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

mary43

Its time to get creative and support the Marie Curie Create a Card for Cancer campaign. To support this fantastic charity, Craft Superstore are inviting you to send in your cards to us which we will then forward on to do crafts. To help raise as much money as possible, we are offering a £5 gift voucher for each person who sends a handmade card or cards to us. Each card is sold in Marie Curie Cancer Care shops for £1 each, with all money raised going directly to Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Can someone give me a link about this.....I missed it last year, was too late but would like to send some this year if poss. Having probs with Google and can't seem to get anywhere

RustyFlange

mary43 wrote: »

Can someone give me a link about this.....I missed it last year, was too late but would like to send some this year if poss. Having probs with Google and can't seem to get anywhere

I managed to completely miss this post ... I did a quick search and couldn't see anything?

mary43

Rusty - its on page 45 post 887......but there's no link. Maybe I'll have a look on the Charity board

rainmac

RustyFlange wrote: »

I managed to completely miss this post ... I did a quick search and couldn't see anything?

Some info here... http://www.create-a-card-for-cancer-care.org/

I'm going to make some this year.

odollybird

JailhouseBabe wrote: »

The challenge was set on Monday 19th to run for two weeks - so I'd guess 6pm on Monday 2nd February.

arh thanks JAILHOUSEBABE i had better get my thinking cap on;)

mary43

rainmac - thanks............I've printed off the address so shan't miss it this year.

Groovygirl

I was just about to start doing some cards for the first time but I think I've bought the wrong thickness for the base card.

What would you all recommend please?

I've had a look a ebay and was thinking at least 260gsm but I'm not sure.

The pack of card I've bought doesn't say what gsm it is but once folded it doesn't stand up tidy. :mad:

tru

Groovygirl wrote: »

I was just about to start doing some cards for the first time but I think I've bought the wrong thickness for the base card.

What would you all recommend please?

I've had a look a ebay and was thinking at least 260gsm but I'm not sure.

The pack of card I've bought doesn't say what gsm it is but once folded it doesn't stand up tidy. :mad:

I always use 300gsm

melissa75_2

Groovygirl - I think I use something like 260 when I make them myself, but a few of the card blanks that I buy are thinner but still okay.

melissa75_2

Julie H - there's some fabulous things on your blog!