AY Honors/Card Making/Answer Key
1. List at least five reasons for making cards.
There are many reasons for making a card, these are only a few: Holidays, Birthday, Thank you, Get Well, Congratulations, New Baby, Wedding, I'm Sorry, Thinking of you, and Just Because.
2. How are the following supplies used in card making?
a) card stock
A sturdy kind of paper that is used as the main part (base) of the card. Usually you use A5 or A4 size and fold the cardstock into the desired size/shape.
b) felt pens
Colored pens/markers used to decorate cards. For long-lasting cards/colors try looking for archival quality pens that don't smudge or bleed through. Use can used them to outline drawings, color in drawings/stamps, write in captions/messages, etc.
c) scissors (regular and decorative)
Your card making essential: a good pair of scissors! You need a sharp pair to cut your cardstock and other embellishments. You may also want to use decorative scissors for fancy edges/corners or for creating your own embellishments (decorations).
d) embellishments
These are all the different decorative things you can add to your card. Embellishments come is all sorts of shapes and sizes: stickers, foam shapes, ribbons, different shaped or textured paper, beads, sequins, glitter, etc. etc. etc. Some embellishments come with a sticky back which makes them easy to add to your cards, others you will need to attach yourself. You can use glue, tape, string/ribbon or cut the card to hold the embellishments.
e) rubber stamps
The main types of rubber stamps: mounted stamps (on wood or plastic blocks), unmounted (or clings), clears (acrylic), foam stamps & digital stamps. All stamps have unique designs in them that can be imprinted on to a card with the use of colored ink (on inkpads). You may choose to color in the stamped imprint.
f) water color, colored pencils & crayons
Much like felt markers, these are different ways to add color and decorate your card.
g) ink pads
Used with rubber stamps to imprint the stamp designs on to your cards. They come is various colors, types and sizes.
h) punches
Simple die-cutters that can cut out specific shapes. Small hand-held punchers are best for younger card-makers or simple projects. There are also sophisticated systems & industrial sized die-cutters that come with all sorts of patterns and punch out the shapes for larger scaled projects or for more advanced card-makers.
3. Describe how at least three of the following kinds of paper are used in card making:
a) glossy card stock
b) corrugated paper
c) mulberry paper
d) vellum
e) gift wrap
4. Name four different types of ink pads and describe how they are used. Demonstrate proficiency in using at least two of them in a practice project.
INK PADS VARY DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF INK YOU WANT TO USE. Here is a description on thy basic types of ink. FROM: http://www.paperwishes.com/stamping101/articles/about-ink-pads.html
Dye-based ink
Dye-based ink is perfect for all kinds of paper. It’s permanent and has a consistency similar to water, so the dries quickly. Most are not waterproof, which means you can’t color stamped images with paint, pens or other water-based mediums as the ink will run together. (But colored pencils are perfect!) Many dye-based inks are acid-free, but do fade with time and especially sunlight. Avoid using them on mulberry paper, since they tend to bleed on very absorbent paper.
Pigment ink
Pigment ink is thicker and richer than dye-based ink; the consistency is more like mayonnaise. The colors are bright and vibrant and the ink pads are spongy. They’re fade-resistant. Pigment ink doesn’t soak into paper like a dye-based ink; instead, it dries on top. That means the ink takes a little longer to dry on regular paper—but the color will be more vivid. It also means that pigment ink will not dry on glossy paper. If you want to stamp pigment ink on glossy paper, you must heat-set it with an embossing gun for it to dry. Because pigment ink stays wet for so long, it’s perfect for Heat Embossing!(link)
Embossing ink
These pads come in clear or tinted ink. They’re used to stamp an image before heat-embossing. You can also find embossing pens, which make it easy to emboss details of a stamped image, like lights on a Christmas tree.
Distress inks
Distress Inks are some of my all-time favorites for their soft colors and special “alterable” possibilities. They’re different from other ink pads: They stay wet longer than other dye-based ink pads, so you can blend and shadow with water or other inks. Tap some on a paper, then spritz it with water and watch the colors spread. They also work great on the Color Me™ papers!
Specialty inks: StazOn® StazOn® is the ultimate permanent ink. It can be used on paper—as well as any non-porous surface, like metal, plastic, glossy paper, transparencies, leather, glass and ceramic. It only takes about 3-5 minutes to dry on a non-porous surface. This is an acid-free, archival, fast-drying solvent ink.
Rainbow Pads, Sparkling Ink, Indian Ink, etc.
