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

s_michaels

I will re size things for people, just let me know and i'll pm you so you can email them to me and I will try my best.

Flourgirl that might be why she has gone for lemon yellow and white then!!!

saveapenny thanks fo that I will have a look and see what I can find.

bunbun2

at last I have made a card! it is a new home card for our friends:




the windows are a bit wonky but it is handmade!!

It is made with bits I already had - does that count as the challenge?

sunrise27_2

love the card bunbun 2 sooooooooooooo cute

JailhouseBabe

Well done bunbun, it's fab :T
I've finished my challenge card, but won't post it until the morning as I can never take a decent photo at night! I've worked out the cost - 6p; that was for the card and envelope as part of a set of 50 - so would be even cheaper if you discount the envelope

furrypig

s_michaels wrote: »

Hi guys, was hoping for some opinions please, trying to design some invitations for a 60th birthday party in lemon and white. Haven't got the full wording yet which is why they just say 60th Birthday.

I was told that a crysanthemum is the flower for November which is when her birthday is.

Some are A5 and some are A6 designs.
oh and Thanks to saveapenny for one of the backgrounds















they should be clickable thumbnails I think so will go bigger if need be

hiya S_michaels

my fav is definitely the yellow one with the chrysanthemum coming out from the right side!

I think they are all great but that is my personal fav well done!

furrypig

bunbun2 wrote: »

at last I have made a card! it is a new home card for our friends:




the windows are a bit wonky but it is handmade!!

It is made with bits I already had - does that count as the challenge?

I really love this card! Did you do it all freehand or did you use a template?? I really love it!!

Well I guess it will count as the challenge if you used recycled/cheap/bargain/downloaded bits otherwise it might be cheating a bit!!! I only say that cos if I made a card with bits I already have it isn't necessarily a credit crunch card as I have lotsa stuff that I paid lotsa £££ for!! But I guess it's better to use it than buy new stuff or are all the bits 'offcuts' etc little bits that could have been thrown away???

I know it was my ideas but I'm not sure!! I guess an easy way would be to say how much it cost you?? So that might give us an ideas of how money saving it is!

What does everyone else think?? I would love to know how much cards cost as they look so expensive!! But not including payment for time as I can take ages as I'm not really naturally creative and I have to work at these things!!!

furrypig

JailhouseBabe wrote: »

Well done bunbun, it's fab :T
I've finished my challenge card, but won't post it until the morning as I can never take a decent photo at night! I've worked out the cost - 6p; that was for the card and envelope as part of a set of 50 - so would be even cheaper if you discount the envelope

Wow!! Can't wait to see the card as that sounds like a real bargain!! Looking forward to seeing what you used for the design that didn't cost anything!! I can then [STRIKE]pinch[/STRIKE] borrow your money saving ideas!!!

Gemm85

evening all! I just don't know where the time has gone since I got home from work today, have done a load of washing and made some fudge, have just finished dinner and looked at the clock and it's almost 9! :eek: so no need for me to say that I've got no cards made tonight :rotfl:

dragonllew - you have made lots of lovely cards, have left you a blog comment

well done melissa!!! thats great news, its so lovely for someone to win and I actually know who they are!! congrats!! :T

saveapenny, great easter and men's cards, I especially like the watch one, have left you blog comments

s_michaels those invites are lovely, my fave is the second one down with the faded block in the middle, I think it looks stunning

bunbun that house card is really funky, the recipient will be really pleased with it :T

I think the idea for a credit crunch card is a great one, not sure what I'll use yet though, I may have a dig around the house and try to use some recycled stuff

furrypig

saveapenny wrote: »

I like the idea of a credit crunch card..would we have a max spend or just list how much it cost

Great card Melissa you deserve your win well done xx

Jailhouse...I cant get your link to work

Dragonllew...Lovely cards..shame you missed the dealine

Hiya Saveapenny

I think we should just see how much they cost as that will be really interesting!!!! Loved the Easter cards

JailhouseBabe

furrypig wrote: »

Wow!! Can't wait to see the card as that sounds like a real bargain!! Looking forward to seeing what you used for the design that didn't cost anything!! I can then [strike]pinch[/strike] borrow your money saving ideas!!!

I have to say, it was only that cheap because everything used was given to me (big thanks again to saveapenny and freecycler deb!)
But I have added a homemade flower as the main embellishment, so hopefully showing what can be done without expensive gadgets such as cuttlebugs, quickutz, etc.