I’m so excited to introduce the Ink Club bundle this month! Here’s what we are up to:

1. Valentine’s Day Banner Tutorial
Make this exciting banner to display in your home.

2. Flourish Tea Towels Tutorial
Make this easy heat transfer vinyl project for cute tea towels to display this month.

3. Love T-Shirt Tutorial
Create this beautiful t-shirt to wear on the 14th!

4. Your Zip Downloads
This month’s bundle includes 75 designs for your Valentine inspired projects!

As always, you can download the ink club app onto your phone from the Google Play or iTunes Apps. Just search “Ink Club.” You can also get it on your computer here: https://ink-club.passion.io/.

Use the same sign in to go back and forth between your computer and phone to watch the new tutorials and download the new bundle each month!

Joining the membership is just $4.99 a month for $50-$100 worth of designs for your Cricut and Silhouette machine. Past bundles can be purchased from our shop. Please note that our BEST price is always to our membership!

Our Ink Club Bundle this month is inspired by Positive Beginnings. You’ll notice a lot of inspiring quotes, florals, and even one of my ultimate projects in this month’s bundle.

The Ink Club bundle is as always only $4.99 through our monthly membership on our Ink Club App for January 2023. After that you can find this bundle for the regular price on carinagardner.com.

Join the app to get access to this month’s download. Past bundles available at https://carinagardnershop.myshopify.com/ for $9.99

Join the App for free here: https://ink-club.passion.io/

Come join us today and have a positive beginning to your year!

The $150 bundle of Cricut and Silhouette files is only $4.99 this month.

Download the App to join our membership. Our monthly bundle is a crazy value that only members get. Sure you could buy all of these projects individually, but why do that when you can get it all for only $5?

The Ultimate Project in this bundle alone costs $14.99 if you purchase individually. Jump in now for an exclusive on Carina Gardner files at a ridiculous price.

Go to ink-club.passion.io to stay inspired as you start the new year or download the app on iTunes or Google play. This bundle is only available for this month at this price so join us today!

Join the app to get access to this month’s download. Past bundles available at https://carinagardnershop.myshopify.com/ for $9.99

Join the App for free here: https://ink-club.passion.io/

We can’t wait to create with you!

I’m so excited to introduce the Ink Club bundle this month! Here’s what we are up to:

 

1. Ultimate Paper Cherry Blossom Temple Tutorial

 One of Carina’s $24.99 ultimate projects that you are getting exclusively because you are an Ink Club Member!

2. Positive Vibes Only Tote Bag Tutorial

Make this easy heat transfer vinyl project and start your year off strong!

3. Ciao Bella Pillow Case Tutorial

 Create this beautiful pillow that is pulled from Carina’s latest fabric line!

4.  Zip Downloads

 This month’s bundle includes 75 designs for your Positive Beginnings inspired projects!

As always, you can download the ink club app onto your phone from the Google Play or iTunes Apps. Just search “Ink Club.” You can also get it on your computer here: https://ink-club.passion.io/.

Use the same sign in to go back and forth between your computer and phone to watch the new tutorials and download the new bundle each month!

Joining the membership is just $4.99 a month for $50-$100 worth of designs for your Cricut and Silhouette machine. Past bundles can be purchased from our shop. Please note that our BEST price is always to our membership!

 

It was a banner year at Carina Gardner, Inc. Our team grew 10x. Our Ink Club membership grew exponentially. In Design Suite, we taught 100s of aspiring designers how to make their dreams come true. It was an amazing sewing, crafting, and designing kind of year. Thank you so much for being a part of it! We can’t wait for 2023!

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Are you part of Ink Club? Join our monthly $4.99 bundle + videos at ink-club.passion.io

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Do you want to be a designer? Did you know Carina has a new training called
How to Become a Money-Making, Fulfilled Designer Without Spending Your Time on Things That Do Not Work?

It is available now at carinagardnercourses.com/freetraining

Ink Club went through some major changes in 2022. We moved our membership onto an App and began focusing on die cut files. Through it all, the projects have been beautiful (and sometimes magical), and we are grateful for all our Ink Club Members! You guys make this an awesome membership!

