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

jamtart6

happy birthday rainmac!!! have a great day!!


15% off copics in silly monkey crafts at the moment.

CT19720

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAINMAC - hope you have had a great weekend in London.

Loving the cake - the wife. I'd give you a perfect 10 if you could do a dive like that :rotfl:

Beautiful cake and baby keepsake box Sally. Hope the craft fayre goes really well for you today.

Congratulations on making so much money at your fair - you must be thrilled.


Fab cards Rusty, Helping Hubby, Louise, Paddingtondooo, Lei.

Choccy - almost ready to send your Christmas swap stuff, just waiting for one item to come. Hopefully will be with you by next weekend.

Gemm - hope your finger is better today, and definitely get your OH to do the litter tray, until it's healed.

dragonllew

:j:jHappy Birthday Rainmac:j:jHope you have a fab day.

Gemma hope your thumb is feeling better.

alyssa_liss I use promarkers for colouring images trouble is you always need more colours lol.

Glittermum well done with your fair.

off to leave comments on blogs and then a mammoth christmas card making session I really am un organised.:rotfl:

THE-WIFE_3

Gemm, once you've got your scor-pal scoring cards become a doddle. With the board, especially the metric you will be able to crease your card without measuring with just a gentle mark on the card and them cut it. No more rulers. Also the swing cards and anything like a trifold is easy. You'll be able to make boxes, bags and so much more.

Having had the imperial and the metric as soon as it was available the best advice I can give is check out the scor-pal website for loads of inspiration. They are a sponsor of splitcoaststampers and there is a link there. Sign up for the scor-pal email letter that comes through almost daily to look at other people blogs for things they have made. Have a look here too as Kitty Franken does the tutorials for the Scor-pal website. You'll put every other scoring board awy after getting this and the metric scor-mat is also now in the UK. Gotta find me a supplier, if anyone finds it in stock, please let me know.

chocolate.orange_2

Gemm85 wrote: »

with all these scor-pals around I am starting to think I might need one. everyone was buying them at the NEC but I didn't think it was something I wanted back then - but now I am thinking I might change my mind! I already have a pink Dovecraft scoring board, whats the advantages of the scor pal over the one I already have?

I have a pink Dovecraft one too Gemm.

I am finding it awkward when making different cards and i need to score at say .... 2 3/4 as its not marked on the pink board, so i have to get a ruler out and find the 'nearest' mark then jiggle it abit
So for me its my sanity that needs saving. also H asked what i wanted for Christmas. When i said a scor-pal, he said no, something for you... So im going to buy my own :rotfl: then laugh at him struggle what to buy me

chocolate.orange_2

CT19720 This is spooky i have one more item im waiting for also, i was going to email you later and say, i should have it out to you to arrive on Saturday !!
Sounds not only do we have similar lists, we are both ready at sameish time :rotfl:

dawnteabag

helping_hubby wrote: »

@Rusty - I love your lace tree card. When you say 'inked' do you ink it directly from ink pads? I'm sure I've tried something similar in the past and failed miserably getting ink over the non embossed parts.

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]I struggle with inking too but I did do one of those lace trees with metallic promarker. Just followed the lines - was simple(ish) and quite effective.
Am off out to lunch so will post a piccy when I get back

alyssa_liss

how do you use promarkers are they just like normal pens, ie colour in ta da....

happy birthday ranimac

xxx

chocolate.orange_2

alyssa_liss wrote: »

how do you use promarkers are they just like normal pens, ie colour in ta da....

happy birthday ranimac

xxx

Yep thats all i do

whoopidoo

Happy birthday Rainmac :bdaycake::beer:

Gemma - I seriously felt queasy just reading about your poor finger! Ouch! I knew there was a reason I was a yukky nailbiter ;)

I've updated my blog - not crafty stuff but yummy nonetheless Well I think so!