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

dawnteabag

Brilliant cards as always girls!

Just uploaded my entry for the water challenge to my blog

http://teabagscraftybits.blogspot.com/

Kim_Possible

I have a silly question....
do any of you trace your templates onto card? How do u do it?

1)place a piece of tracing paper over template and draw outline
2)turn tracing paper over [pencil side down] onto card and scribble over the back?

.... but surely this means the template is back to front.
What am i doing wrong?

saveapenny

Kim..I print mine on the reverse side that way they come out the right way..so I would assume if you trace on the wrong side the same would happen

Rusty ...you are always too ahrd on yourself ...that card is as good as anyone esles ...its lovely, Im glad you entered it in the CCC blog

Marg...great card and yet another brillaint take on the challenge..so imaginative

Dawn...geat take on the water challenge..its a lovely card

Yes marg its in the morning at the unearthly hours of 6am they are operatign tomorrow so NIL by mouth from midnight ...Im all bathed..DS is packed and suduko book ..now im bricking it ( or something liek that )


Baby Harry came home and is all settled in ...MIL's hip op went well yesterday so juist me to finish off this horrible run

I think I have everyone whos entered the challenge upto Dawn...can someone keep a record of any more entries over the next couple of days so i dont miss anyone please

rainmac

JailhouseBabe wrote: »

Rusty - go for it! It's a lovely card and would not be out of place on CCC.

Marg - I love the image, and I like how it appears 'subdued' IYKWIM? Not garish. Did you print directly onto the card? I've not tried that yet - but I have just printed some vintage images onto card that I'm going to try with the LA papers I won.

Rainmac - thanks for the link; I must have missed that one. Would you recommend the book then? Do you think you'll learn anything from it? Or is it just for inspiration with regard to designs/layouts?

It's more for ideas really, there are very few step by step how to do things but loads and loads of images of cards and lists of what they've used. Not worth £5.99 IMO but at £2.99 I think it's ok, I've found a couple layouts that I love and am going to adapt to use my stash rather than what they've used in the magazine. Does that help you decide one way or the other...?

Lovely cards Dawn and Marg :T

Best wishes saveapenny x

So glad you entered Rusty, good job and good luck xxx

bunbun2

rainmac wrote: »

Here you go, costs £2.99 for p&p...
http://www.practicalpublishing.co.uk/freecmyb.php?utm_source=scp&utm_medium=print&utm_campaign=freecmyb

I hope it is good cos I have just ordered one!!

RustyFlange

bunbun2 wrote: »

I hope it is good cos I have just ordered one!!

I can come look at yours then before buying my own? :rotfl:

bunbun2

RustyFlange wrote: »

I can come look at yours then before buying my own? :rotfl:

of course you can:rotfl:
fab card btw and don't be so harsh on yourself - it is just as good as anyone else's. I love it :T
fab cards everyone else - I will go back and comment later but I have set myself the task of tidying the house this morning so better not spend ages on here!

SallyUK

Lovely cards Rusty, Marg and Dawn!

I'm so glad to read that Harry is home now Saveapenny, you all must be so relieved.

Sal
x

Broady

I have been making cards for a while and it is a great way to save money

THE-WIFE_3

RustyFlange wrote: »

Here is my entry for the water challenge ....



I was going to enter it into the CCC challenge, but they are all professionals like yourself and mine is nowhere near upto scratch! How I wish I could have pretty colourful papers lol instead of printed!!

Rusty I love the card it's my kind of thing, spots are a real favourite and I love the photo very much, its so like where I live in the Essex backwaters. (we still point at planes!!! :rotfl:)