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Card Blanks
Popular
card blanks are half fold Gatefold card blank (as picture)
, Foil blocked, Wraps or Wallets.
Ready cut Card Inserts are always handy for printing your invitation
wording rather than directly onto the card blank.
Envelopes
Try to use a matching envelope, however craft brown, gold and
silver works well with almost all coloured card
Glues
You don't need all of these, just choose
the ones you required for your project.
Uhu
stick for sticking paper to card, it won't get absorbed by paper
and is almost invisible.
PVA
glue such as Anitas tacky Glue, use it to stick beads,
flowers, and other heavy objects, use a small artists brush to
apply. Dries clear
Tulip
paint is a perfect adhesive for glitters, quite fine lines and
detail can be obtained.
Double sided tape, use to stick paper, mirror board etc. great
for sticking inserts to card blanks.
Glue Dots are very versatile, they're basically small blobs of
glue, use them to stick beads, flowers and card etc.
Adhesive
Velcro Dots are great for sticking anything with a flap!
Papers
Mulberry papers makes a great backdrop, find
out how to fray the paper in our very first
project back in 2001.
Peel-off Stickers
Easy to use, add text and picture to your cards, you can change
the the colour of peel-offs using an Identipen or add colour to
peel off images using tulip pens.
Embellishments
Embellishments are ready made decorations, there are now so many
including paper flowers, metal embellishments, die cut shapes,
ribbons and many more.
Card Making tools
You
need at the very minimum a craft knife, Scissors and a cutting
mat.
Optional extras include tweezers, craft punches, a die cutting
machine such as a Sizzix Big Shop, Cuttlebug or Cricut.
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