Carina speaks to Heat Press Nation about Direct To Film and what is up and coming for 2025! This is a not-to-be-missed episode if you love crafting machines! Get more from Heat Press Nation here: https://www.heatpressnation.com/?sscid=a1k8_1ge1nn

Episode 488 What is Hot in 2024 and 2025 and Black Friday Deals with Heat Press Nation

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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About Carina Gardner:

Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.

Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Black Friday deals are upon us and we have a different deal every single week. Get these amazing discounts by signing up at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.

This week Carina goes over the weekly black friday deals going on at CGInc. You can join in and get these deals by joining at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.

Episode 487 Black Friday Deals Description

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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About Carina Gardner:

Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.

Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Black Friday deals are upon us and we have a different deal every single week. Get these amazing discounts by signing up at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.

Carina interviews Jennifer Clifford who took the leap to create an art business. Listen in on how she sells her work and how she changed her passion into a career after the age of 40.

Learn more about Jennifer at www.jenniferclifford.net or follow her on instagram at @adventures_in_collage

Episode 486 Pursuing An Art Career After 40 with Jennifer Clifford

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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About Carina Gardner:

Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.

Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Black Friday deals are upon us and we have a different deal every single week. Get these amazing discounts by signing up at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.

Carina breaks down 4th quarter stats and helps you understand why sales and relationships at this time of year is so important.

Episode 485 Sales, Sales, Sales, and the Power of Relationships

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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About Carina Gardner:

Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.

Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs inc. Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Black Friday deals are upon us and we have a different deal every single week. Get these amazing discounts by signing up at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.

Carina talks about her favorite Halloween traditions and how some of them have changed. She talks about why she loves this time of the year as a designer.

Episode 484 Halloween Traditions Evolution

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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About Carina Gardner:

Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.

Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Black Friday deals are upon us and we have a different deal every single week. Get these amazing discounts by signing up at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.

Carina talks about a study by Mark Granovetter who discovered that weak ties may be the most powerful in changing our lives. With new and broader networks coming from these weak ties, we as designers can take advantage of these to help us broader our opportunities.

Episode 483 The Strength of Weak Ties

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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About Carina Gardner:

Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.

Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Black Friday deals are upon us and we have a different deal every single week. Get these amazing discounts by signing up at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.

Carina talks with Tracy Sundue and Heather Cameron about their upcoming summit: Fall Scrapbooking Fun Summit and how they have built a fabulously fun summit. If you have ever been interested in guesting or hosting a summit, you will love this practical episode.

Join the Fall Scrapbooking Summit for free at https://designsuite--igniteyourmarket.thrivecart.com/scrapbooking-fun-summit/

Find Tracy at www.igniteyourmarket.com/carina

Get a freebie from Heather at www.igniteyourmarket.com/carina

Episode 482 Summit Building with Tracy Sundue and Heather Cameron

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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About Carina Gardner:

Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.

Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Black Friday deals are upon us and we have a different deal every single week. Get these amazing discounts by signing up at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.

Carina talks about not giving up and the perseverance of two creatives that she thinks will help designers see that they should continue to go after their dreams. Learn about the two women in today’s episode!

Episode 481 Creatives Don’t Give Up - Two Stories of Perseverance

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Have you ever wondered what makes art sell? In her new book, Make Art that Sells!, Carina shares how to think like a customer and create art that people want to buy. She offers practical tips on market trends, pricing, and self-promotion. By understanding what buyers are looking for, you can make your art more appealing and boost your sales. Click below to learn more

https://www.designsuitecourses.com/makeartthatsells

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About Carina Gardner:

Carina Gardner is a fabric designer, paper designer, and design educator who is passionate about helping other designers fulfill their creative dreams by teaching them her strategies for making money as a designer. She has a Ph.D. in Design and taught design at the University of Minnesota before starting Carina Gardner, Inc.

Carina Gardner, Inc design brand has been featured in dish ware, holiday decor, sewing patterns, and more. Her exclusive Design Suite Program helps creatives make money designing as they learn to design. Her programs include Illustrator and Photoshop training, surface pattern design, paper design, Silhouette & Cricut file design, and running a design business. She started the Make and Design Podcast so that she could share inspiration, stories, and experiences about design and life with crafters and designers.

Find out more at https://www.carinagardner.com
Watch this episode as a video at https://www.makeanddesign.com/

Black Friday deals are upon us and we have a different deal every single week. Get these amazing discounts by signing up at www.designsuitecourses.com/free.