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

rainmac

furrypig wrote: »

I have really loved seeing all the credit crunch cards and realise just how much money I can save by making cards as none of these challenge cards looked cheap in the least!!! Thanks everyone for sharing all your ideas.

here is my credit crunch card



the card itself, glitter card squares and pink embellishment were all given to me by a fellow mse'r (thanks again!) so cost 0p, the 3 pink gems were given to me by someone who said they wouldn't use them (cost 0p) and lastly the ribbon was cut from an item of clothing (cost 0p) so amazingly i have managed to make a card at a personal cost of 0p (excluding the glue of course!!)

0p :T:T:T:T:TThink you've won the challenge there missus, was your idea for the challenge too so very fitting

furrypig

fianally I made a card for my dad's birthday which was on Good Friday. He loves pottering about in his garden and grows hundreds of plants, fruit and trees and is really green fingered so I wanted to show this in the card. At least this one turned out well!!

rainmac

Kim_Possible wrote: »

Thank you all for good comments on the pram emblishment.
saveapenny- id seen the cirlce cutter on hobbycraft and the shape cutter. thought maybe id get better value from shape one
The reason I mention hobbycraft is that I won £50 vouchers, but there are no shops nr me:rolleyes:, but ive emailed and they r looking into how i could use my vouchers [currentlly not accepted online either]

Many congratulations on your £50 win :T

Gemm85

lovely cards furrypig, and especially the Zero cost credit crunch card

the gardening one is fab, I bet your dad was pleased

princesspoppypop

saveapenny wrote: »

Princesspoppypop...I love your bookatrix card I would never thing to use patterned paper on the top layer but its so affective..I might just have to steal your idea if your ok with that

Thanks so much! Steal away we are all here to share ideas and help each other out!
Would love to see what you come up with.

PPP x

Gemm85

Kim_Possible wrote: »

Thank you all for good comments on the pram emblishment.
saveapenny- id seen the cirlce cutter on hobbycraft and the shape cutter. thought maybe id get better value from shape one
The reason I mention hobbycraft is that I won £50 vouchers, but there are no shops nr me:rolleyes:, but ive emailed and they r looking into how i could use my vouchers [currentlly not accepted online either]

congratulations on the voucher win! :j was it a card competition?

shame you have no hobbycrafts near you, could you maybe look on their website for what you want and order over the phone via one of their stores?

they should be able to sort it out for you somehow, do let us know what they arrange and what you get with your winnings :T

princesspoppypop

dragonllew wrote: »

princesspoppypop - love you bookatrix is there a template for making these?

I use the Glitter Girls Keepsake embossing board to make the bookatrix cards. I found it tricky at first but now have the hang of it.

Here it is



Its about £15 but I think its well worth it and there are other designs on the back to make some fab embossed flowers and tags which can also be used as a design feature for the actual card.

You will also need an embossing tool to go with it
These are around £2.50 each on Ebay.

I also have the box maker board which the bookatrix fits into, it also has templates to make smaller boxes ideal for presenting jewellery, handmade choc slabs etc and on the back is the alphabet and numbers which look great embossed on pearlised papers.

PPP x

princesspoppypop

furrypig wrote: »

Just a special mention for this card as I really love it!!! Nice to see you here again princesspoppypop I miss your crafty creations!!

Aww thanks so much. I`m working on loads of new cards as my hubby has kindly bought me a cuttlebug which I love! The embossing folders are fab!

PPP x

EmmaOC

Gemm85 wrote: »

yes Marg my local Craft Central (near Burton) closed down just before Xmas, would you mind saying which out of town shopping centre you went to?

I have read on another forum that the one near Derby (Alvaston I think) has re-opened up again recently which isn't too far from me, but I haven't visited yet

Gemm85 - the Craft Central in Derby is part of Derby Garden Centre, Alfreton Road, Little Eaton. It is just off the A38 at Little Eaton where the Little Chef is. I saw it had re-opened last week when I was at the garden centre buying tomato plants ! Don't go to Alvaston as that is the wrong direction :rotfl:

saveapenny

Dragonllew..I posted a few pages back a template for makign the bookatrix card without buying a board..You could try that if not I will do you some templates
I will see if I can find the post

found it http://s201.photobucket.com/albums/aa284/craigheadsharon/Templates/?start=0
FurryPig...love All your cards but favourites are the dad one and easter one