World Card Making Day
World Card Making Day began in 2006 as National Card Making Day. Founded by Paper Crafts magazine to bring card makers together at the beginning of the busiest card-making season of the year, it was first held on October 7, 2006. The initial celebration involved the Paper Crafts magazine audience only; however, due to the positive response it received and the worldwide popularity of card making, the holiday became known as World Card Making Day from then on.
World Card Making Day is a holiday especially for card makers around the world to:
- Celebrate the creativity of handmade cards and the personal connection that they create between friends and family
- Kick off (and get a head start on) the holiday card-making season
The first Saturday of each October, kicking off the holiday card-making season, the most popular time for creating and sharing handmade greetings
Stampin' Up! have made it so easy to celebrate World Card Making day with their variety of Simply Sent Kits.
On it's way Simply Sent Kit come with all accessories to make and complete 8 cards, including envelopes (stamp set not included).
The origin of exchanging handmade greeting cards can be traced all the way back to ancient Chinese culture.
- Today, card making is a worldwide hobby, expecially popular in Australia, Canda, the United Kingdom, and the United States
- 1 in 6 households particpite in making cards
- 86% of scrapbookers also create handmade cards
- 92% of paper crafters create cards more than any other type of project
- The top occasions/themes for making cards are: Birthdays, Christmas, Thankyou, Valentine's Day, Mother's day
- Card makers prefer stamps and rub-ons for use on their holiday handmade cards
- 73% of card makers use their computer in part or all of their design
Simply Fabulous Simply Sent Kit come with 8 postcards and 8 envelopes in two colours (Pisachio Pudding & Smoky Slate) everything is provided, just add a greeting and you're done.
Merry Little Christmas Simply Created Card Kit, purchase it as a bundle with Merry Little Christmas Stamp set and save 15%
Snowflake Season Simply Sent Kit, bundle with Be verry Merry Stamp set and save 15%.
Creating a handmade card brings a special kind of joy. There's joy in the process of creating, as well as in giving and receiving handmade cards.
Handmade cards are:
GIFTS: It is a little sliver of energy, time, and love that says, "I really care about you" in a world of impersonal communications such as e-mails
CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS: Beneath the cardstock and embellishments is emotion from teh card maker – encouragement, celebration, commemoration, and love
KEEPSAKES: Instead of being thrown away, they are cherished adn displayed.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDERS: They spark deep connections, express feelings, evoke laughter, and warm the hearts of friends, relatives, and co-workers
Get a head start on your card-making in preparation for the Christmas season which is soon upon us,
