Summer card-making themes in July CardMaker magazine

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BERNE, Ind. -- DRG, a leader in the craft and nostalgia markets, has released the July 2011 issue of CardMaker magazine, with summer greeting-card ideas in an 84-page, full-color publication that sells for $5.99 on newsstands and in stores.

The July issue offers instructions for creating 59 different cards in a variety of themes. It includes feature articles on card-crafting designers, card-making techniques and some of the latest paper-crafting materials. A special feature in the July issue is a step-by-step tutorial on the use of CopicŪ Markers in creating texture. Copic Markers are high-quality illustrating tools used in card making.

Along with its traditional print edition, CardMaker is also available in an online digital format, with back issues available in PDF format. The digital version is available on the Web at Digital.CardMakerMagazine.com.

CardMaker launched in 2005 in response to the growing card crafting and personalized greeting trend. The magazine is written for crafters at all experience levels, and every issue offers new projects that are adaptable to a variety of styles and tastes.

In addition to select retail stores, the July issue is available from the magazine website at CardMakerMagazine.com.

Paper crafters can learn more about CardMaker and other DRG paper crafting products from the company website at DRGnetwork.com or from the Annie's Attic catalog website at AnniesAttic.com.

DRG is a third-generation, family-owned business encompassing leading brands that include Annie's Attic, American School of Needlework, Clotilde, House of White Birches and Good Old Days.



About DRG: DRG (DRGnetwork.com) is in its third generation of Muselman family ownership in Berne, Ind., near Fort Wayne. A leader in the craft and nostalgia markets, the company is well known for its iconic brands, which include House of White Birches, Annie's Attic, Clotilde, American School of Needlework and Good Old Days. The company publishes magazines and books, and also offers kits, supplies and Web-deliverable products on more than 40 DRG Web sites, as well as on newsstands and in crafts stores nationwide. One of DRG's divisions, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), provides state-of-the-art fulfillment and database marketing services out of a 140,000-square-foot facility nestled in the rolling wooded landscape of East Texas, centered between Shreveport and Dallas. The DRG story began in 1925 with the founding of Economy Printing Concern in Berne. EP Graphics, as it is known today, is still owned by the Muselman family. It specializes in high-quality, four-color web printing for catalogs and magazines.