Making cards - Ideas for a card craft beginner (part 2)

melissa75_2

S_michaels - Your cards look fab, I love the cat one.

CT19720 - great card, the image of the lady is fab.

Skiergirl - is it the tiny little pads that you're using? Sometimes I'm quite stingy with how many I use, I'm the same with glue dots - I cut them in quarters. I would probably use about 6 for the body, I don't put mine on in lines I tend to place a few round the edges and then a couple in the middle. If you are going to post the card then I might be tempted to use a few more.

abusybee

Mumhug - Fab card. The flower pots look great. Fab idea.
CT - The card looks great. How did you get the waves so even. Are they special scissors?
S_Michaels - Great Cards. Looking forward to seeing more.
Crazychatter - Looking forward to seeing your cards
Skiergirl - I just tend to put enough pads on to support each piece without over loading. Hope this makes sense. You will have to post some pics so we can see them when you have finished them.
Furrypig - Hope you have got loads of craft bargins on your holiday

CT19720

Thanks for all your lovely comments about my card. Have to say that I stuggled like Mumhug to know what to put in the middle. Then I had a look in all my stashes, that I buy cos, I know one day they will come in handy and found some tags that I thought might do. I did the writing at the bottom on the PC and then printed it out on card, cos the I only had one like this as a tag, so had to recreate it. I have enjoyed doing this one, as I have never attempted anything like it before.

CT19720

abusybee wrote: »

Mumhug - Fab card. The flower pots look great. Fab idea.
CT - The card looks great. How did you get the waves so even. Are they special scissors?
S_Michaels - Great Cards. Looking forward to seeing more.
Crazychatter - Looking forward to seeing your cards
Skiergirl - I just tend to put enough pads on to support each piece without over loading. Hope this makes sense. You will have to post some pics so we can see them when you have finished them.
Furrypig - Hope you have got loads of craft bargins on your holiday

Hi Abusybee,

My waves, are just paper edger scissor with a wave on it that I bought in hobbycraft the other week. I am not good at cutting straight at the best of times, so I made the square 1cm longer than I needed it, drew a line on the back of the card and lined the scissors up along the card and cut it. Hey presto it came out perfect. I had many attemps at doing it freehand, but each time was 'cr*p!). Will be using this method in future.

saveapenny

Skiergirl wrote: »

CT your card is lovely :T

Saveapenny -thanks for the info, I should have been more explicit. The decoupage is a paper nation one in the shape of a man bowling-

http://www.liz-craft.co.uk/p/CP63001.html

so I think each arm and leg will need sticking, but I don't know how many to use for the main body ?

I woudl probably use about 8-10 on the body maybe less...just spread them out and staying clear of the edge but close enough to hold it
Do you buy and use Paper Nation alot?

saveapenny

Need you help please ladies
How can I stick this down? I would like to make a proper fastener but not got a clue
http://s333.photobucket.com/albums/m373/SaveaPenny/cards/?action=view&current=DSCF0048.jpg

CT19720

saveapenny wrote: »

Need you help please ladies
How can I stick this down? I would like to make a proper fastener but not got a clue
http://s333.photobucket.com/albums/m373/SaveaPenny/cards/?action=view&current=DSCF0048.jpg

Would glue on velcro work? or superglue poppers onto the card? Other than trying that, no idea. Great card though.

saveapenny

I tried velcor dots..but the card is too stroung ...I could try superglue poppers...mm what can I take them off...lol
Its a birthday card for my sister she makes wollen handbags so I thought it would be quite fiting..lol

Marg...I often find leaving all hubbies clothes out of the suitcase allows more room for the kitchen sink
Have you tried the travel seal bags...they are like the vacum bags for storing blankets but you just roll them to take the air out...I got mine from Wilkinsons
Where you off to nice?

RustyFlange

saveapenny wrote: »

Need you help please ladies
How can I stick this down? I would like to make a proper fastener but not got a clue
http://s333.photobucket.com/albums/m373/SaveaPenny/cards/?action=view&current=DSCF0048.jpg

Could you use little press studs? like you get on kiddies clothes? or rather use to.
Looks absolutely stunning

ZLS1984

Saveapenny could you superglue the velcro dots onto the card, not sure if that would make it stronger.

Lovely cards every one, I have had a play with a different style card not managed the one for the challenge yet I think my cards are too small. Any how I am going to scan this new one into my pc as I sort of like it but think its missing something but I do not know what.