A card template, or maybe you’ve heard it called a card sketch, is a basic card design or layout that provides a visual guide for creating handmade cards. It is not a finished card, it’s a starting point or inspiration for the card maker. Whether you’re a seasoned card maker or beginning to learn this paper craft, having card templates is a useful tool to have if you feel overwhelmed or uninspired to create when faced with blank cardstock.

Making templates will help you try new layouts and designs while using any stamps, ink, and paper you have. Think of your templates as patterns. Just like if you sew, knit, or woodwork, having a pattern takes the guesswork out of designing and allows you to get creative with the images and colors. We have a few different card templates for you to be inspired by:

Are you tired of the same old rectangular cards and looking for something different, something unique? Fun fold cards are the answer! Elevate your card making skills and delight your recipients with fun, interactive designs that go beyond the ordinary.

In our fun fold card templates series you can follow along with our free YouTube videos to make 54 different fun fold card templates. Then, use your templates to craft unique and memorable cards with any stamps, ink, and paper! These card templates will become your new favorite crafting tool.

If you’re a crafter who prefers written instructions with paper cutting and scoring diagrams, we do have written tutorials available for purchase. There are tutorials available for each class that include step-by-step instructions for making the templates and for making completed fun fold cards using a featured stamp set.

This card template series will help you try new layouts and designs while using the stamps, ink, and paper that you already have. Follow along with our free YouTube videos to make your templates. Then, when you need creative inspiration flip through your templates and pick a design you want to create!

If you’re a crafter who prefers written instructions with measurements and diagrams, we do have written tutorials available for purchase. There are tutorials available for each class that include easy-to-follow instructions for making the four card templates plus step-by-step instructions for making eight different cards. The completed cards are made with a variety of products and designed for a variety of occasions.

This template series will teach you new, easy card layouts. Card making is simple when you use these templates to inspire your creativity. They are your patterns to help you design quick and easy cards, or provide a starting point to step your handmade cards up to any level of creativity.

If you’re a crafter who prefers written instructions with measurements and diagrams, we do have written tutorials available for purchase. There are tutorials available for each class that have the measurements and diagrams for making the templates, along with the step-by-step instructions for making completed cards using the featured products for that class.

If you don’t feel like sitting through all the different template classes, we have combined all 54 fun fold card templates into one convenient book and all 48 card making templates into one convenient book! Books are available to purchase in two ways: a printed and spiral bound book or a digital downloadable PDF e-book.

Fun Fold Card Templates Book: Contains the paper measurements, diagrams, and easy-to-follow instructions to make all 54 fun fold card templates but does not have tutorials to make completed cards.

Card Making Templates Book: Includes all the measurements to make the 48 different templates along with the supply lists for making two different completed cards per template, so 96 different ideas total.