After making cards for many years,no one has ever made it so easy to understand how to cut for an A2 size card with different size borders. Thank you May May,your the best. Nancy

I have always had a supportive Husband, and one who has encouraged me, so I don't lack in that area, however I do understand not being supported in something you love to do. We crafters love to make things, in fact many of us probably are also interested in many craft mediums, such as sewing, crocheting, needlework, you name it, we have to try it, lol. It's part of who we are. It's an outlet we need. So you keep making your pretty cards and don't let others steal your contentment. ☺ 🎨

Majority of the time people can be so rude. I don't understand why someone will give her a thumbs down when she's only trying to help us out on the card making process and everything else that we might need to learn or we're having trouble with; you know what, I think I do understand; people who gives the thumbs down are sooo jealous and envious, just because they would like to do what Maymay is doing and they are to shy or simply they don't have the guts to be on camera even though on KZfaq you don't have to show your face, or they do have a channel and instead of encouraging they feel like they want to put someone down and wowww this all comes from evilness. I LOVE MAYMAY and I THANK GOD that I FOUND HER CHANNEL, she has a beautiful personality and on top of that she's a great, excellent teacher, SHE'S A BLESSING!!! Wonderful viewers please if you don't have nothing good to do or say, just keep changing channels until you find a channel that you like and pleases you, but please don't be soooo rude, she doesn't deserve the thumbs down; she comes to us taking time out of her BUSY SCHEDULE TO TEACH US WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS, AND THAT IS FOR US CRAFTER'S TO LEARN SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH. Come on peeps we can do better, if you don't like what she's doing just move on, but don't give her the thumbs down because in reality is not necessary, SHE'S DIVINE, BETTER TEACHER THAN MAYMAY IN MY OPINION YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND and don't get me twisted there's good teachers out there, but the way that MAYMAY explains details by details, templets, examples, and how she breaks it down, is the BEST WAY for viewers to understand, and this is what makes HER BE THE BEST!!! MAYMAY I LOVE YOU AND CONTINUE THE EXCELLENT JOB BECAUSE YOU'RE MAGNIFICENT!!! LOT'S OF LOVE, HUGS GOOD VIBES AND THE BEST BLESSINGS GOING YOUR WAY 😘💖💞💖!!! MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, XOXOXO!!! 🤗❤❤❤

Someone had a question about inks. I learned this tip for remebering the drying order of inks --- just remember the ABCs - from fastest to slowest drying inks, it goes like this - Chalk, Dye, and Pigment. Hope this helps!

Hi MayMay. About 25 years ago I got into scrapbooking and then card making. Over time, I became involved in other things. About two years ago, however, my interest renewed in both of those activities. As I started watching KZfaq videos, I was AMAZED how much both of those crafts had changed! Acyrlic blocks and stamps, all sorts of tapes and adhesives, foam tape, various types of paper trimmers, an overwhelming amount ink types, not to mention a mind boggling array of markers. I was lost in the terminology and products. For example, I kept hearing what sounded like 'winkastellar'. I could not figure out what people were saying, so I finally Googled what I thought I was hearing. Luckily Google knew what I wanted and offered searches on "Wink of Stella". Score! Out of all of the many questions I had when I got back into cardmaking, I have made a list of some ideas that you might could use for future KZfaq "how-to" cardmaking videos. I mean, you DID ask us to comment. :) Ideas for cardmaking subjects: How to add ink to a stamp and how to actually apply the stamp to the paper Acrylic stamp blocks vs stamp presses (Fiskars style) vs stamping tools like the MISTI Difference between acrylic stamps, rubber stamps (wood mounted) and rubber cling stamps How to clean and take care of stamps Types of inks and markers Paper trimmers and how to use them; types of scissors - this would be a good time to explain "fussy cutting" - we used to just say "cut it out" (haha) Ideas for a few good, versatile stamps to begin a stamp "stash" Card stock weights - which is best for bases vs which is best for card fronts Basic supplies (I think you did a video on this subject a few years ago?) Adhesives - glue, tape runners, "sticky tape" Typical card sizes and envelopes What is/are: an ink blending tool, Wink of Stella, score board, scoring tool, bone folder, reverse tweezers, Crop-a-dile I have more ideas, but I'll stop. Thanks for all you do for the crafting community. I am deeply grateful for you and for your great videos. I am a big fan, although I think that this is the first time I have commented on your channel. Have a good day.

I have a lot of supplies I've collected...stamps, tulle, buttons, embellishments, etc. I also have cardstock, solid and printed. My hangup is actually designing the cards. Choosing colors & patterns that would look good together overwhelms me, I guess, and figuring out what embellishment is going to look right with what...I never know how to put it all together. I guess I'm trying to say the design area is my biggest problem. I've never really been a card person...never been one to send lots of cards, but I have this overwhelming need to make them. And, by the way, I'm just a little hooked on your videos and am forever grateful for everything you do for us, Maymay! You're a true blessing in more ways than one!

