Simple Tips to Step Up Your Card Design
October 30, 2018|Posted in: Creativity, DIY
Sometimes, all you want is a clean and simple card design. And sometimes you want to step up your design. Here are a few simple tips to do just that.
This is a clean and simple card design that I made for an open house event. The tree is from the Rooted in Nature stamp set and is stamped in Blackberry Bliss on Whisper White card stock. I lightly edged the card stock with ink, rather than add a mat. Do this by lightly swiping the edge of the paper across the ink pad. (Rooted in Nature is one of my favorite sets from the Annual Catalog. Here’s another card with this set.)
The card base is Grapefruit Grove. Both colors were chosen to match the piece of Nature’s Poem designer series paper, which is also lightly edged in ink. As an added touch, I added a twine knot. It’s a simple square knot. The piece is adhered to the card front with stampin’ dimensionals. It’s a simple design with unusual colors to draw interest.
Now, here is the stepped up version of this card.
Its the same card design, but with a little more going on. First, I randomly stamped the small leaf from the Rooted in Nature set in Grapefruit Grove on the card front. This same-color stamping adds a design to the plain surface.
Then, when edging the white card stock and the designer series paper, I swiped on more ink. This not only gives it a stronger edge, it also adds a bit of a rustic feel. For the twine knot I went with Blackberry Bliss this time and made it longer, plus I unraveled the edges.
For the final touch, I added some faceted dots for bling.
Try a few of these tips the next time you want to step up your card design.
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