Making Cards - Ideas for a card craft beginner (Part 3)

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skiergirl the glitterpot is in scaynes hill (haywards heath I think)

Skiergirl

Sillyinthepast - welcome to the thread :hello:


After doing the stitched card I picked up a cross stitch today that I started ages ago - when I looked at the chart it is 6 double sides of A4 :eek: - now I know why I haven't touched it in ages :rotfl::rotfl:
I have also made a couple of cards but can't find the camera

ali.b.123

Skiergirl - I know exactly what you mean when I looked in my cross stitch bag that hasnt seen the light of day for a very long time - have found 4 unfinished pieces 2 of which are birth samplers for my boys - now aged 9 & nearly 6 might have to go to the UFO forum!!

Myzdamena

What's the UFO forum?

Re: cross stitch- tell me about it! I have a calendar bears one from 1992!!!!!!!! Needs 2 more bears on it lol

rainmac

melissa75 wrote: »

Louby-Lou-Lou - lovely baby cards, good luck with your craft fair this weekend - make sure you take some pics of your stall so we can see.

Rainmac - I love your calendar - your idea of using magnets is brilliant - let me know if you track some down. Lovely ccc challenge card, I love the colours, and that image is so cute! Fab altered container too - the muffin image looks great.

I got my beer mats from here if anyone's interested:
http://www.craftisland.co.uk/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=beer+mat&x=0&y=0

Seeing the site I think that maybe where I got my coasters from too, maybe they did a free p&p offer or something, I know there was a bargain somewhere? I have ordered these little circular magnets, thought I could stick two on the back?

ali.b.123

Myz- think its in the special occasions bit and its for unfinished objects relating to cross stitch - and I think you get encouraged to finish them - only had a quick look though its the 9th one up from the bottom.

s_michaels

Can I get some opinions please

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DymIrxbXcvo/SpbJIof-BRI/AAAAAAAAAEU/pM6sRB7U6Yo/s320/handmade.jpg

Sorry the picture isnt very good.

Her birthday is in ovember and the wording says 60th Birthday Celebration

I haven't shown it to her yet as I am thinking I might have to make a more simple design.

What do you guys think?

Myzdamena

rainmac wrote: »

Seeing the site I think that maybe where I got my coasters from too, maybe they did a free p&p offer or something, I know there was a bargain somewhere? I have ordered these little circular magnets, thought I could stick two on the back?

Cool! Hehe got all excited earlier as my friend works in a pub... thought she could get beer mats....but she can't.... if I'm up to it I'll suggest a pub meal on Sunday maybe..... ... then again there would probably only be us in there...pretty obvious if I went about half-inching mats!

...maybe I'll buy 'new' ones hehe

Myzdamena

s_michaels wrote: »

What do you guys think?

I like it

... if it were a child I'd put a photo of their head in the centre of the flower... but I think that may be a little much for your purposes

:rotfl:

btw if you want to look at it in larger state then take off the last 2 bits of the URl it doubles in size here

I definitely don't like overcomplicated cards.... on some of the designers blogs everything all seems so 'busy' in the cards to me and it makes my head hurt. Then again I do get a lot of headaches.... I am old.... hehe..but that's why I loved Polly's card... loads on it to get the attention but not *too* busy

....bet that doesn't make sense does it? lol

s_michaels

Myzdamena - I think you could also use those small bits as hands for a clock face, sorry if it's already been suggested