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

craftygranny

Hmm checked ebay and can't find them. Looks like i'll have to bite the bullet and order from funky kits. hope they will be as good as they look.

whoopidoo

Aw thank you JHB & Melissa Jailhousebabe. They start out as rubber duckies that I buy as a box of 4 from the elc. Started off as a swap on UKS last year and I really enjoyed it and carried on They are sooo easy and it just depends how you want to make them. I usually cover them in a layer of paper mache usuing loo roll/kitchen towel depending on the texture I want them to have and then paint them with different paints - that one was done with serviettes and decopatch glue. They don't take long at - it's the drying times that hold things up Depending on the glues used/paints used I think my longest one to do was the Alice ones but only because they were my first and wasn't really sure what I was doing. They took about 4 days.

louby-lou-lou

I am not too sure i am going to get any flowers after all I had a phone call from the lady yesterday morning who said she has been overwhelmed with orders for the flowers and although the computer let me add the flowers she doesn't know if there will be any stock left once she has sorted it all out. She said she has rang tons of people saying the same thing, She still must not have sorted it as i still have not recieved an invoice from her so it is looking like i won't get any.

Any ideas for a 30th bday card for a girl who does not want to be 30 and we have all been told she doesn't want to see a 30 any where? I am thinking something funny but haven't come up with much other than doing her a 29th or 21st card.

RustyFlange

craftygranny wrote: »

rusty the number for funky kits is TEL 01343 548864. Sorry things didn't go well for you with them.

Thankyou I will give them til the end of their working day to reply to my email then I will be on the phone wednesday morning, and thursday ... and friday ... and saturday ... they will regret not contacting me

RustyFlange

dragonllew wrote: »

Have loaded a couple of thankyou cards on my blog.
Hope you get your goodies soon Rusty its so annoying I had a similar thing with crafts u love only difference was that they did reply to emails not very helpfully but better than no response I finally got my money back but had to start a paypal dispute to get it. Did you get my email?
Rainmac I'm sure the lady in the flower shop will love your cards how could she not.

I did get your email, sorry I thought I had replied but looking back it would appear I haven't!! I am so sorry. My mind is a bit ditsy lately!

Ladies the lovely dragonllew has sent me some images for the secret stash. I will try and get them posted up asap.

Thankyou Dragonllew

flourgirl

WoooHooo The postie has just been and brought me lots and lots and lots of lovely flowers from Calico Crafts, some of the packets are priced up at £1.99, £1.49 and 99p so we got a fab bargain girls. 55 packs out of 58 ordered I'm well chuffed.

flourgirl

Fab cards on your blogs ladies :T
Whoopidoo I love your duck, its beautiful,:T I've never seen anything like that before

It's lovely and sunny here are the moment I just hope it lasts all day, its Willows (gd1) Sports day and last year they were rained off. Its such a shame when that happens they all work so hard and get so excited then to be dissapointed its not fair.

I made my challenge thank-you card last night but wont post it on my blog until Rainmac has done the draw for the christmas card.

Not much to do job wise today just a bit of ironing, no cooking today either only salad for tea DH has a blood test tomorrow for his cholesterol :eek: we have both been very good and stuck to the diet for 1 month that the nurse gave him. So tomorrow we are having a treat Blackberry and Apple Crumble and custard :drool: since Rainmac mentioned crumble the other day I cant stop thinking about it. Sad arent I....

rainmac

Ok, this is a list of people who entered the Christmas card challenge...
Rusty
Gemm
flourgirl
bunbun
louby-lou-lou
qwiksave
cgcockcroft
JHB
me!
craftygranny
mumhug
paddington
furrypig
choccy orange
The Wife
dragonllew
saveapenny
dawnteabag
skiergirl

And the winner, randomly selected by my OH is...drum roll please...FURRYPIG :T :j :T

Well done furry, I have put together a selection of Christmas stuff - mirri card, stamped images, papers, chipboard tags, buttons etc and will post them off to you later this week

Thank you to everyone for entering :T

rainmac

flourgirl wrote: »

Fab cards on your blogs ladies :T
Whoopidoo I love your duck, its beautiful,:T I've never seen anything like that before

It's lovely and sunny here are the moment I just hope it lasts all day, its Willows (gd1) Sports day and last year they were rained off. Its such a shame when that happens they all work so hard and get so excited then to be dissapointed its not fair.

I made my challenge thank-you card last night but wont post it on my blog until Rainmac has done the draw for the christmas card.

Not much to do job wise today just a bit of ironing, no cooking today either only salad for tea DH has a blood test tomorrow for his cholesterol :eek: we have both been very good and stuck to the diet for 1 month that the nurse gave him. So tomorrow we are having a treat Blackberry and Apple Crumble and custard :drool: since Rainmac mentioned crumble the other day I cant stop thinking about it. Sad arent I....

You're not sad, I could eat crumble every day . We had ours on quite a warm day so served it with clotted cream ice cream instead of custard. It was lurvely

Can't believe you have made your challenge card already, you are just too organised :rolleyes:

RustyFlange

Well done Furrypig! :j :j I bet you are excited!!

Big thankyou to Rainmac for doing the challenge.

Remember ladies you have until this weekend to alter a container for my challenge on craftyplace!

Flourgirl glad your flowers arrived, I am quite worried as you all seem to have had phone calls and I have had nothing??

I have spent the morning so far catching up and commenting on blogs, so sorry it has taken so long ... I just need to catch up on craftyplace now and I also need to pull my fingers out for the challenges!!!