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

tryinghard40

wondered if there was room for another card maker here? been making cards for several years now and always on the look out for for advice and tips etc, not forgetting money saving tips, who would of thought that making cards could be expensive!!

mumhug

Orchid-96 those are aperture cards you can pop the middle bit out and hang things in the little window, or put acetate in the gap for a glass effect theres lots you can do. Or if you really like the bit to stay in the card just tape it on the back. You can always use the popped out shape on another card.
Tryinghard40 welcome to the thread can't wait to see some of your cards. Everone is really friendly.

mumhug

These are the two cards I have made for my niece's 8th birthday.Hope she will like them

Thank you saveapenny for your help with tom and jerry
the ones of the waterfall card didn't come out very well

rainmac

tryinghard40 wrote: »

wondered if there was room for another card maker here? been making cards for several years now and always on the look out for for advice and tips etc, not forgetting money saving tips, who would of thought that making cards could be expensive!!

Hello! Welcome to the thread, everyone is very friendly and helpful so if you have a question please ask! We do card challenges every 2 weeks and everyone can join in, latest one started on Monday and is to design a card using a non-tradional card shape (i.e. not a rectangle or square).

rainmac

mumhug wrote: »

These are the two cards I have made for my niece's 8th birthday.Hope she will like them


the ones of the waterfall card didn't come out very well

All cards are great but my fave is the Tom and Jerry one, so funny

minimacka

Afternoon Ladies and welcome tryinghard40 :hello:
Lovely card saveapenny and what a lovely colour.
Mumhug - well your cards are just to die for you have some lovely ideas, ive made a waterfall card up but I didnt know how to decorate it so its just there blank waiting for my moto to return and decorate it :rolleyes: .

I started to make a couple of christening cards last night the boys were at football so it was just me and the dog. I will hopefully finish them off tonight so I will post them on here probably tomorow.

Keep them cards coming they are lovely.

mm

tryinghard40

thanks for the welcome, here is a link to view some of my cards (hope its ok to do this)

http://scrap-archives.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1294

hope you like them

melissa75_2

I am amazed at all of the fabulous cards this week for the challenge - and it only started on Monday, I've got to figure out what I'm going to do!! The standard is so high!!
Tryinghard40 - welcome to the thread!! Your cards are fabulous - my favourite one is the unicorn on the rainbow (I love unicorns).
Mumhug - great cards, my favourite is the tom and jerry one too - my son is a big fan.
Rainmac - how dare you - I didn't buy the sugared pack!!!!! (I already have it)
Soblivion - don't you dare criticise yourself. The stuff that you make is so inventive and original!!
S-michaels - two great cards, I love the colours on the flower one.
Crazychatter - using ribbon is always a problem for me too - it tends to fray. I normally use a large piece of paper/card that is just a bit smaller than my card blank and I tend to stick my ribbon onto that, fold some excess under that and then stick the whole thing to the card blank.

melissa75_2

Mumhug - I just found your other cards - they are gorgeous, I really like the flower pop up one, I think I might give that one a try for mother's day. The exploding box ones are fab too.
Debsy - well done on selling some cards. I sold 3 today for a pound each! It'll be six months before I sell any more.
Saveapenny - lovely entry too. I love the turqouise - a really relaxing colour.

melissa75_2

Flourgirl - glad you had a great weekend. I think hampers are such a fabulous gift - so thoughtful and personal.
Hels - really pretty cards. I am intrigued by the "thank you" one. Did you rip loads of paper up and stick it on - its a really striking effect?