 

Are you part of Ink Club? Join our monthly $4.99 bundle + videos at ink-club.passion.io

 

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Do you want to be a designer? Did you know Carina has a new training called 

How to Become a Money-Making, Fulfilled Designer Without Spending Your Time on Things That Do Not Work?

It is available now at carinagardnercourses.com/freetraining.

My new fabric line Ciao Bella is out! Here is my unboxing this new 100% cotton fabric line! Check your local quilt shop for this gorgeous line! 

 

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Do you want to be a designer? Did you know Carina has a new training called 

How to Become a Money-Making, Fulfilled Designer Without Spending Your Time on Things That Do Not Work?

 

It  is available now at carinagardnercourses.com/freetraining.

Our Ink Club Bundle this month is completely inspired by holidays! From paper projects to ornaments, this bundle is a beautiful way to make Christmas even more fun! You will get this entire bundle for only $4.99 through our monthly membership on our Ink Club App for December 2022. After that you can find this bundle for the regular price on carinagardner.com. I hope you enjoy this month’s downloads and the tutorials because it’s always a good day to create!

Join the app to get access to this month’s download. Past bundles available at https://carinagardnershop.myshopify.com/ for $9.99

Join the App for free here: https://ink-club.passion.io/

 

From paper projects to ornaments, this bundle is a beautiful way to make Christmas even more fun!

You will get this entire bundle for only $4.99 through our monthly membership on our Ink Club App for December 2022. After that you can find this bundle for the regular price on carinagardner.com.

I hope you enjoy this month’s downloads and the tutorials because it’s always a good day to create!

Join the app to get access to this month’s download. Past bundles available at https://carinagardnershop.myshopify.com/ for $9.99

Join the App for free here: https://ink-club.passion.io/

 

The Accelerated Designer Workshop series concentrates on guided prioritizing, goal-setting, mind set, and strategies that Carina saw her Design Suite members needed to be successful. This workshop series was built for designers who want to DO MORE and BE MORE – that is why these workshops are FOCUSED, POWERFUL, and MOTIVATING!

 

This Workshop Series is only offered this 2022 for Designers who wants to accelerate their Careers and in Building their design Business, the workshop is still available till end of the year for those who are interested to avail. 

 

Learn more here: https://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designerworkshop

Ciao Bella, my new fabric line for Riley Blake was released this month. I’m thrilled to finally be able to show you what you can do with this collection!

Just as a background, I created this collection in the middle of covid. I canceled a family trip to Italy because of travel restrictions and instead created this line….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hence the name! I was inspired by vintage linens and your grandma’s tablecloths. This is the first time I incorporated a marbled fabric into the line! I love it!

All of these patterns shown here are available from different designers!

Erin Zinobile
Erin’s Etsy Shop

Jen Belnap
Alma Quilt Pattern 
Baby Alma Quilt Pattern

Chantelle Bailey
Diamon’s Take Shape Pattern

Kenzy Hogan
Sewing Corals Etsy Shop

I’m lucky that these designers are all part of Design Suite. Loved featuring how amazing they each are!

You can find Ciao Bella at your local quilt shop or online. I hope you have fun with this new fabric!

XOXO,
Carina

 

CraftPro Mug & Tumbler heat press in Pink & Mint was released today at Heat Press Nation! I’m so excited to show you the Mint (It matches my T-Shirt press so I’m excited!).

I’m also using Heat Press Nations White Glitter 20 oz Tumbler. I ended up buying a case for Christmas presents!

 

 

And if you are looking for the design, this is one of my new Premium designs that will be available next month with Saw Grass Ink! Watch for a whole library of designs I’m making exclusively for Sawgrass coming in December!

Click on the link to get the new Mint and Pink Tumbler Press here:  https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1137072&u=3278573&m=77504&urllink=&afftrack=

Just write in “Mint Tumbler” for the new CraftPro Mug and Tumbler Heat Press.

Looking for the tumber? Put in “White Glitter” for the 20 oz. White Glitter Stainless Steel Tumbler I’m using today!

 

Watch it here:

#hpncraftpro, #heatpressnation @heatpressnation @sawgrassink  #sawgrassink #sawgrassprinter #hearpress #tumblrepress #mugpress #minttumblerpress #craftprotumblerpress #hpn #carinagardner

 

I’m so excited to introduce the Ink Club bundle this month! Here’s what we are up to:

1. Christmas Houses Tea Towel Tutorial
Bring some Christmas spirit to your kitchen with this tea towel featuring cute Christmas houses!

