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

cgcockcroft

hi lovely cards on here, rainmac, looby lou and bunbun. and someone who bought a magazine i can't quite remember! how do you all find time to find all these crafty bargains? i never manage to find them. i think this week will be another non crafting week as i'm helping with the school play this week and then it's the school prom on friday, and my friend is coming up for the weekend. then i'm running the race for life on sunday, which is an achievment in it's self with dodgy knees and shoulders! so have a great week i'll try and pop on when i can!

cgcockcroft

i forgot to say i have attempted the christmas card!
http://alee81.blogspot.com/

melissa75_2

cgcockcroft - your xmas card is fab! I love the colours that you've used - especially the pink.

Rusty - I've calmed down!! You'd think seeing that this one is my third that I'd be cool as a cucumber!

dragonllew

Quiksave - love your christmas card very modern.
Flourgirl - love your card made with your nesties.
Thanks Jailhousebabe for the links to freebies have downloaded some.
Sorry to hear about all the poorly children hope they all feel better soon.
Melissa I sure I was more nervous with my third than with the other 2 I was sure I was going to forget something as I have a fairly large gap between my son and my youngest daughter but it all fell into place don't stress about what to put in your hospital bag as like Rusty I was home within a couple of hours I had Aimee at 8.20am and was home for lunch lol
Well my cuttlebug arrived today and I went and collected a couple of embossing folders for it today which I paid for with the points I got for buying the bug so I'm off to play.

melissa75_2

Dragonflew - its not just me then!!! My youngest is nearly 6 so I feel like I've forgotten everything. I can't believe how quickly you were both sent home! I was in for about 24 hours with both of mine. Have fun with your cuttlebug!

dragonllew

melissa75 wrote: »

Dragonflew - its not just me then!!! My youngest is nearly 6 so I feel like I've forgotten everything. I can't believe how quickly you were both sent home! I was in for about 24 hours with both of mine. Have fun with your cuttlebug!

Same sort of gap as me then as my son was almost 7 when youngest was born and oldest was almost 9 seems an age away now though.

Gemm85

fab cards louby, bunbun, flourgirl, rainmac, qwiksave and alee :T

I too have the lace tree folder and it crumples paper so badly at the bottom, I was quite disappointed with that as all the other cards I've seen made with this folder look gorgeous but mine will look like its been screwed up lol :rotfl:

choccy...padster...you SO DO want nesties

mumhug sorry to hear about your daughter, hope she's feeling better soon

flourgirl

Mumhug sorry to hear about your daughter I hope she will soon be feeling better. I don't know anything about swine flu,so can't offer anything constructive other than I'm sending you virtual hugs.
Choccy be vigilant and take care of your boys.
CG gorgeous Christmas card on your blog.:T
Melissa I can't believe your baby is nearly due, to me it seems like the fastest pregnancy ever. I suppose to you with the heat wave of the past few weeks it feels like forever. I don't know how you dare go on a bus, I just hope its a smooth ride, one pothole and that could be it:eek: Take care not to get stressed, just open the case and thrown things in when you remember what you will need.
Dragonllew hope you have a fun evening playing with your "bug":D
Qwiksave Love your funky christmas card :T

flourgirl

rainmac wrote: »

That is beautiful flourgirl, I love those papers As is your CP challenge card x My boys are 5 and 2

louby - love your Xmas card, it's beautiful, thank you for joining in with the challenge :T

bunbun - I hope your DS is ok, fingers crossed for a speedy recovery x I love your anniversary card, the image is fab :T

JHB - oh no, you don't sound yourself. I'd go for the Martha Stewart punch but then I don't have a Cuttlebug like most of you lot :rolleyes: :rotfl:

hels, very well done on the weight loss, that's fab You are not alone in not having a Bug, me and Mel don't have them either

Padster, hope your shoulder is feeling better today x

I spent this morning making up and wrapping my journal jars for the craft fair and got some cheapie mugs in Home Bargains so popped some coffee/tea/chocolate sachets in them and wrapped in cellophane. Not exactly crafts I know but they may sell? Need to make some labels for them.

Ooohh also bought the latest copy of Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine and made these last night with the freebie papers and die-cuts...

Rainmac these are absoloutely stunning, the papers and embellishments are gorgeous :T What a good idea to use the same designs and just change the colours, they all look so pretty :T

flourgirl

Gemm85 wrote: »

fab cards louby, bunbun, flourgirl, rainmac, qwiksave and alee :T

I too have the lace tree folder and it crumples paper so badly at the bottom, I was quite disappointed with that as all the other cards I've seen made with this folder look gorgeous but mine will look like its been screwed up lol :rotfl:

choccy...padster...you SO DO want nesties

mumhug sorry to hear about your daughter, hope she's feeling better soon

Gemm I was thinking about the lace tree folder, does it work ok on pearlised card