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My 5 Essential Tools for New Card Makers

My 5 Essential Tools for New Card Makers

by Pip Todman | New to Card Making Tips and Ideas

I’m often asked what should I buy first? What do I NEED to start card making? So I’ve come up with my top 5 essential tools for new card makers list. My Essential Tools for New Card Makers are: Paper Snips – the best scissors I’ve ever found...

Perfect Heat Embossing

by Pip Todman | Card Making Techniques, New to Card Making Tips and Ideas

One of THE most popular questions in my Card Making Know How Membership from new AND experienced card makers is – how do I get perfect Heat Embossing? People struggle with a buckled card, patchy embossing, it doesn’t stick, bubbles, powder left on dark...
Struggling To Understand Inks?

Struggling To Understand Inks?

by Pip Todman | Card Making Techniques, New to Card Making Tips and Ideas

I know so many card makers who are so confused when trying to understand inks. That’s why I’m launching my Demystifying Inks Workshop this month to show you how to get through the noise. Can you choose the right ink for the job at hand? Watercolouring,...
How To Step Up Your Cards

How To Step Up Your Cards

by Pip Todman | New to Card Making Tips and Ideas

Step up your cards with these simple tips and ideas. Go from Meh to WOW just by adding layers and texture. We’ve all been there. We make a card, maybe too fast or we didn’t really focus, or we were trying to be frugal! Then you look at it and think –...
Colour Coordination Tips With Hues of Happiness Suite

Colour Coordination Tips With Hues of Happiness Suite

by Pip Todman | New to Card Making Tips and Ideas, Step by Step, Using Patterned Paper in Card Making

Colour Coordination Tips you can use today! Colour Coordination is always key when you want to make a card. Get clashing colours and your recipient will squint and cringe! But get the colours right and the card will look so professional! But you made it! This...
Go From Simple to Fancy Cards

Go From Simple to Fancy Cards

by Pip Todman | card ideas, Card Making Techniques, Die Cutting Techniques Tools and Tips, Fancy Fold Card Ideas, New to Card Making Tips and Ideas

In this month’s Trip Achievers Blog Hop I’m featuring how you go from simple to fancy cards using a method called stepping it up. We are a group of Stampin’ Up! ® demonstrators who have earned the annual Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip. Did you know less...
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