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

paddingtondoo

la la la la - I'm not listening Gemma :rotfl:.

I would put my hands over my eyes so I can't see but then I couldn't type and it might make me go ouch .

Shoulder is a bit better today although it still aches a bit - nowhere near as worrying as swine flu though - good job it's not a virtual disease like the 2am shopping basket filler plague .

Ron Weasley has had it and he looked fine on GMTV this morning so keep a really good eye on them.
OH and I have fallen out as he still hadn't emptied his case after 3 weeks despite having promised to do it (and the ironing) at the weekend as I was away. It took me all of 2 mins I'm really annoyed coz I could just have done it at the time (like I knew I should) and I wouldn't have been tripping over it for ages - guess what I'm doing at the weekend - 2 weeks ironing grrrrrr!

Gemm85

flourgirl wrote: »

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

it's slightly better but I'm such a perfectionist I dont want to see the slightest wrinkle in the card :rotfl: I think the thicker the card the better it will work, I got so fed up ruining paper the other day I threw it accross the room and havent tried it since!

will try some thicker card for you and report back

Gemm85

paddingtondoo wrote: »

Shoulder is a bit better today although it still aches a bit - nowhere near as worrying as swine flu though - good job it's not a virtual disease like the 2am shopping basket filler plague .

I hope this isnt contagious!! :eek:

RustyFlange

Gemm85 wrote: »

I hope this isnt contagious!! :eek:

Highly contagious :eek: very very contagious!! ... I caught it off choccy and we have never even met ... she passed it through PM to me so please ignore any PM's off her!

chocolate.orange_2

:rotfl: It wasnt me :rotfl:

Actually thicker card works great, paper does crinkle quite bad.
I will take some photos if it helps ? Just to show you

Rusty :rotfl:

RustyFlange

chocolate.orange wrote: »

:rotfl: It wasnt me :rotfl:

Actually thicker card works great, paper does crinkle quite bad.
I will take some photos if it helps ? Just to show you

Rusty :rotfl:

Don't you rusty me Choccy!!! :T:T:T:T:T

dawnteabag

Hello again. Sorry for not being around so much it's been a mad few days (isn't it always!)
Hope those poorly kiddywinks get well soon and don't pass the lurgies on to the parents. There's nothing worse than having to care for a child when you're feeling under the weather.
Can I apologise to craftygranny. We got Kaitlyns card yesterday but I forgot to add the picture to Tom's blog post. I've done it now on his blog. Got a bit fed up of him monopolising mine and he wanted to be able to show his Dad his blog but I didn't want him to have the link as I like to keep my life private now we're divorced.
I've posted the pic of my altered item on crafty place.
I've also posted some pics of some things I've been working on including a couple of cards - shock horror! - I haven't done that for a while. They're on my blog

Gemm85

I tried my lace tree folder with some very thick mirror card I had, and it still crinkled at the bottom. then OH came in and suggested I wind it through starting at the bottom of the tree (I was winding it through from the top of the tree before) and this definitely helps reduce the crinkle factor, yaayy. BTW the tree looks GREAT embossed onto mirror card

craftygranny

Dawnteabag glad thomas's card reached him okay.

So sorry to hear so many of you have littlies poorly hope they all get better really quick.

Gosh melissa time does fly. Doesn't seem two mins since you said you were having a baby. Bet it feels like 2 years ago to you though.

Gemm85

in case anyones after an alphabet to use with their cuttlebug, Crafts U love have some on sale at £15.99 here I just bought the Banana Split Skinni minni one, I've been dying for an alphabet for ages :T

apologies in advance if I lead anyone astray, seems like the late night shopping plague has spread to me now too!!