CardmakingHobbies & Crafts

Is there a new baby in your life? Whether the baby boy or baby girl is a neighbor's, friend's, or relative's, there's nothing better than making your own handmade baby card to welcome the new bundle of joy. Here's how to use rubber stamps & cute paper to make your own baby greeting cards.

See how to make birthday card greeting cards yourself. Watch step-by-step as I make this handmade birthday card that features a cupcake, a birthday candle and extra special wishes.

This diaper pin baby card is one of the many fun cards I've made using the Wild Card cartridge for Cricut. I love this card and its cute matching envelope. See how I made this adorable baby gift card.

See how to reuse cards that play music with your own design. Yep, you can personalize them for your friends and family and still have the fun of the music! For this one I made a Spongebob card for a toddler.

Following are the steps I used to make the spooky Halloween door hanger pictured above. But you could adapt this same idea to make any type of seasonal craft for any time of year.

I made this Snowman Buddy card as my Christmas card for 2008. It's never too early to start thinking about Christmas, so I wanted to share this fun idea with you now.

Do you call yourself a scrapbooker? Or would you rather be called a Life Artist?

Make fun blocks, corners, and tags for your scrapbook pages using your printer. It's easy and only takes 15 minutes using 8-1/2 x 11 photo paper.

Chances are you have several rubber stamp sets sitting around that either already served their purpose OR they have so much dust on them you can't even read the title on the package. If so, then you're a great candidate for hosting a stamp swap! Here's how to organize a stamp swap.

Here's a simple way to put 16 of your favorite photos onto a set of playing cards. All you need is some photo printer paper!

Some links to help you make fun wedding pages for your scrapbook.

This is an adorable Halloween card that's simple to make from cardstock. It would also make a fun Halloween party invitation!

See how I made a glittery Birthday card. It's simple and fun!

edge-and-flap-envelope

Simple instructions, and a video, for making your own envelopes for handmade cards.

This video shows a bunch of fun ways to use ribbon in your scrapbooking layouts.

With the Cuttlebug machine, you to use their plastic and metal dies to cut and emboss paper. You can also use the dies of several other popular cutting machines. I wanted to be able to emboss paper and cutouts for my handmade cards and other craft projects. I couldn't wait to start embossing!

I recently made a very special baby book for a friend who was pregnant. I wanted it to be something unique and elegant, but sturdy enough to withstand little hands. I decided to make my own counting book as a numbers board book for the baby.

You can use the colors in your photos to determine the colors of your cardstock, borders, and embellishments. Or you can try these simple tricks for finding fun color palettes for your scrapbook layouts!