting cards a professional look include a cutting mat, craft knife and scissors, a guillotine paper cutter is useful for cutting thicker cardstock and a mini cutter is good for precision cutting.
• Basic stationary supplies. You will need some basics like rulers, pencils, pens, colored inks.
• Adhesives. Tapes and adhesives are used in making most homemade greeting cards.Get a supply of glue sticks, doublesided tape, strong tube glue and foam tape for creating a 3D effect on the greeting card.
• Rubber stamps. Rubber stamps allow you to create beautiful greeting cards at home without having to be a fine artist! Choose a few rubber stamp designs to start with and slowly build up your collection as your greeting card business grows. Rubber stamping supplies are available in craft stores and online.
• Decorative punches. There is a huge variety of decorative punches that can be used for creating intricate designs on your handmade cards. These can be an initial costly outlay but they should last forever!
• Ink and inkpads. Start with just a couple of colors for your inkpads - silver, gold and black are useful.
• Embellishments. Card making embellishments are items that can be used to add special effects to your homemade greeting cards. Embellishments include beads, stones, feathers, eyelets, glitter, ribbon, tassels, stickers, threads, foil, skeleton leaves, fabric cutouts, bows. Be budget conscious and collect stuff from around the home to use as embellishments.

You can start making homemade greeting cards with minimal cardmaking supplies and equipment. Use your imagination and be resourceful. As your greeting card home business grows you can build up your stock.

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