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

melissa75_2

Dawnteabag - were the feather boas a clue then????? Did you buy any of the cardstock or did you resist??? I haven't bought mine yet.

Craftygranny - yeah - you're back!!! I love the quality of the bazzill to especially the texture and the fact that you can get so many colours.

Furrypig - yeah it was the silver card that I meant, I thought it might have been your cuttlebug at work - it looks lovely!!

The-wife - your card is gorgeous - it looks great with the gems!!!

Rusty - your mascots are so cute - I'm sure your kids will love them.

Dragonflew - your challenge card is fabulous - thanks so much for entering! Love those milk cartons - I have saved the link!!!

Kim_Possible - your halloween items are brilliant and I love the colours on your Australian muffin!!!!

Hels - welcome back!!!!

melissa75_2

Bunbun - lovely halloween card - love the bright orange embossed card - thanks for entering!!!!

dawnteabag

melissa75 wrote: »

Dawnteabag - were the feather boas a clue then????? Did you buy any of the cardstock or did you resist??? I haven't bought mine yet.

They weren't a clue - just a costume prop but we had to do abit of shimmying with them to see who was the best flapper!

I haven't bought any coredinations. You'll note that I aven't exactly answered your question though. Was it you a while back who was after the glitter snoflakes lace paper - they have some here for £1 a sheet. HAD to get some and made it up the £5 min order with some bazill bling. free p&p

craftygranny

Melissa i'll try and get a challenge card finished by tomorrow i haven't had chance today it's been like a mad house people in and out all day. Lovely and quiet now the last ones have just gone home lol.
Ali my mil drove me nuts today she kept saying death isn't coming fast enough . When she'd gone home my daughter said i didn't know if to call a doctor or give her the bread knife. terrible aren't we. Didn't help that i'd only said this morning i feel old today my babies are now 18.
Love the links to all the yummy card but my hubby may not be so happy. lol

furrypig

Evening all!

Glad you liked the stash Hels, hope you had a great time away.
Bunbun and Dragonllew you have some great Halloween goodies on your blogs for some reason I seem unable to leave comments at the moment but will try again shortly!!
Had a wonderful weekend, the weather has been great and DH has done all the cooking (how sweet and what a great treat!). Last night we all chilled in front of the Tv with Strictly and the X Factor (tho' we did miss Merlin!)
Today we went to Winkworth Arboretum and walked round the grounds looking at the amazing trees in all their glorious colours, hopefully Dh got some good pics too. This afternoon whilst DH watched the Grand Prix I did some crafting and got Rainmac's stash swop ready (part made the ATC and have to start on the card swop still!)
So here is the card for Melissa's Halloween challenge
there is another picture and more details over on my blog

dawnteabag

actually, I just remembered it was Saveapenny who was lusting after that glitter lace cardstock over on Crafty Place.

melissa75_2

dawnteabag - were you the best flapper???? Sorry it wasn't me who was after that card - it looks nice though!!!!

Craftygranny - your mil sounds like a right laugh!!!! I remember seeing John Cleese being interviewed once and he was saying his Mum rang him up once moaning about how hard her life was, to which he replied that he knew a man in Nottingham that would put her out of her misery!!

Furrypig - lovely challenge card - thanks for entering - I love the tones of your flowers!!!!

jamtart6

Hi all! Anyone (except choccy) got a bind-it-all? I'm having a "need" for one -but not sure if I will use it very much, and are the supplies for it expensive? Thanks for any thoughts

ETA: Also where is the cheapest place for Bazzil and Basic Grey paper packs please? THAN-Q XX

melissa75_2

Hi jamtart - I've got a bind-it-all, I use it for making notebooks but there's loads more that you can make with it. The machine itself is about 45 quid - I've got the older version - the blue one - but there is a pink one out. The official covers and pages are quite expensive, but I just use bits of cardboard and cut my pages up myself using my guillotine. The wires aren't too bad - they come in strips of 12 inches - I think I make 4 notebooks out of one strip, there's loads of colours to choose from. The one thing I would advise is that you purchase the bigger wires - they are a bit more expensive but you'll use them loads more. When I first got my bind it all I went mad and bought loads of the 3/8 inch wires but they are too small to work with.

THE-WIFE_3

Basic Grey Eerie papers, I've got seven sheets of the 6 x 6 papers left over from my lucky stash win. I've made all the halloween cards for the year so if anyone would like them, please let me know by pm and I'll send them through to you.