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

paddingtondoo

ali.b.123 wrote: »

Hi ladies, just doing a quick catch up - and having a bit of a panicky thick moment!!! When you talk about matting papers/cards etc(it mentions matting in mags as well). Is it just covering with your chosen patterned paper???

It's cutting different layers each one slightly bigger than the last one which you can then stick on top of each other with glue DST or sticky pads.

Most of the stuff on my blog has some kind of matting on it

Skiergirl

Flourgirl - very pretty cards :T

DTB - lovely cards :T

JHB - gorgeous cards, good luck on finishing your dissertation

Louby :rotfl:

Mel - thanks for the link to the flowers :T

Polly - glad you're feeling a bit better, gorgeous card :T

Bunbun - lovely trifold card :T

swmtyn - sorry I can't help as I can't justify paying for a die cutter

Gemma - hope you're better today xx
Rusty - hope you're better too and the new painkillers are working xx
Rainmac - hope you're feeling better soon xx

I haven't got any inspiration at the moment even though I have cards to make, so have gone back to my cross stitch as at least I follow a chart

Skiergirl

Padster - I think the current challenge is to use scraps and die cuts. I'm sure someone else will confirm it though

rainmac

Skiergirl wrote: »

Padster - I think the current challenge is to use scraps and die cuts. I'm sure someone else will confirm it though

Yep that's right, I'm hoping to have a go tonight

rainmac

Skiergirl wrote: »

I haven't got any inspiration at the moment even though I have cards to make, so have gone back to my cross stitch as at least I follow a chart

I'm being nosy, what are you stitching? I have so many things I want to do but I feel not enough time to stitch them :rolleyes:

rainmac

Well done bunbun on mastering links :T :T :T

ali.b.123

Thanks paddington - I dont know what I am doing. Had a look at some of the cards I have made and it has basically been covering the card then putting my images on - so dont think I have matt'd yet! Or I might have and not realised:rolleyes:

mygeorgie

Thank you Craftygranny and Melissa75, the stamps i'm looking for are like a small long round wooden barrel with a tiny rubber stamp on one end, they are usually used for creating floral wreaths or borders. I'm not very good with my explanations i'm afraid

Kim_Possible

mygeorgie- does this help- little pegs
http://www.rubberstamptapestry.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SHO20018

Gemm85

dawn, lovely stuff on your blog, the handbag card is gorgeous x

JHB beautiful cards, my fave is the CCC one

flourgirl youre doing well with all the challenges youre entering!! love your CRAFT one, the paper is gorge and your colouring on the image is so fab xx

polly love your ccc card and what a great challenge, I will have to get my thinking cap on

marg, glad your swing card arrived safely!!

rainmac have a great time at the craft warehouse on saturday, I wish I lived closer as you always sound like you have a great time when you go there!

bunbun I love your tri fold card, that owl paper is very sweet

my cold feels like it's going now so I went back to work today, thanks to all for your sympathy x

Anyone who has an X cut guillotine, do you have the 12 inch one? My little fiskars trimmer goes blunt in about 5 minutes and I'm sick of replacing the blades or having to put up with furry edges, so I am definitely going to either get the X-cut 12" or the 8", is the 12 inch massive? and are the blades replaceable or do you need to buy another guillotine when it goes blunt?