Homemade Cards You Have To Make
Instead of buying a card from the stores, why not make your own special card for that special person. You don't need a ton of supplies and you can improvise and use what you have in your house. Use these card ideas as inspiration and create your own personal designs. It is so much more meaningful when you put that little bit of extra effort into it, it won't go unappreciated. You can create a card for anyone and for any occasion, with many different supplies (not just cardboard and stickers). Most of all, have fun with it.

Send happiness to someone you love with this sweet card featuring Maya Road embellishments!To create this card, start with a A5 sized black cardstock card base. Layer with coordinating patterned paper...

I love making cards for fall. I don't know if it's the colors, the subjects, or just the hibernation mode setting in for winter!Card making doesn't have to be intimidating or hard. Cards c...

Have you jumped into the latest trend in paper crafting, foil? There are a few types and ways to foil out there right now and the two cards I am showing today have two different techniques to them.If...

This is made from the Maya Road Holiday Treasures Kit. A lovely card to share with friends this Holiday Season!Cover the card base with a 4" x 5" piece of the paper shown. Ink a corrugated tag. Add th...

This So Deer Card is super easy to make with the Maya Road Holiday Treasures Kit and die add ons!Take a card base. Add a 4" x 5" piece of the Holly paper. Ink edges.Take a piece of the wood grain pape...

This card was made with some new Maya Road dies and flower. The flower was died with color burst pigment powder (Turned into a water color). The beautiful was die cut from one of the new Maya Road die...

This card featured a fun circular layout. It's easy to recreate with a couple circle punches or dies and some pretty embellishments.Cover the 4.25" x 5.5" card base with patterned paper. Punch 6 small...

Crafting is fun and easy with Maya Road kits. This card is just one of many that can be made with the Work of Heart Kit. To create this card, create a 4.25" square card base. Layer with two layers of...

Die cuts make gorgeous cards and this one for the holidays is no exception. This card features brand new Maya Road dies paired up with different materials.To create the background, simply die cut snow...

Die cut doilies are so pretty when embellished with Maya Road embellishments!Create a beautiful and easy card by placing punched circles on a card, and layer them with doilies. Add lots of pretty vint...

All those bits and pieces of craft supplies you have laying around can be mixed and matched to make a great card! Don't throw out those scraps!To create a shabby style card, you just need similar styl...

Create a Shaker Card to make a special someone smile this Holiday Season. Cut a circle directly into the card front and then matted the circle. Add a piece of acetate behind the circle and then f...

Inspired by some cards I had seen out there I decide to use the Maya Road Holiday Treasures kit to creat this card. I started by taking out the exclusive stamps and then creating a tree shape laid out...

I love to scrap our Christmas card every year. I usually don't get to scrapping it until Christmas of the following year, but that brings back memories of trying to get the perfect card, pick th...

I used Maya Road's embroidery hoop wood veneers and layered them with Maya Road embellishments. The faceted gem die is also from Maya Road. Papers are from October Afternoon and Studio Calico. For the...

The tulle flower, button, trinket pins, and "peace" and flower dies are from Maya Road. I inlaid the flower die with lavender patterned paper. The button and edges of the cardstock are dry-brushed wit...

I layered embellishments from Maya Road for this encouragement card. For the die-cut sentiment, I blended Distress Ink from the bottom to the middle. The large metal leaf is gilded in a rose-gold liqu...

This is my first (of hopefully many more) post on Maker Heart! I have two kids and we get invited to birthday parties all the time. At $4-5 per Hallmark card, the cost of buying birthday cards ca...

Maya Road has just put out an amazing kit called Sweet Nothings Kit:With this kit, I was able to create 4 amazing cards. Let's look at each one here:For this card, I covered the card base with the doi...