You just don’t know how helpful this video was to me as far as layering and what sizes to use🥰🥰

I have been making cards for 21 years, and I wish I had been told not to go hung ho buying every stamp set you see. Maybe tell people to look at a set and see what they can do with it. How often it will be used. Birthday sets will always be used but certain sets will maybe only get used once. Sentiment sets are fabulous and I have a lot, but again I wish I had catalogued the sentiments as I bought them so I knew what I had. I will do it, but it will take time. I have a "new stuff" draw, where I put my new crafty items so I can use them straight away, and then put them where they belong. Also try not to buy too many embellishments unless you will be using them. I have draws full and have given may away to crafty friends. Hope I've been some help Maymay. Thanks for your videos. Blessings x

My 3 children, aged 30, 17 & 11 always say I'm wasting money buying stock for making cards, even though I enjoy it as a hobby after losing my job through disability. Funny enough though, when my grandkids aged 8, 7, & 2 have friends birthday parties to go to, likewise my daughter & son, they come asking 'mummy do you have a card I could give to so-&-so! They don't mind me having a hobby then lol. My 7yr old granddaughter and I love making cards together, especially for her mummy if she's feeling tired from working full-time and raising her & her brothers. God bless all my crafty friends, especially Maymay xo

I think this "Back to Basics" is a great idea... Cover it all including all types of types of embellishments, embossing (dry & heat), background, inking...Etc... I think alot of people would appreciate this.... Especially because you are soooooo great at instructions/teaching. You really set the gold standard in teaching !!!👍

I’m just getting started and your video is very informative! The best I’ve seen yet!

Thank you so much for this video!!! You are a very informative and generous teacher.

omg thank you for this video, So simple and you answered everything. Thank you so much for keeping this video live.

Great demo! Beginning basics are important. I will follow with your next video . I appreciate all your ideas.

I am thankful for this video. It answered the main question I had, that was slowing me down on getting started on card making. Thanks! Keep doing these videos.

Great video MayMay! I love how you are so thorough in your explanations.

I am so glad I found you! I searched for card making and your video was one of the first ones! I am so new to this that I literally just bought my first few stamps and some blocks. Great info, I cant wait to learn more. Now I’m going to go bing watch your videos.

Thank You so much May May I took lots of notes and I'm excited to start.

Thanks May May. Your video was the first I found on Card Making Basics. and I have since purchased from your website.

New! Just soaking up information and inspiration from you and Gift Basket Appeal! Thank you so much!!

Awesome video. I’m late to the card making game, but seeing this building from the base up helped tremendously. Thank you!

Maymay, my mom and I so very much appreciate this post. We've only started for the past 2 weeks with our cricut and were lost in the card making projects. Anything you post will be absorbed with a smile. Thank you!

I am a newbie at making cards. My biggest problem has been that my paper trimming tool was not cutting my card bases or my mattes correctly. I would cut them and then place them together and they always looked crooked and out-of-whack.. To fix this issue, I did invest in a better paper trimming tool with a rotary blade - this has made a big difference. Maymay, I just wanted to tell you that you have been and continue to be a major influence in my crafting world. I learn new things everyday - I consider you my go-to crafter!!!!! Thanks so much for all that you share with us, it is greatly appreciated.

I've been card making several years and this is a great refresher video for me. Love the tip for looking up card layouts, hadn't thought about that.

Excellent. Look forward to next week.

Thanks for making this video! I have been thinking about trying card making again and this was super helpful

As a new card maker, I love your tutorial! Love the sizes you started me with! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing the basics of card making.

Love this! Thanks for the info about finding card layouts online. I never cease to be amazed at how easy it can be to create an impressive card with just a little manipulation of paper pieces on the front.😁👍🏻

Thank you, MayMay! This was s great. I've just started card making and your videos are informative and helpful! Great idea to have a series!

I am subscribing because of this series! Looking forward to learning more. I've made cards for years..but i love to learn new things. Thank you so much.

I like the card outline ideas. It helps a lot for new card makers.

Thank you so much for teaching the basics., it was a long time into my card making that I figured it out. You ha Be made it so simple for people to follow. Thank you. Diane from Australia

This was incredible MayMay! Especially the measurements part/how to make bases and also the layouts. Such a great teacher! Hope you have a few more on your channel concerning card making. 😍

This is the exact place i am in. Thanks for posting a series like this. I'll be watching every episode.

Thank you so much I am a newbee to card making but I have been scrapbooking for years. This video really helped me !

I just started 3 weeks ago...and any information I can find is most welcome. Thank-you for your videos!

Thank you. I had no idea the card stock had weight numbers. I learned from you in another video about card sketches. I am knew to card making. You have inspired me to get creative and start making cards. Thank so much!

Awesome!! I was hoping someone would do this!! I love all the card videos I watch, but they use so many tools I don't have. Dies especially. Thanks for doing this series and explaining it the way you do!!!

I am new to card making. this tutorial was very informative. thank you so much....I love the way you explain the how-to's

You are such an awesome teacher! You are thorough and easy to understand. Your instructions are concise and so easy to follow. Thank you for all the time and effort you generously put into teaching us with your videos.

What a great idea May May. I've been making cards for a year but still love this series. Definitely one layer cards I need more help on those and masculine cards

Thanks May May! My daughter and I are new to this hobby and this was so helpful!!

Thanks for doing this!!! I'm an experienced card maker but did not know some of this!

Great, easy to follow instructions.............thanks Maymay

This would have helped me when I first started card making! Thank you for being so helpful to newbies!

Thank you so much for the tip at the end about using copy paper. I love that I can design my own without wasting paper, etc. As an experienced card maker, I'm always looking for new sketches (layouts) and techniques. This is a great series! Thank you for doing it.

As a new card maker, I am so grateful for these tips. Thank you MayMay- I’m looking forward to learning much more from you 😊

May May, I am sooo glad you are starting this! I watched your videos when I decided to learn about card making, but didn't feel I was ready to do the next step(mentally) :).Thanks so much for going back to the beginning! You are a great teacher! xoxo

Came back again to your video for direction and encouragement. Thank you. I am not good on layouts or color combos.

Thank You! this now makes since! looking forward to more videos on other cards.love your videos also.

This was great! Can’t wait to see more.

Thank you so much for these basics Maymay. So very helpful since some videos can be so overwhelming...decisions, decisions

I think this is GREAT! I wish I would have had this kind of help when I started out. I am teaching others how to make cards - this series will really help me.

Love this series! I'd like to see ideas on finishing the inside of the card--sentiments, stamping, embellishments, etc. I've made a ton of cards since I met you earlier this year, but very few have anything inside, and while I like to write a personal note, sometimes I don't. Thanks!

What an AMAZING video Maymay! Love it! You teach so well!

I struggle with color combinations and patterned paper. You are a great teacher! Thanks

Thank you MayMay! This is exactly what I have been looking for. I have been wanting to get involved in some type of paper crafting but didnt know where to start. I discovered your KZfaq videos this holiday season and am so glad that I subscribed. This video has just left me hungering for more, more, more! You do such a great job teaching! Can't wait for the next one.

Love it!!!!! I have a hard time cutting mats & using a trimmer. This is a perfect series!!!

I love all your tutorials, it inspires me to keep trying.

Thank you so much for this video, Maymay! It has helped me a lot.

You are a wonderful teacher! I love how you illustrate as well as explain the "how to's". Thank you so much....I'm a newbie at card making and this video inspires me. P.S. My biggest struggle is the MATH portion!!! Never was good at it and it's very intimidating in card making.

I love this series! Thank you, May May, for helping us figure out those "secrets" of card making. I'm interested in coming up with the design. The design process. My mind thinks much about what design to use that it literally goes blank. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

I tend to make more 5x7 cards so I have more room to embellish. The one mistake I made when I first started paper crafting was buying lots of embellishments that I loved. I wish I would have spent my money more wisely on things to coordinate with papers.

Your the first person who FINALLY made sense of layers. For me. THANK YOU.

Oh my goodness I am just starting card making and was hoping to find something like this. I am still trying to figure out sizes to cut design paper but this video helped alot. I am excited to get started.

Hey I was digging yesterday for all this info by you!!!! Lol I love it and so glad you're revisiting this topic. Thank you bunches!!

I'm all for more videos! The layering is most confusing for me. AND reading the trimmer. Thank you, this was great!

Great tutorial!! Fair Warning, you will LOVE this craft!! And May May is a fabulous teacher!

Great idea MayMay, I wished I had this tutorial when I started. I just did whatever, but never sent my cards because of there size. I learned by going to the store and buying card blanks and decorating them. I didn't know about this wonderful card .taking internet family then. I've learned so much since then. This is what I would like to do also, teach others about card making. I started my cards with the sentiment and designed from there. Card sizes, layers, tools, stamps, embellishments. The basics of card making! Loved your tutorial.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I recently procured a lot of card-making materials and card stock. I was overwhelmed and always have been with card making. Now I feel like I can accomplish nice-looking professional cards. :)

Love this series. I'm also just getting started and have been watching all the older tutorials. It's hard to find some of the stamps and things that others have used since the videos are so old. Looking forward to this holiday season and crafting again : )

Thank you MayMay for this video. I have been watching your videos for a while now but this was great to help me as I am pretty new at cardmaking as well. I will be watching future videos on this subject. 🙂

This is the BEST basic video I've ever watched. I'm a new card making fan and love your videos and website. Any basics on card making for someone who does not have the electronic machines and wants to learn would be a blessing. Thank you for sharing your giftedness.

