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

melissa75_2

Popkins - basically with decoupage you just layer the images. You start with the biggest image as your base and then stick the next biggest on top of that with your foam pads or silicone glue. You continue this until you stick the smallest image on the top. I hope this makes some kind of sense.

dragonllew

Melissa glad your little one is now feling better its horrible when they are poorly it always makes me feel so helpless.
Rusty I'm glad your back and hope that things look up for you soon.
I have left message for you all on your blogs.
I feel like I am running round like a headless chicken this week, we go on holiday next week so trying to sort everthing ready for that, had 4 birthday cards to make and presents to sort and then I got an order for a baby girl card yesterday but it needed to be ready for the weekend. Still got to get a wedding ring cushion made for sister in law so I can give it to her next week and I've got work every afternoon for the rest of the week.
Have loaded the cards I made last night onto my blog http://dragonllew.blogspot.com/

melissa75_2

Dragonflew - beautiful card - can you remember where you got the decoupage from?? I had some of these images myself years ago, but they weren't decoupaged they were just flat and I'd love to find some more. I love how you've used the glitter. You sound like you're going to be busy - where abouts are you going??
Well oldest son has just come down the stairs saying that he's poorly. He's really hot and he's just told me that he's puked in my bin - looks like I might not be getting to the shops and post office after all!

dragonllew

melissa75 wrote: »

Dragonflew - beautiful card - can you remember where you got the decoupage from?? I had some of these images myself years ago, but they weren't decoupaged they were just flat and I'd love to find some more. I love how you've used the glitter. You sound like you're going to be busy - where abouts are you going??
Well oldest son has just come down the stairs saying that he's poorly. He's really hot and he's just told me that he's puked in my bin - looks like I might not be getting to the shops and post office after all!

Oh no Melissa isn't that always the way you just get one of them feeling better and the next one comes down with it.
We are going to Rye near Hastings I can't remember where I got that image from but I have a boy one too and ones with a stork holding baby which are similar if you want I will send them to you pm me.

SallyUK

Good Morning Everyone!

Some gorgeous cards lately, aren;t they? Does anyone else think they're getting better and better all the time?

Dragonflew, your latest cards are gorgeous, I love the way you made the diagonal on the front of your Step Mum's card, it's fantastic and the scalloped circle - I left a message on your blog.

Melissa - sorry to hear your sons are poorly, hope they feel better soon.

Rusty, welcome back, hope you're feeling better too.

Saveapenny, love your cakes, they look fab!

Marg, that's a beautiful card, well done!

Kim - great wedding card, I love the gold writing too.

Paddington - you're latest cards are fab too!

Hope I've not missed anyone, I'm hopeless at remembering who's done what! lol

Sal
xxx

melissa75_2

Dragonflew - no its okay - I've got enough stuff really!! Thanks for your kind offer though.
Leo is a little battler when he's sick - he doesn't really moan - he just gets on with it, he's lying on the couch with a pillow and blanket watching our new Mr. Bean dvds.

melissa75_2

Saveapenny - I've just been looking on your blog and photobucket account - there's some fab stuff on there. I love your nappy cakes as always and your baby gift set is gorgeous. I also love your crab card. Have you got a link for instructions on how to make the stork bundle?? OH wants me to make a gift for his friend and his wife - and I thought this might be a bit easier than making a nappy cake.

mary43

Been catching up with all your blogs...........brilliant cards all of you:T

melissa - hope your little boy gets better soon.
I've been looking at your notebooks on your blog for some kind of inspiration.........I've covered one in fabric for my friend -its intended to be a journal for next year that I'll give her at Christmas so I don't want to go overboard with it ........you had some piccys of some of your notebooks on here but I don't know which thread it was on.........can you point in the right direction please ?

melissa75_2

Mary - I've just checked my blog and my recent ones are all on there (3). But I know I made some ages ago when i just decorated a bought notebook rather than using the bind-it-all - I think they were on the crafty for xmas 2008 thread - I'll have a look and see if I can find them.

melissa75_2

Mary - here's a link to one that I made ages ago:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=14410653&highlight=notebook+hannah#post14410653
its about half way down the page. Hope it helps!! What's the fabric like - if its a busy pattern then you probably won't need to add much else?