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Special Effects You Can Use to Decorate Your Cards All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info may be printed out and used for private purposes or school-room use only. It is NOT permitted to use our text or photographs on any website, any blog or any other form of publication. Here is some more useful information: These are just a few of the many different tools available to help you give your cards or scrapbooks a special touch. Spring and Easter paper crafts - Have you ever made paper pinwheels or do you need Easter gift boxes? You will find these projects with instructions here, as well as many others to keep you crafting through the spring season! Creative paper crafts for all occasions >>> Would you like to learn about decoupaging or how to alter daily items into new treasures? Learn new paper craft techniques and Find these and other fun to create crafts in this section. 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Pricking Needle     1. With a pricking needle and a foam mat, you can create special effects onto cards. An alternative is to use a sharp thicker sewing needle and a piece of thick cardboard or a towel underneath. 2. You can create a pattern with the holes by drawing a design on your card. Punch along the lines at an even interval. Continue until all of the lines have been pricked. If you like this look, erase the pencil markings. 3. Or you can turn your paper over, you will see that the holes are raised. This is also an interesting effect depending on your needs.     Paper Punches     4. Paper punches come in so many designs and motifs. 5. When you use the punches, 2 things happen. You will have motifs that you can use to decorate cards. And you will have the negatives (the paper with the punched out holes). You can also use these negatives to decorate cards if you like.     Peel-Off Stickers     6. Metallic stickers come in all possible sayings and motifs. They are usually sold in gold and silver colors. There are special sticker pens to color them in all sorts of colors to match your cards.     Craft Knife     7. You can use scissors to cut your motifs out, but for inside areas and for very straight lines, it is useful to have a craft knife. If you have a patchwork ruler or a metal straight edge, you can get perfectly straight lines by cutting along the edges of these items. Once the blades of the knife get dull they can be changed out.     Metal Embossing Plates and Light Box     8. Brass templates can be used for embossing images onto cardstock. For every season of the year and for all possible occasions, you can find the motifs you need to suit your purposes. 9. Tape your template onto a light board especially made for this purpose. Tip: If you do not have a light board, you can also use a window. The light coming from outside shines through the template as well. 10. Lay your paper over the template and secure it if possible with a small piece of masking tape. Masking tape is recommended so that you can remove it afterwards without tearing your card. Now use the stylus and follow the inside edges of your template. 11. Once you have finished, remove the paper and turn it over. You now have embossed areas.     Paper Ribbler     12. A paper ribbler is a fast and easy way to turn ordinary paper or cardstock into corrugated paper or cardstock.