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

MrsTidge

Hels - what a lovely idea - and lovely bits on your blog.

Polly - your latest (and all the others really!) card is gorgeous.

Mary - the street sale sounds great fun - what bargains did you find?

My boys are all out on a bike ride at the moment and I've got dinner waiting - along with a new friend - my first ever sock monkey! I quite enjoyed it but myfingers are a bit sore as I don't have a sewing machine! I have to make at least one more though - there's no way the boys will share!

mary-op

Street sale bargains:
2 candles (only small but also only 10p)
Wooden cows head with peg for holding notes (wall hanging) -50p
2 t-shirts hardly worn.........50p the pair
2 brand new boxes picture and number puzzles -£1 each
Rag doll style plastic bag holder -50p
2 hand made bags (suede and sort of ethnic chenille) 50p each
2 Pine cones in mini flowerpots painted cream and gold with bits of plastic ivy round them -50p the pair
pg tips little tiny monkey -25p
Jewellry box (embroidered -purple) -50p

Think that was it...................that should be me about done.................:T least on the 'buying' side of things

chocolate.orange_2

Mrs Tidge... I love your sock monkey !!! Well Done you... I must hang my head in shame and admit i actually bought socks this time last year and i still dont have any monkeys living here

chocolate.orange_2

Sounds great Mary Wll Done on your purchases Hope OH is feeling abit better now hes had a rest after his walk ?

ali.b.123

Louby - all the things you made for your not to be coffee morning are lovely - can i ask what did you use for your calender that is a diff. shape?
Flougirl/mumhug/Polly & Hels - lovely cards on your blogs. Hels how did you get on with your party bags.
Rainmac - thanks for your comments - your cards are always lovely, think will hang on and maybe just invest in a couple of punches instead!
Mrs Tidge - Lovely sock monkey -was it v. difficult to do without a sewing machine?

Also finally think advancing somewhere on the photobucket/blog route - husband keeps putting me off - but spoken to brother in law who is a bit of a comp. geek and he said he could sort a blog out for me!! Yeah! cos I havent a clue:rotfl:

MrsTidge

Ali- quite a bit of the monkey like attaching all the limbs/nose/tail have to be done by hand anyway so I don't think it makes all that much difference doing it by hand (only to the overall quality:rotfl:)

Ewan loved him, but now he's been cruelly discarded thanks to the attraction of lego star wars on the wii!

SallyUK

Hi Hels, all the things on your blog are gorgeous, well done for donating some of your sales to the hospice too! I'm thinking of doing that too when I've made and sold a few more towel cakes - if I can ever find somewhere that will let me display them, not having much luck so far! lol

Sal
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hels102 wrote: »

Polly your card is lovely
kaitlyn Hope you had a lovely birthday!
Rainmac thank you for the word circles!
Mary good to hear OH is on the mend, oh a street sale, that sounds fun!
Louby you have made some gorgeous items, well done you!
I've just had a catch up with everyones blogs, fantastic creations ladies!:j

Well I have been busy making my calendars and post it note holders! I have decided to send half of what I make to a cancer hospice called Ty Olwen my grandfather passed away a 1 1/2 ago now and the care they provided for him was outstanding, they rely on fundraising and donations, I organised a cycle event last year and we raised £1,700! I know I'm not going to get anywhere near that but whatever I raise it will help in someway.
Here's a few bits on my blog http://helsbelswork.blogspot.com

Gemm85

mumhug wrote: »

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Just put my ccccard on my blog

mumhug love your CCC card with all the butterflies and your one stop card is gorgeous too

Gemm85

polly your one stop card is fab, love the image and the scallops xx

hels your blog stuff is gorgeous, loving your post it note holders and note book! x

flourgirl your secret crafter card is soooo cute!!

mrstidge what a cute monkey

cardpaperscissors

CandyB101 - re Cuttlebug plates - My plates are really marked too. I think it's a good idea to try and keep one plate as the die-cutting one and the other for when you're embossing. I managed this quite well until my daughter was making a card involving lots of die-cut lettering and she mixed the plates. Both my 'B's look dreadful now but still working! Also, if you have any nestabilities you have to use the 'C' plate - again you need to be v. careful to lay them the correct way. My first go was fine and the second go I got it wrong and my nestie was stuck in the plate. Luckily it came out fairly easily.

craftygranny - thanks for the reply re. the rubber stamp. I'll give that a try. Think I need to buy a bigger acrylic block though. I might try a rocker block as they look easier to stamp with. I'm not too pleased with my efforts using acrylic stamps so far. Your grandaughter looks lovely in her hat!

Think I'll say goodnight for now then ladies. Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend. We've had some lovely sunshine today - fingers crossed for the same tomorrow.

CPS