Sentiments to Use in Card Making

For many crafters, the most enjoyable part of making handmade greeting cards is choosing the sentiments to use in card making projects. Whether you’re making a birthday card for your nephew or a congratulations card for your coworker’s new promotion, there are a variety of sentiments available to help you design the perfect greeting.

Find the right words for your handmade cards.

The Internet is an excellent resource for free sentiments to use in card making.

Song lyrics add a dash of pop culture to your card making projects. If you know the recipient’s taste in music, song lyrics can also be a great way to personalize your greeting.

You can find song lyrics online by searching the following databases:

• Lyrics.com
• SongLyrics.com
• AZLyrics.com
• ELyrics.net

For a special touch, you may want to consider including a CD with the music of your choice in your card. Download songs from iTunes, print off a customized CD label, and insert the disc into a pocket on your card for a thoughtful gift.

Quotes from actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, writers, and other well-known celebrities can make an excellent addition to any handmade greeting card. Whether you’re looking for a humorous quote about growing old gracefully or a tender sentiment to show your affection for a Valentine’s Day card, there’s a quote that fits your needs.

Famous quotes can be found online by visiting these links:

• Quote Garden
• The Quotations Page
• Quote Land
• Brainy Quote
• Wisdom Quotes
• Think Exist
• Cool Quotes

Poems add a sweet and sentimental touch to handmade greeting cards, especially if you’re making a card for a wedding or baby shower. Poems suitable for card making projects can be found on the following Web sites:

• Card Making Verses
• Verses 4 Cards
• Poem Source

The Craft Mad forum also has an area where registered members of the site can post their favorite sentiments to use in card making.

If you’re the type of crafter who loves to experiment with colorful rubber stamped designs, intricate paper piecings, and pretty patterned papers, you may not have much room left on the front of your card for text. Luckily, Crafty Sayings has an extensive collection of short sayings appropriate for all paper crafting projects, including card making.

Crafters who frequently work on projects away from their computers may find that card making reference books are the most convenient way to find sentiments for their projects. For example:

• The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Card by Linda Latourelle and C. C. Milam
• The Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Word by Linda Latourelle
• Where's Thena?: I Need a Poem About by Thena Smith

You may also want to consider investing in a quotations dictionary or a poetry anthology for additional assistance selecting the right words for your homemade cards.

If you’re looking for card making supplies with sentiments, check out the following items:

• Hot Off the Press Card Maker's Card Quotes: These fun sentiments, printed in decorative fonts and available in several different themes, can be decorated with chalk, ink, or dye to add to any card making project.
• Jo-Ann Essentials Rub On Match Book: This tiny book of rub on embellishments has sayings appropriate for birthday, thank you, congratulations, and thinking of you card projects.
• K&Company Clear Acrylic Sentiment Stamps: This versatile stamp set features sentiments such as “Make a Wish” and “Celebrate” to decorate all of your card making projects.

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