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

bunbun2

furrypig wrote: »

Paddingtondoo thanks for reminding me about the xcut guillotine has anyone seen this on offer or with free P&P as got v frustrated trying to cut my 12 x 12 papers yesterday on my little paper trimmer!!

please let me know too if you do cos that's what I am after (as recommended by PLM!) - mine is rubbish!

flourgirl

Make sure you get the right size xcut, I bought one when they first came out and it's not big enough for 12x12. Great for matting and layering though.

Melissa Beautiful scrapbook pages and a cute giraffe card. Lovely papers and embellishments.

mary43

Npsamama - what lovely cards -you have been busy:T

melissa -love the scrapbook pages -you always manage to get such lovely paper.............:T had a look on the link you gave..........there's some super stuff on there. Now why on earth doesn't our craft shop sell some that are more interesting

hels102

Melissa thanks for the link I really like your pages they are fab!

Well here's my attempt of decoupage!

1982girl

Im looking for some advice, i loved the effect mel made with clear embossing and was going to buy some clear powder. I have stamp pads etc but wanted to emboss some of the pre stamped images i have bought once i have coloured them. Is there a way of doing this?? Thanks

mary43

hels - don't know why but I can't see your picture -just get a big box with a red cross in the corner (bloomin' computer)

It's ok.............I can see it now................well done hels !

flourgirl

Npsamama So many fabulous cards on your blog. Well done:T:T:T

Hels 102 Lovely card, you have made a beautiful job of the decoupage:T:T:T

Does anyone know where I can buy stamped images of Sugar Nellie, I have looked on ebay but not much there. Don't really want to buy the stamps as my stamping is carp.:o

dawnteabag

npsmama wrote: »

GREAT! Finally some nice boy-ish papers!

I agree these papers are lovely - I have a fair few of them but can't quite bring myself to make the first cut!

They have them for 50p a sheet at everymomentmatters

http://www.everymomentmatters.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=cogsmo

I assume that's a sale price.

If anyone sees cosmo cricket's 'Mr Campy' set in a sale, please let me know.

melissa75_2

Flourgirl - sorry I have no idea about the sugar nellie images!
1982girl - all I did was stamp and colour my image as normal, then I got the clear ink pad and covered the whole image with it, then sprinkled it with the clear embossing powder and blasted it with the heat gun. You have to repeat the process about 3 times. Does that make sense??
Hels - fab card - and a great first attempt at decoupage - such a cute image.
Thanks for your kind comments about my pages, I get a bit disappointed with them sometimes when I see other's work, but hopefully I'll get better at it!
I'll keep a look out for a cheap xcut guillotine and let you know if I find anything.

melissa75_2

Dawnteabag - that's a good price for them, I think some shops sell them for about 80p each. Here's a shop I found with a decent selection but I think they're a bit dearer than yours:
http://www.modscraps.co.uk/shop/cosmo-cricket-m-99.html?osCsid=4777962f864cdc78846d4068631133e4

they also do an 8x8 pad but I can't find it for cheaper than 7quid, and I found a 12x12 scrapbook kit of it similar to the basic grey ones for 9.50 if anyone's interested.

sorry I don't know what I've done to make my words purple and underlined???????????????????