Cardmaking likes and dislikes... add yours!

I like:
Making cards for charities and friends/family.
Watching YouTube card making videos.
Having a dedicated craft room.
Generally having what I need already in my room.
Online craft classes and events.
Working through my stash 
Making cards in semi bulk. I used to make 6-8 at a time, but four is my sweet spot.
Companies: HoneyBee Stamps, Queen and Company, GinaK, Altenew, SCT events 


I dislike:
Signing and sending cards 
Cleaning up after crafting.
Getting overwhelmed with my choices because of my large stash.
Stamping my own background, because I have stacks of patterned paper to use instead!
YouYube crafters that are now more about sponsors and product 
Videos that are over an hour long, unless it’s using an entire paper pad.

I like:

- Making cards for donation to charities
- Making multiples. Once I have a design I like, I want to make the most of it. Usually 8 to 12.
- Making kid cards (and collecting the supplies to do so)
- All the virtual events. So inspiring.
- Matching stencils to color images
- Foiling with my Minc to add a little sparkle

I don't like:

- A stash that is too big but I'm working on it.
- Overly fussy cards; I'm more of a clean and simple card maker
- Teeny, tiny dies. My hands are not cooperating any more.
- The same themes repeated by every manufacturer. I don't need any more balloons - give me something different.

I like:

Making cards for people. I love it when people tell me they keep my cards (I don't mind if people toss it, just don't tell me). One of my friends have kept every card I made for 10+ years. It's so nice to have a hobby like this, where you can make people happy just by making them a card.

Online events.
Ink blending, stamping, and diecutting.

I love looking at everyone's cards and seeing what they come up with. It's truly inspiring seeing everyone have a different take on the same products.

I dislike:

Embossing, I love the look of it but hate how the embossing powder gets everywhere no matter how clean I try to be.

Mixed media and pastes, I love the look of solar paste but I don't like cleaning it up. It just seems to get every where. Also look the look of ink sprays but just don't like the mess. I have a small craft space, so I like everything to be neat and orderly.

I don't like picking colors for cards. I am kind of indecisive so I like looking at other people's palettes and copying theirs.

I like:
-Making AND receiving cards from the 2Peas swaps
-Stamp/Stencil/Die combos
-Online virtual events
-Watching YouTube cardmaking videos for inspiration
-Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers dies (I'm addicted!!)
-Making specific "themed/seasonal" cards versus "hello/everyday" cards
-My Empress Mini being right on my desk
-Crafting with friends
-Organizing my stash with Evernote (saves me from buying duplicates and similar themes to what I already have)

I dislike:
-Coloring - not my fave...I'd rather use stencils
-FOMO - I'm trying to be choosy with the virtual events but I do get FOMO seeing all the posts here!
-Cutting & scoring card bases - I try to do big batches at one time because I don't like having to haul out my trimmer & scoreboard after I've made a big mess making my card panel LOL
-Cleaning up my Craftermath after a big crafting session - specifically vacuuming all the little pieces that get all over my floor

I have started answering this two or three times already. I'm really struggling. I guess I must be "complicated" a PITA.

TL;DR: I like everything, at least a little! But I have favorites, like anyone.

I have a love-hate relationship with heat embossing. I love combining it with watercolor or using it with sentiments, but I am painfully aware that embossing powder is a microplastic and I hate that.

I prefer coloring over ink blending with stencils, but it's nice to have a few simpler coloring stencil sets to mix it up a bit. Background stencils can be nice, too. Or an ink-blended sunrise or sunset sort of a thing. Glad I've learned to ink blend and have the tools to take it on when I choose.

My relationship to die cutting is similar to ink blending. LOVE sentiment stamps with dies -- LOVE! Like have the outline dies for my stamped and colored images. Adding them on top of a background adds some dimension, plus you can pop them up for even more! Love background dies/cover plates. I like a relatively simple layered die set, too. Again for change of pace or just because some of them are just different and exciting -- Honey Bee's Lovely Layers birds, for instance. But watching Jennifer McGuire's videos where she shows these giant zip lock bags FULL of tiny floral pieces waiting to be assembled gives me the absolute heebie-jeebies! I want to love frame dies, but some of the most intriguing are very detailed and/or delicate and I have trouble cutting them and/or placing them. There's an art deco frame set on my Altenew wish list that hasn't followed me home yet because I am almost positive I won't actually love working with it enough to use it enough to justify it's purchase.

I think I can say that I love coloring unequivocally, so that's pretty simple. I use pencils/watercolor pencils and markers/alcohol markers. I used to think that brushes and I didn't get along, but I've been dipping a toe into watercoloring lately and that's going pretty well. I also like layered stamps for creating colored images.

I also love embossing folders and patterned papers, two tools in the card making arsenal that relatively low mess/low stress and very versatile! Love Crafty Al's Sheet Loads of Cards and some SU One Sheet Wonders.

Pea Exchange cards! It makes me happy to make them. It makes me happy to receive them. It makes me happy to remake them for donation when the next quarter's start to arrive. I hope it makes the sender of the donated card happy when they write their message to a patient or foster kid client, . And I hope it makes that final end recipient of that card happy! I hope that's FIVE HAPPIES in every Pea exchange card.

I also enjoying sending cards to friends and family, but I didn't ever when they were Hallmark before I started making them. I don't know why. But there are still unsent Hallmark cards in my craft room. I donated boxes of holiday cards to Bring Smiles to Seniors because I kept buying them and not sending them. I gift set of cards I make to people I think will appreciate them. And I have some friends and family members who come to me when they need a card before they try the store, which feels super cool.

