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Learn the Rules Like a Pro - Card Designing Tips by JJ Bolton

Nina Yang · March 07, 2022
Learn the Rules Like a Pro - Card Designing Tips by JJ Bolton

Hello everyone! It's been a while!

You may not know but I actually work with two super talented designers on product designs for Waffle Flower! JJ Bolton, and Galina Filippenko. It is definitely a privilege to be able to work with them!

We are all cardmakers and always look at product designs from cardmakers' point of view. I tend to go all over the place and JJ is my anchor who keeps reminding me to stay focused.

JJ Bolton is a paper crafter and designer living in northern Virginia.  JJ makes cards that lean toward clean and simple and are often influenced by her upbringing in Hawaii.  She is known for using dies in fun and unusual ways.  JJ brings that same style to the stamps and dies she designs.

Follow JJ on Instagram here: @ribbongirls

 

JJ started designing for us back in late 2018. Her Oversized Words and Sentiment Duo series have quickly become one of our customer favorites.

For our Card Designer release, JJ has contributed a whole series of posts sharing some general rules and tips on designing cards:

  • Intro 1 - Focal Point
  • Intro 2 - Sentiments
  • Intro 3 - Backgrounds
  • Card Design - Positive & Negative Space
  • Card Design - Repetition
  • Card Design - Rule of Thirds, Phi Grid, and Golden Spiral

Whether you are an experienced cardmaker or are new to cardmaking, we hope these posts will help take your card designing to the next level!

For more tips and tricks from the design team? Check out our blog hop here!

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them, right?

Happy crafting!

Nina

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2 comments

  • Beautiful card design, JJ! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Word Art Wednesday.

    Cynthia O. on December 21, 2022

  • Gorgeous cas card 👏👏👏

    Happy day

    elisa on December 21, 2022

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