Cardmaking 101: Creating Your Base

This is the first of many posts that will teach you the basics of cardmaking. To start with, you need a card base. So this is how you begin:

Take a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 card stock. (Shown here is Dusty Durango, and our card stock is fabulous. Its 80# weight is perfect for cardmaking and our exclusive color families take the guess work out of coordinating colors.)

Cut the card stock in half, giving you two sheets of 5 1/2 x 4 1/4.


Now you are ready to fold each sheet in half, forming 2 card bases. You will crease them with a bone folder (stay tuned for tomorrow's post on using the bone folder) and be ready to create your card.