Ultimate Card Making Tool Kit

Card making is the craft of making handmade greeting cards and it has enjoyed a surge in popularity due to stampers and scrapbookers adding their skills to the craft.

Making handmade greeting cards is good for your wallet and your soul. They are mini-masterpieces that are gifts in of themselves.

It is worth it to invest in the Ultimate Card Making Tool Kit so you can reap the rewards of creating beautifully made cards to give to your family and friends.

I always strive for the wow as memorably said by Milton Glaser, “There are three responses to design – yes, no and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.” To help you get that wow, you need to have the best tools:

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1. Cricut machine: For many of the cards on this blog, I used the original Cricut machine. It is sturdy, well-made, and extremely reliable. You can also use any of the newer Cricut machines like the Expression and Air models to achieve the same results. All machines accept Cricut cartridges and it is worth the investment as you can use it for all types of crafting.
2. Cuttlebug: A portable embossing and die cutting machine that provides deep cuts and even embossing. Another well-made product from Cricut that will last and last. Most dies and embossing folders can be used in this machine.
3. 12-inch Trimmer: A straight trimmer provides accurate and clean cuts for all types of paper especially cardstock. Most include an extendable ruler and angled guidelines on the base, which allows you to create triangles and other fun shapes.
4. Personal Trimmer: A long-established Creative Memories product that includes a razor-sharp guillotine straight trimmer topped with a self-healing cutting mat. The blade will last for 50,000 cuts and works well with paper as well as photos. The storage drawer can hold your smaller tools like the x-acto knife, multi-purpose tool, mechanical pencil, eraser, stylus, bone folder, and scissors.
5. Self-healing mat: This mat absorbs any cuts when you are using a sharp blade-like an x-acto knife. The grid pattern helps with accuracy and the mat makes for a superior work surface when assembling cards.
6. X-acto Knife: A necessary tool when you need to trim, square up a card or clean up stray paper fibers. Great for intricate, precise cuts.
7. Metal Ruler: Used in conjunction with the x-acto knife and self-healing mat for straight cuts that require precision and accuracy.
8. Transparent Ruler: Grid pattern on the ruler allows you to measure equally left and right from a central starting point. Very helpful for proper placement when arranging text and images on cards.
9. Multi-Purpose Tool: The perfect tool from Creative Memories to help you fix your mistakes that were affixed in the wrong place. The thin spatula easily slides under stickers and other adhesive-backed items to make repositioning a snap.
10. Mechanical Pencil: A must-have for making small, clear markings on your projects. The lead is clean and doesn’t leave lasting impressions on your projects. No need for a pencil sharpener when you have a mechanical pencil
11. Retractable Eraser: Easy to use and only erase what you need without damaging the paper.
12. Bone Folder: The secret to clean, crisp folds for your cards.
13. Embossing Stylus: My go-to tool for scoring cards when accuracy and precision is required.
14. All-Purpose Scissors: Professional grade steel scissors from Creative Memories that’s been honed to stay sharp cut after cut. A must-have in the Ultimate Card Making Tool Kit.
15. Micro-Tip Scissors: Non-stick blade coating makes it easy to cut through sticky materials like stickers and foam tape. Note: The photo shows the Honey Bee Scissors from EK Success, which are no longer available. The Micro-Tip Scissors are a suitable alternative.

Using the tools in the Ultimate Card Making Tool Kit will give you the best results and some of these tools can be used in making other crafts and projects as well. Win, win! Get your Ultimate Card Making Tool Kit together so you are ready for the upcoming 31 Days of Handmade Cards. You don’t want to miss it!

P.S. Wouldn’t it be awesome to have a go-to list of greeting card sayings so you always have the perfect words to personalize your gorgeous handmade cards? I thought so. I created a sentiments freebie and holiday sentiments freebie for you to download so you can be a crafting rock star.

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