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

flourgirl

THE-WIFE wrote: »

My green challenge card and the image is stamped on the back of an old christmas card so even greener, thanks to funky fairy for her freebie papers

The Wife Lovely challenge card gorgeous image. Well done:T

melissa75_2

THE_WIFE - fab card - I love the combination of the green and orange together.
Rusty - my choccie cake was fab - I had another one today!!!
Padingtondoo - thanks for the link - I am really tempted to get one and throw my other trimmers in the bin.

paddingtondoo

JailhouseBabe wrote: »

Lovely card the-wife The orange ribbon and brads are perfect with that fab backing paper.

My wish list is growing Now I want:
a cuttlebug with that lacy tree folder (£60?)
an xcut guillotine (£20)
a corner-rounder punch (£4)
copics markers (£2 each - probably need about 12?)

I'm sure there's more!

ETA: crop-a dile (£21)

You may as well go for the big bite £30 :rotfl:
And the corner rounders come in different sizes
Once you get a cuttlebug you'll want at least one alphabet
And more embossing folders:o
And you can allegedly use the brass stencils in it :rolleyes:

Have I trebled your list yet :rotfl::rotfl:

paddingtondoo

melissa75 wrote: »

THE_WIFE - fab card - I love the combination of the green and orange together.
Rusty - my choccie cake was fab - I had another one today!!!
Padingtondoo - thanks for the link - I am really tempted to get one and throw my other trimmers in the bin.

I put off buying one for ages then wished I'd bought one years ago - it suits me down to the ground as you can actually measure stuff accurately as well :T.

While I'm here can I just say a big thank you for all the lovely comments you keep leaving on my blog - it makes my OH happy as I'm using stuff up (to make room for more but I haven't told him yet :rotfl:) although he keeps asking who things are for so is a bit worried we will have a huge stock of cards somewhere .

RustyFlange

melissa75 wrote: »

THE_WIFE - fab card - I love the combination of the green and orange together.
Rusty - my choccie cake was fab - I had another one today!!!
Padingtondoo - thanks for the link - I am really tempted to get one and throw my other trimmers in the bin.

Well done Melissa no stopping you now ....

Flourgirl - I shall watch out for postie Thankyou

Thankyou for all of the links to the dancers, they are fab, I am putting them in an email to her later on tonight, she will be over the moon with them as money is really tight for her and she is making them to sell in the shop for some extra pennies.

Fabulous cards everyone ... I have no green papers ... therefore I need to find some gives me an excuse

Kim_Possible

Hi All,
Great card the wife.
All this chat about trimmers, i thought id tell you what one I have, tho you experienced card makers probably used/bought it before.
Its the woodware fingergard paper trimmer.
It has an extendable handle for measuring thoese 12 x12 papers.
And the best thing is you can buy or "collect" different shaped blades for it eg there is a scorinf and scalloping blades. (the only downside is it only cut 2-3 sheets at a time)

I dont know if this info is of any use hth
Heres the link http://www.artymiss.co.uk/acatalog/Card_Making_Supplies_and_Craft_Supplies_info_T20002.html

npsmama

It's all your fault!!!!
I was drooling over this paper pad that happens to be green - I now of course am obliged to buy it otherwise I wouldn't be able to do the Challenge...stands to reason, doesn't it?

BTW, Craftsuperstore have added some new stuff to their sale

saveapenny

Great Challenge cards already being posted
the wife...you should enter the Funky Fairies challenge blog...at the minute not many people enter it so a good chance of winning some more free downloads
http://funkyfairyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ plenty of free downloads to get started with on the inspiration blog...have you tried the doodlementals?

I think I must be the only person not in love with the cuttlebug
I had it for christmas along with several folders and to be honest I cant get along with it at all its just not my cup of tea but because hubby brought it me after several weeks of nagging I cant sell it . I have only tried embossing as yet and I find the folders too small each time I come to use it for somethign the card doesnt fit. I might give it another go for cutting. I have seen on some cards swirls are these done with the cuttlebug?

I too could do with a trimmer, I have only got a cheap one I brought from Morrisons when I first started and its ok for small stuff but not 12x12. I have got he Crafter Companion but the cutter on that is useless, the ruler as broke twice now in 6 months

Anyone spotted a 1inch , 1 1/2 inch and 2 inch cirlce punch somewhere with decent P&P artymiss are good on prices but the PP spoil it

THE-WIFE_3

Saveapenny, thanks for the idea about the challenge, might give that a go, off to have a look and thanks for the linkies.

flourgirl

Saveapenny have you looked at these

http://www.sarahscardsltd.com/shop/452/746/index.htm