Quite a few years ago I started making my own greeting cards using only a couple of techniques that I knew about at that time. . embossing and stamping. . .and even at that I did not know that much about either of them.  This past year since I find I have all the time in the world to put into creating greeting cards, I have stumbled on a whole new world of techniques available to create wonderfully exciting and beautiful greeting cards.  At this point in time I am still trying to gather all the tools, stencils, and supplies needed to fully enjoy and use all the techniques available.   

I have found most of the techniques originated in Europe. . Austrailia, Holland, etc.  I stumbled onto all of these different techniques while searching for greeting card examples I could "copy."  The supplies needed for this new craft I have become completely enthralled with are not available here in Utah as the craft stores continue to carry only those supplies that might be used for scrapbooking.  The sites I have found that carry the supplies are in Canada with an outlets in New York.  There are a couple of other sites I go to for supplies, but can't think of them right now. 

The card I have displayed was made using. . Incire (cutting various triagle designs), 3-D flowers, and embroidery.  Other techniques include:  Ornare, pricking a design into a card with a sharp point tool; Pergamano, embossing, coloring and pricking parchment paper to give a lace like look; Spirelli, a string art; Iris Folding, using folded strips of different colored paper to fill in a cut out design.  These designs are hard for me to describe, but the end result makes  a very satisfying and impressive greeting card.  There are so many other techniques I would love to talk about.

I am very much a novice at creating and using these techniques that have been around forever, but that I am just now discovering. I would love to be involved with a group where we could share and talk about our designs or latest experiences in making these wonderful greeting cards.  As I said I am just lately discoverying all the wonderful techniques out there to make greeting cards and would love to learn and share all I can about these techniques as I am sure there are others out there who have discovered these techniques long ago and are very familiar with the craft.