Make and Design with Carina Gardner

Carina often talks about "negative space." But do you know what that is and how to use it as you design? Dig into this episode with Carina on negative space.   Episode 200 on the Make and Design Podcast: What is Negative Space in Design? __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY   ____...

Growing a design business can be a daunting task. Carina has some insights to help you move forward! Episode 199 on the Make and Design Podcast: 3 Insights About Growing Your Design Business __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY   __________ About Carina Gardner: Carina Gardner is a fabric d...

Creative Directors Lindsay Bowerman and Carina Gardner chat about designers, team, and what it takes to make it in scrapbooking. You will love this exclusive with these two as they dish all things design. Episode 198 on the Make and Design Podcast: Scrapbooking Creative Directors Private Chat __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern...

Did you know that your thoughts can help you produce amazing creative actions? Turn up your creativity by injecting positivity into your daily life and watch it ignite your design work!   Episode 197 on the Make and Design Podcast: How Your Positive Thoughts Produce Creative Actions __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer h...

One way Carina teaches people to make profits is through digital design work. This is a must-listen episode for designers who want to maximize their profits. Learn more about Carina's upcoming Profitable Designer Workshop at www.carinagardnercourses.com/profit .   Episode 196 on the Make and Design Podcast: Profits and Digital Design __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody...

Carina spoke at the Utah Creative Collaborative on Mastery and the information was so well received that we decided to add it here. We highly recommend that you check out the youtube channel at www.youtube.com/carinagardner Episode 195 on the Make and Design Podcast:  Mastery Proceeds Money and Success __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surfac...

In this Design Suite Chat, Carina talks to Diane Rooney and Bonnie Garby. These two members have been with Carina since she started her program 15 months ago and have fascinating stories of health struggles while becoming designers. This inspirational episode will help you see that design is possible even in dark circumstances.   Find Diane  at https://www.dianerooney.co.uk/   Find Bonnie at https...

If you are trying to make money as a designer (which you should be!), you will want to check out this episode about profits! If you want to learn more, check out my upcoming Profitable Designer Workshop at www.carinagardnercourses.com/profit . Episode 193 on the Make and Design Podcast:  Learn To Become A Profitable Designer __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You...

Today Carina is talking to creative business owner Kiley Ferons. Kiley owns a digital quilting magazine and creates quilt patterns. She is also currently working on an app! Join Carina and Kiley as they talk about the digital wave taking over the quilting industry! Find Kiley at: Websites: https://kileysquiltroom.com/ https://modishquilter.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/modishquilter https:...

Carina talks about the difference in the different niches of design. Knowing the difference will allow you to choose the one that works the best for you!  __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY   __________ About Carina Gardner: Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design...

Carina stops by Pineneedles Quilt shop in Gardner Village in Utah to talk about fabric trends with Sandy Workman. Check out these 2022 Christmas fabrics and see what is new! Learn more about Pineneedles products at: https://www.pineneedlesonline.com/ __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY   _...

What is the one thing you aren't paying attention to in your design business? Are you designing daily? Are you learning the correct software skills? If you are doing these things then what could you possibly be missing? Carina breaks down what most design businesses are missing in this episode. __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface P...

Carina emphasizes in todays episode how designers should be seeking ways to become smarter in their design work. She talks about why this is the differentiating factor between designers who are making money and those who are not. __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY   __________ About Carin...

  Today Carina is talking to Sketch Skool’s Danny Gregory. Danny is passionate about being creative and drawing as a skill to be learned. You will love digging in with them as they talk all things art!   Find Danny at: Danny’s Essays: https://dannysessays.com/ https://sketchbookskool.com Spark: https://sketchbookskool.com/spark/ Podcast: https://artforall.buzzsprout.com Episode 187 on the Make and...

Carina digs into three ways you can make a living creating designs! Have you tried any of these ways to make money? With a great business strategy and beautiful design work these are some great ways to earn money doing what you love for a living. __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY   _____...

Carina and her Social Media Manager McKenna Blanthorn take a moment (from Carina's car!) to dish on what happens after you get a Graphic Design degree. McKenna finished a graphic design degree just 2 years ago and Carina was a Graphic Design professor. Join them to get the inside scoop on what a graphic design degree can (and can't) do for you! __________ Download Carina’s free guide: Th...

Carina is digging into whether it is really hard to being a surface pattern designer. If you have been thinking of surface pattern design or Cricut design, listen in on what she has to say about how hard (or easy) it might be to get started in this industry. __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN...

The stepping stones to becoming a surface pattern designer require time and commitment. Today, Carina talks about the three steps you need to achieve to become a surface pattern designer. These are the foundational action steps needed to achieve your big dreams! __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.co...

Squad meetings are just one of the many benefits of our Design Suite Program . We find that the squad meetings are an important piece that many designers are missing when it comes to community. Diane Rooney, who currently moderates the squad meetings and is also a former Design Suite member, joins us to give the inside scoop on what happens in squad meetings.   __________ Download Carina’s free gu...

When was the last time you diagnosed your design business? Regardless of whether you’re deep into your design journey or just beginning, you should be doing monthly assessments of your design business. Listen to this episode to hear how Carina assesses her own design business.  __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here:...

In this episode, Sarah Cannon joins us to talk about how sublimation is trending with crafters!. Sarah is the Marketing Communications Manager at Sawgrass and understands the crafting market from her 10 years of experience in the field. This is an in depth look at how you can create a business as a sublimation crafter for products like T-shirts, tumblers, mugs, and more!   #sawgrass #sawgrassink #...

Tell me if you have experienced this. You sit down and stare at a blank screen…and you can’t think of anything to design! It is so frustrating! Here are three ideas for getting your creative juices flowing.  __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will Tell You About Becoming a Surface Pattern Designer here: http://eepurl.com/dN2RcY   __________ About Carina Gardner: Carina Gard...

At the time of recording this, Carina is finishing up the Design Suite handbook. Design Suite is her mastermind program. This program is where we explore how to become a great designer. When we say that we explore how to become a great designer, we mean that we like our people to be making money by the time they’re done with the program. Because we have people doing many different things, the prog...

In this episode, we are joined by Diane Rooney who is a past Design Suite member who has joined the CG Team. She currently moderates our peer design meetings and works with the Design Suite community and membership. Carina and Diane dig into what they are seeing in the membership and what happens to designers during this time of year. __________ Download Carina’s free guide: The 7 Tips Nobody Will...

What is standing between you and that big dream of becoming a designer? Some of you may already be designing, and that’s awesome! You can still take some nuggets from what I talk about today. For the rest of you, if you’re not making money as a designer, are you putting together the steps that will get you there? In this episode, Carina discusses how to get over the hurdles and start making money...