EtA: All that and I forgot to say that my favorite brands appear to be Hero Arts (long-standing, have stuff of theirs from 25 years ago!) and Altenew; next probably Honey Bee and Concord & 9th.

primarily a scrapbooker but I do make cards now and then so I'm going play along

I like
-sending handmade cards
-using a sketch
-hello/thinking of you cards
-colouring to my surprise although I'm not very good at it
-coverplate dies
-embossing folders
-using scraps
-sheetloads - even though I usually only make one or two at a time

I dislike
- trying to match multiple PP scraps
-lots of tiny pieces
-stencils
-mixed media
-not being able to afford/justify paying for the virtual events or fancy name-brand dies
-feeling guilty for 'playing with cards' when I have so many unscrapped layouts

I like:

Making cards just to stare at them and never give them away...lol! Just kidding. I love giving cards to friends, family and co-workers.
Ink blending
Wide washi tapes
Anything floral
Casual and heartfelt sentiments
Foiling
Letterpress
Online events
My favorite companies are Pinkfresh, stamp market depending on designs, spellbinders depending on designs, The greetery (I love her designs but can never make it look good)

I don't like:

Intricate and tidious die cutting
copic coloring
Cleaning up after cardmaking
Critters
Distressed and grungy designs
Clipping dies and bad packaging with lots of adhesive to keep die in the packaging
My least favorite companies are LDRS, Pink and main, Lawn fawn (just because I don't like writers), Tim holtz stamps

Yes, I agree, twillerbee. This is something I've been pondering lately anyway and using as a guideline for shopping and also for destashing.

I guess I'll play too 

LIKES:
Shopping
Taking part in online events
Ink blending - is anyone surprised by that?
Making cards to send to friends/family/card exchanges, and for donation, I make a lot of donation cards!
Stamping
Adding dimension with cardstock layers or foam tape
Playing with color
Die cutting - but I have to be in the right "zen-like" mood to do a bunch of it
LOVE: my 24x36 magnetic glass mat. It stays on my desk and I can do anything on it, including setting my laptop on it, without worrying about my desk getting damaged. I purchased it right after I started card-making and it is probably my most liked crafting item.
Adding dimension with cardstock layers or foam tape

FAVORITE COMPANIES in order: Concord and 9th, PinkFresh (most of it), Stamp Market, Simon Says Stamp, Taylored Expressions

DISLIKES: 

Making interactive, fun folds, and 3D (pop-up) cards
Sentiment stamps and dies that are one piece (sorry MDscrapaholic ). I usually don't like or won't use all the sentiments in a set so I don't want to make those ones.
CAT HAIR. It sticks to my stamps and I don't see it until I have stamped and then see the piece of fur has left errant lines on the stamped image or sentiment. Drives me bonkers to have to do them over!

I like:

Stamp/die/stencil sets
Catherine Pooler inks
Gemini die cutter
Hot foiling
3D embossing folders
Coverplates
Online events (I might be an online event addict)
Pinkfresh jewels, gems, drops & embellishment tool
Hammermill cardstock
Pinkfresh, Spellbinders, Waffleflower

Dislike:

Layering stamps. I never get them lined up properly
complicated cards (wish I found that out before spending a fortune on Lawn Fawn dies)
coloring without a stencil
Loose glitter and flock (I toss that crap right on out)
Stamping foam from Ranger
Fussy cutting
Actual writing in and mailing out cards.

What a cool discussion! Thanks for setting it up MDscrapaholic!

Like:
making cards for friends and family when I can figure out a twist they will like.
playing with diecuts and stickers and pp to create scenes.
using water brushes with reactive inks (usually TH Distress)
trying new techniques
simple layered stencils
bright colours on dark backgrounds
Sticker or die cut greeting words.

Dislike:
stamping greetings--they never come out clean and crisp for me
complicated instructions for card designs or layered stamps or stencils
fussing with details when assembling layered diecuts
colouring with markers
making sympathy cards, mostly because I don't make them until I need them and then don't feel creative.

Yeah!
• Alcohol markers / colouring
• Die cuts, the more intricate the better
• Solid cardstock
• Putting everything back where it belongs

Meh.
• Messy (pastes, sprays, inks, etc.)
• Stamping
• Embossing folders
• Embossing powders
• Stencils
• Patterned paper

Nope:
• Making the same card more than once
• Following instructions/tutorials
• Shakers
• Foam Tape
• Sticky adhesives
• Pearls, sequins, drops
• GLITTER (unless it's 100% no-shed)

I love questions like this, but I can never think of everything when I sit down to answer it! LOL!
LIKE:
-Using patterned papers and matching die cuts/stickers to make cards. Patterned paper is my weakness!
-Enamel dots/gems/sequins etc
-My Big Shot! It sits right next to me on my work table so I can cut whatever I want easily, quickly, and without hassle
-Ink blending-especially with stencils
-Smashing a paper pad. Or a collection, or a kit, or a particular pile of scraps. Whatever it is, but using it up fully and having a stack of cards to show for it.
-Using a sketch, sheetload, challenge etc as a starting point to my card(s).
-Watching/listening to Youtube or Facebook videos while I craft.
-2 Peas card exchanges. I'm so happy to have someone to actually send my cards to.
-Brands-Taylored Expressions, Honeybee, Pinkfresh

DISLIKE:
-Glitter! At least loose stuff.
-Intricate/tedious dies that require a lot of cutting, piecing, and gluing! Blah. That's just too much for me.
-Fun fold, 3D, interactive cards. I mean, I can do them, but I'm not really interested.
-Cleaning up and putting stuff away
-Having to cut and fold card bases
-Cutesy stuff
-Lawn Fawn, Brutus Monroe. (Nothing against these brands-they just aren't really my style/preference.)