Make and Design with Carina Gardner
Carina Gardner unravels the everyday joys and dilemmas of design, making, and business. This inside scoop into fabric design, paper design, die cut design, and crafting will help bring more creativity and joy in your life. Carina Gardner has a Ph.D. in Design and was the Creative Director of Cartabella Paper Co. and MiniLou. She has designed everything from dishware to bracelets under her brand. She currently designs fabric and die cutting files while teaching other designers how to create meaningful design work while making a residual income online.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 557
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode 391 Exclusive Preview- An In-Depth Look at My Cutting-Edge 2024 Design Strategies
Carina talks about how she plans for her year and explains why you should get started before the new year even begins! Take her tips to create a successful year for your design business!
Episode 391 E…
Episode 390 The Science Behind Great Design
Carina goes over the science in design and where the objective meets the subjective. This is a quick segment from some of the theories taught in her Design on Fire class.
Episode 390 The Science Behin…
Classic Episode Create Designs People Never Stop Buying
How do you become a designer who creates designs people want? Learn more in today’s episode.
Classic Episode Create Designs People Never Stop Buying
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Love to create, design and craft? Have you …
Episode 389 No One Cares About Your Design Business As Well As You Do
Carina talks about how she has finished Day 1 of the Design Summit she held in November. She has takeaways from that event as well as in her own design business about what it means to be the CEO of y…
Episode 388 The Significant Design Results You Should Be Tracking
There are some things in your design business that if you track, you will be able to make adjustments quicker in your artwork. Carina talks about what she likes to track in her design shops to make m…
Classic Episode Regency Retreat and Other Stuff with SuiKim Friedmann
Design Suite’s Etsy coach SuiKim Friedmann joins Carina today as they talk about Carina’s recent Regency experience, making money, and more!
Classic episode Regency Retreat and Other Stuff with SuiKim…
Episode 387 My 3 Favorite Design Mediums Right Now
Carina talks about the three mediums that she loves for designers right now! See if these are mediums you are currently designing for or want to design for!
Episode 387 My 3 Favorite Design Mediums Ri…
Episode 386 The Taylor Swift Episode
Carina recently watch the Eras Tour Concert Movie not once but twice! She talks about some the amazing things Taylor Swift has done in her young life and career and how we can follow some of those am…
Episode 385 Reinvention of the Make and Design Podcast
Carina has made some changes to the podcast and she hopes you love them! Learn more about how she has reinvented the podcast on her birthday!
Episode 385 Reinvention of the Make and Design Podcast
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Episode 384 Deliberately Chaotic
Carina talks about how you can still plan but have spontaneity in your artwork. She calls this being deliberately chaotic. Put time on your calendar to design but then do the work!
Carina is working i…
Episode 383 Smart Designers Use the Tools
Carina talks about design tools and how they have changed over the last 40 years. What was unacceptable before is now acceptable. With this past in mind, designers should think smart as they choose t…
Episode 382 Mitigating the Downfalls of Procreate (While I Use Procreate)
Carina talks about how Procreate can be a good tool if you use it effectively. While she talks about some of the issues with Procreate, she shows how she uses layers to make it easier for her to vect…
Episode 380 Creating Your Own Designer Textures with Watercolor
Carina shows you how she uses watercolor to create a digital library that can be used as textures in her art work. Learn how she created these watercolors and then uses them digitally in today's epis…
Episode 381 How To Develop A Keen Sense of Self
Carina challenges you to work through the activity with her in today's youtube/podcast episode. In order to get a keen sense of self we need to ask ourselves the following questions:
What do we like?
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Episode 379 Action Taker Versus Thinker
What does it mean to be an Action Taker vs. a Thinker? Which of these do you believe you are? Learn more in today's episode why Carina values one more than the other.
Episode 379 Action Taker Versus …
Episode 378 One of the UnIntended Consequences of Choosing To Be A Designer
Carina talks about the wonderful unintended consequences of going after her dreams even as a young mom. She talks about her children and their creative dreams and how big dreams lead to big results.
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Episode 377 99 Casts with Carina's Husband Josh Gardner
Today's guest is Carina's husband Josh! Josh talks about a recent experience he had fishing in Alaska and the lessons he learned. And yes! They relate it back to designing! You don't want to miss thi…
Episode 376 3 Cautions About Online Advice
Ever gotten advice from an online "expert" and wasn't sure if it was true or not? Carina talks about 3 things you should be cautious of as you receive advice from internet resources.
Episode 376 3 Ca…
Episode 375 The Power of Hope
When we have hope we look forward to the future. When we get bogged down with worry about things like Generative AI, we actually expend energy that we shouldn't be using. Learn more in today's episod…
Episode 374 The Evolution of Illustrator on the iPad
Carina talks about the evolution of technology and using Illustrator on the iPad. Learn more about using Illustrator on the iPad, the difference between pixel and vector art, and why you are missing …