Try out all sorts of card making techniquesI have categorized card making techniques basically into the following groups:
Rubber stamping -- how to be creative with rubber stamped images using special inks and embossing powders, etc. Create backgrounds for your images using alcohol inks, resist techniques, watercolors, and decoupage.
Using specialty papers will add a special and intersting dimension to any card making project. 
Adding embellishments: What are embellishments? Well, they are things that can be found on store shelves in craft stores, in the recycle bins, hardware stores, your backyard…making origami,.... you will start looking at everything with new eyes, you know what I mean? The strange looking objects in hardware stores will never look the same. Within these four basic categories, the sky is still the limit along with your imagination! Try out the instructions for each technique as you will find them elsewhere on this site, and then, with your creative juices running, you can combine techniques. Techniques to be covered on this site include, but by all means are not limited to the above mentioned items, as I will be adding more. Beautiful and extraordinary effects can be obtained by combining many different mediums with papers and embellishments. Sometimes the best ones happen just when you thought you made your worst mistake. Actually, you stumbled on a great idea that you will use over and over again until you just might bump into another one by making a mistake. Just do it, see what you come up with using some adventure, perseverence, and patience. You'll discover you have more creativity within than you ever thought! Making your own cards proves that to be an artist or artisan -- which you are automatically as you make your own cards -- not knowing how to "draw a straight line" is irrelevant--just make lots of mistakes and enjoy it! Check out my card making technique using a hand-carved rubber stamp. I designed the stamp with a copyright free image, and created a card. See how I demonstrated it on HGTV's That's Clever! program. I hope that you will enjoy creating these small masterpieces as you follow along with me....
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