You are wonderful MayMay! I wish I had known about you years ago when I started making cards. I was so confused. I think this is a great video tutorial idea. Thanks for sharing.

Love making cards, what I had a problem with was in layering the card base I felt like my card was top heavy. So I mat the inside as well. Only on the opposite side of my cover. Can't wait to see more!

Am new to card making and am trying to get the sizes down. Your video was helpful. Am gonna practice cutting the different sizes. You've opened my eyes as far as the weight of the paper goes. Was not aware that the weight affected your cards. Feel so lost but am going to give it a try. Thanks for the awesome video. Can't wait to watch the next one.

I needed this Maymay thank you so much. I am new to cardmaking because when I tried before I gave up but you make it easy to learn.

Thank you, Maymay, I loved your video.

Thank you for sharing. Great video! I love making cards. One thing I do is I keep a copy of every card I make (if I mass produce them). That way I have it for future reference.

I’m just learning how to make cards and think this is the perfect place to start. Been watching others make cards for a while, but an organized approach to learning is just what I’m ready for. I have purchased paper and tools and will be watching this series to learn more. Thanks for the help may may.

Thanks Maymay! I wish I had watched a video such as yours when I started this craft a few years ago. It would have save me a bunch of confusion and paper. Maybe a video of just only needing the basics or make do with what you have to produce cool cards. Those are the cards that melt my heart because it speaks volume on how creative the creator is.

Great tutorial. I started making cards but really needed to find a basic " how to" as was confused by all the options out there. Now I can start with basic card, measurements, layering and it all makes sense! The Cricut/fancy stamping/embossing etc, will have to wait while I get the basics right! Such fun! Thank you!

Thank you for sharing, I get stuck with color, and design. I will look forward to more of these tutorials.

Thank your so much, i have supplies enough to start my own store, but I get so stuck on where to begin. This will be so helpful!!

Thank you MayMay I have always had hard time with boards this has helped smiles...

Thank you! First heard about you from my friend Georgia Carl. This was so helpful. I’ve made cards for awhile, for special occasions, but this was so helpful. Having a friend over this week to make Christmas cards together, and because she isn’t a paper-crafter, but wants to make cards this year, I want to make it easy and quick for her, and me.

A great basic card class ... I've been doing it for about 20 years

I love making cards, I been doing it for a year now. I just love learning and watching people make them it amaze me how much you can do with paper.

Thank you mucho, Maymay. I learn something new by watching every video. I looked at card layouts years ago and forgot all about them. Just the nudge I needed to get some more ideas. (my 10-yr computer with tons of stuff on it just crashed - starting over) :)

Thanks Maymay, this was really good info. I've made many paper favors but not cards. Ready to get going! 😀 going to watch the rest of this series. Thanks again!

Thanks for the series for newbies! I wish there was this channel when I started less than a year ago. I watched many YT video and started my "hoarding habits" with watching Jennifer McGuire's favorite things list, sustained by Christmas deals last year and weekly Michael's 40% off coupons. I really appreciates your clear instructions and minimal selling of products... you inspires me to make new projects!! Thank you!

I was so confused with the borders. You have helped me sooooo much Thank you !! I am a newbie. God bless. I just love accent.

This is such an amazing idea for a series and just in time to get folks amped up to make cards for Christmas. I have made all my cards for almost 4yrs now. In the beginning the one thing that would have helped me the most was to be able to confidently stamp. SOOO many times there weren't straight or not completely solid. I know the stamp platforms are not cheap but they do truly make all the difference in getting them straight and restamping in the same position. Then you go to inks, watercolors, markers etc to color your images. Most of all have fun.

thank you miss MayMay you explain things very clearly, I’m a beginner card maker 🙂

I have all the stuff and never knew where to start, thanks for this great series! Looking forward to using my stash!

Excellent video MayMay, I loved it. Thank you so much for all the great information . I’ve been making cards for many years and I sure wish I had seen this video years ago, it sure would have helped answer a lot of my concerns and deal with the sizing. This was terrific even for us who have made cards for a long time. Still learning! BTW, love my new stamp club set, it’s awesome and uplifting!

Hi Maymay. Thank you for the video. I have been making cards for a few years now. One of the things I was confused about is which adhesive to use. I found you and art glitter glue but maybe newbies are confused like I was at the beginning. There are so many to choose from. Thanks and keep the videos coming. ❤️

I really enjoyed watching this. I'm pretty new to card making.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It didn't occur to me to google "card layout" to make cards. I'm not creative at all, so I know this and the future videos are going to be a big help. Thank you so much 😊