Editing Cardmaking (section)

{{Short description|Hobby craft}}
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[[File:Scrapbooking - cardmaking.jpg|thumb|right|Hand made greeting card]]
'''Card making''' is the [[craft]] of hand-making [[greeting card]]s. It shares skills in common in allied crafts such as [[scrapbooking]] and [[Philately|stamping]].

Unlike handcrafted cards, mass-produced printed greeting cards have been faced with competition from [[e-cards|electronic greeting cards]]. Over seven billion greeting cards were sent in the US each year{{fact|date=July 2024}}; greeting cards are a multibillion-dollar business.

Many hobbyists taking advantage of the low setup costs of web-based selling and the wide customer-base of auction sites like [[eBay]] to market their cards. Many others continue to sell their creations at craft fairs, markets and fêtes. Others use their cardmaking skills to turn a profit in the wedding planning market making handmade [[wedding invitation]]s and favors.

There are many different variations of handmade cards including decoupage, more commonly known as 3D, where a design is printed a number of times, then various areas of the design are cut and layered on top of each other using double-sided sticky foam squares to mount the layers together to create the 3D effect making a very attractive greeting card.