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

craftygranny

hi everyone ,
Great cards everyone i love your lace tree polly . I too am having a cuttlebug for xmas and thats one of the folders i'm getting too.
busybee i bought my grandaughter a cuttlekids it's great and i bought the alphabets and dies from here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/11-Provo-Craft-CuttleKids-Cuttle-Kids-Die-Set-Scrapbook_W0QQitemZ250339485156QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item250339485156&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
it cost me around £35 including delivery from the us for 12 die packs andthey arrived in about a week . better still you can use the dies in the cuttlebug too.

bunbun2

OK here are my Christmas cards. they are very boring compared to everyone else's!

Pink.

Bunbun, they aren't boring! They're lovely. :T They're the kind of card I like becasuse they're so simple but effective.

You're well ahead of me! I'm running out of time to make Christmas cards....I haven't even started them yet so I think that this year I'll just do a couple for really special people and buy the rest.

Pink

polly1976

Fantastic cards Bunbun and CT19720 :j :T

Pinkwinged Buying cards how very dare you :rotfl: :rotfl: to be honest i feel like doing the same at the moment plus ive just been given another order of 20 cards OMG :rotfl: :rotfl: someones trying to kill me off xxxx

saveapenny

Bun Bun they are lovely

I know what you mean Polly..Ive just had another order for 10 thank you cards for a party as well as another 15 personlised christmas cards, 3 Birthday cards and 1 new year card..I know where Im spending tonight...lol

Still it all helps with the christmas spending fund so cant complain

I think I sell mine too cheaply ....how much do you charge for a a5 card? I sell mine for between £1.50 and £2

mary43

bunbun - your cards are anything by boring...........so bright and cheerful:T

bunbun2

thank you to everyone for your kind comments. this is the first year I have made Christmas cards and have made enough to send to immediate family...we'll see what they think...

polly1976

saveapenny wrote: »

Bun Bun they are lovely

I know what you mean Polly..Ive just had another order for 10 thank you cards for a party as well as another 15 personlised christmas cards, 3 Birthday cards and 1 new year card..I know where Im spending tonight...lol

Still it all helps with the christmas spending fund so cant complain

I think I sell mine too cheaply ....how much do you charge for a a5 card? I sell mine for between £1.50 and £2

I used to sell mine for that but now i sell them for £2.50 and if its a pop out or a fancy one i sell for £3 plus it just depends who its for and how much work has gone into it really the hanging topper card with box i sell for £4 at first i was worried i was charging too much but i did some reserch and asked fellow bloggers and cardmakers and that is the going rate. I did a count of how many cards i had to do last night and its 80 OMG i feel ill just thinking about it :rotfl: :rotfl: so im off into my room and will see you all after Christmas :rotfl: :rotfl:

Palm_Centro

Oh thats a real shame if Polly doesn't come back.

Marg

Hello I do hope you will be able to help me,

I have just got a cuttlebug:rotfl: Yipee!

BUT I am having problems using it & would appreciate your advice.

It came with a 'postage stamp' cutter and 4 small embossing folders & I couldn't wait to get started...........

I tried a few cut outs to start with but I couldn't get it to cut where I wanted because the die was slipping all over the place and the card was nearly as bad! (the embossing was better 'cos it's in the folder)

So my question is how can I get everything to stay in place whilst I load it into the machine? Have I missed something? is there a secret method? I feel like using 'blue tack' or something but am scared of breaking the machine?

Yours hopefully........
PS Love all your cards & one day hope I'll have some to show!