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

Marg

Thank you for your welcome backs!

Mrs Tidge - Love your plant pot card - it's so pretty

Flourgirl - Your golden wedding card looks very classy, as does your card The Wife, both your cards much to my taste.

Quicksave - Good idea to put white on the writing - really nice.

Rainmac - the number are getting worse - you'll be doing them in your sleep! Send me some if you like - I was a cub scout leader so I can do [STRIKE]knots.[/STRIKE] bows.

Things here getting a bit better - the heatings just been mended but bad news is - I have to get a new oven - the repair is £206 minimum for a display part & if that doesn't fix it, another £388 for some other electronic gizmo, so I reckon I can get a brand new one for that, though I haven't looked yet - wonder if OH will let me have a whole new kitchen so it all matches?..........err probably not!

Skiergirl - we stayed in Gardone Riviera, it was a very quiet place & we went all over on the ferries but not as far up as Riva. I think we'll go again but perhaps stay somewhere a bit more lively or somewhere we can get to Venice from as travel was too complicated to do this time.

paddingtondoo

I really don't envy your bow tying Rainmac - not sure I could even get 2 vaguely the same.

Seems to be a day for spending and not on craft stuff Marg - sorry about your oven - mine broke a few years ago and it took a month to get fixed - not that I missed it much as I don't cook :rotfl:. It also took us 2 years to get a new extractor fan after ours would only work if you stuck a wooden spoon in it :rotfl:.

Just taken cat to vets for jabs £28 later and she needs dental work which could cost up to £180 :eek: - how much craft stuff could I buy with that - OH's comment was that's lots of beer money :rotfl:.

Will do the ATC draw once DD is in bed - I've had enough of her helping today already

Gemm85

great thank you card dragonllew, I love the daisy image and that embossing looks great

the wife - love the way you've shaped your card with the scallops on the diagonal, those papers are lovely

flourgirl - beautiful wedding anniversary card, i love how you've embossed the vellum, what a fab idea

qwiksave - fab challenge card :T

welcome back marg, glad to hear you had a fab time but what a lot of stress to come back to!!

mrs tidge - very sweet flowerpot card

popkins some great additions to your blog, that new home towel cake is such a great idea :T

my flowers from calico crafts arrived today yay, a few packs had been removed from the order and a refund included in the parcel, I was most gutted that they were unable to supply me with the hot pink ones! Oh well still got a great stock of flowers now, I need to organise them into colour co ordinated jars now, wish me luck!

cgcockcroft

sorry guys just had an email telling me about 30% off, free P&P and free card blanks as well at creative craft world. it ends 19th july.

flourgirl

Popkins fab things on your blog I really love the towel cake you have done, what a super gift for a new home :T

RustyFlange

flourgirl wrote: »

Oh Rusty the posties been this morning, thank-you so much for my suprise:j:T and a gorgeous card too!

We are starting our holiday at Corbridge, its such a lovely village. We are actually staying at the RUFC ground, they put on a temporary holiday site for the camping and caravanning club and its only about £6 per night. We will be visiting Cramlington and where you are as thats where my great grandparents came from. So you never know I might be knocking on your door for a cuppa Then after that we might head for the coast, we never book anything until the night before so it really depends on the weather as to what we do.

I have made a quick Golden Wedding card this morning, but for some reason am struggling with photobucket, it wont let me on :mad: I'll have another go in a bit

Ooooh let me know before you leave and I shall PM you my mobile number, you are welcome to pop in for a cuppa if I am around which I should be

melissa75_2

Marg - sounds like you had a fab time - sorry you had such a disaster when you got home.

MrsTidge - great card - I love how you've decorated your plant pot with card candy.

Craftygranny - I had put more in my basket but by the time it came to checkout half of them had sold out!!

Popkins - fab "blue" card. Great towel cake too - I love the black and red colour scheme.

RustyFlange

paddingtondoo wrote: »

Can you hear that noise Rusty - tis shouting pens :rotfl:. They're gorgeous colours maybe I'm just vintage .

Fab card flowergirl.

For those of you struggling with your mojo I have found a couple of blogs whilst hopping:
Mojo Monday
Lily of the Valley
and Funky Fairys has a gorgeous sketch this week - they also need to drum up some challenge entries as they were a bit thin on the ground last week - they also have oodles of free papers on the inspiration blog.

Look at that - 4 links and no spend necessary

And finally - I'll be drawing the ATC/Fat page swaps on Crafty Place later today so it's still not too late to join in - we beat last month's number of swappees already :j

Glad they arrived safely Enjoy and thankyou my new promarkers are fab!!

melissa75_2

OOh - forgot to mention - on QVC now there's two hours of stamping (it started at 8).

RustyFlange

saveapenny wrote: »

Furrypig...well done on winning the challenge
Oap..Im so glad it arrived safe ..even thougth Lou is realy reliable there is always a niggle at the back of my head hoping the sponsored challenge on CP would go well
We have a nice sponsor for August
Paddington..I dont know whats up with me I cant get back into doing my Funky Fairy challenges, Tis is the second week I havnt put one in ...I will e getting the sack if I dont pull my finger out
Quicksave thats a lovely card
OMG Rainmac thast a lot of cards...I hope they are a simple design
I know its lazy but can someone tell me if the challnege this week is embossing or a thank you card...Im getting lost
Mrs Tidge...All sorted

Sorry to quote the above ... just wondered if you had had a parcel from me? .... I posted it on monday and the ladies have all had their things, well all apart from one but that one was posted yesterday as was flourgirls and padingtondoos. It was the crafty swap?