2. Big Christmas House Tutorial
Create this Christmas themed house to decorate your mantle or other hard surface in your home!

3. Merry Christmas Heat Transfer T-Shirt Tutorial
Spread some Christmas cheer by creating, and wearing, this adorable Christmas t-shirt!

This month’s bundle includes 101 designs for your Christmas inspired projects!

As always, you can download the ink club app onto your phone from the Google Play or iTunes Apps. Just search “Ink Club.” You can also get it on your computer here: https://ink-club.passion.io/.

Use the same sign in to go back and forth between your computer and phone to watch the new tutorials and download the new bundle each month!

Joining the membership is just $4.99 a month for $50-$100 worth of designs for your Cricut and Silhouette machine. Past bundles can be purchased from our shop. Please note that our BEST price is always to our membership!

Resilience is a key attribute of a design business owner. Learning a new skill takes time, and for new designers it can be hard to be patient.

I remember my early years as a designer. I was impatient when I didn’t get the contract or shop I wanted. “No” was something I got used to hearing.

For new designers who are just getting started, normalize “no.” Continue forward by making your design work better and learning what kinds of designs the marketplace needs.

Your style will develop over time and your designs will be unique to you. Let the process be a teacher for you.

If you are looking for more information on design strategy, come join me in a Design Bootcamp!

To hear more about building resilience as a designer, listen to episode 171 on our podcast here:

Make this Vinyl Dragon Wall Art piece using just a few basic crafting items. This is a simple project but creates quite a fun conversation piece.

Here’s What You Need:

• Silhouette or Cricut Machine (or any other machine you may have like a Cameo)
• Vinyl (I recommend temporary vinyl)
• Cutting mat
• Wizard and Witch zip file (provided)
• Frame
• Cutting tool
• Transfer paper

Get Past Bundles for only 9.99 @carinagardnershop or Subscribe Ink Club Monthly for only $4.99 @InkClub

Watch the tutorial here:

Today, I’m going to cover the eight things you must have to be a designer. These things range from physical tools all the way to mindset.

The 8 Things You MUST Have to Be A Designer

1. A COMPUTER | Clearly, you will need to start with something to design on. Specifically, you need a computer with a lot of memory to run your software. Both PCs and Macs are great for designers.
2. DESIGN SOFTWARE | I recommend the Adobe software since it is the standard for professional designers.
3. DESIGN THEORY | The third thing you need is a basic understanding of design principles. A basic understanding of design principles and how to talk like a designer will move you forward as you talk to clients and create artwork.
4. SALES | It isn’t much of a design business without sales. So find a place to sell your work. Look for physical manufacturers and online venues to sell your products.
5. DESIRE TO BECOME THE BEST | Desiring to become a better designer is a true gift. Things change in the design work often. If you can pivot with the market trends your adaptive business will grow quickly.
6. PRODUCTION | An in-depth knowledge of production is key for a professional designer. If you are not getting your designs to the manufacturer, creative director, or shop in the correct format, your chances of getting more opportunities decreases substantially.
7. THINK LIKE A DESIGNER | You also need the ability to think like a designer. Find the shapes, draw from inspiration, and think the way a designer does.
8. ENDURANCE| Owning a design business requires heart and time. There are a lot of designers, however, the ones that have successful businesses are the ones that endure. They produce everyday. They do the boring everyday things that make their businesses run.

Do you want to learn more about how to increase your skills and earning potential? If so, come join me in  a Design Bootcamp!

Create these Wizard and Witch Heat Transfer pillows for yourself or the wizard or witch  in your life. This easy project can add a fun, comforting touch to a couch, chair, or bed.

Here’s What You Need:

• Silhouette or Cricut Machine
• Vinyl
• A piece of fabric or towel (if need for heat pressing)
• Cutting mat
• Wizard and Witch zip file (provided)
• Pillow
• Iron
• Cutting tool
• Transfer paper

Get Past Bundles for only 9.99 @carinagardnershop or Subscribe Ink Club Monthly for only $4.99 @InkClub

Watch the tutorial here: