Making cards - Ideas for beginners (part 4)

flourgirl

JHB have you seen this

I've just done my card but need to wait until morning for a decent photo

melissa75_2

Dawnteabag - Your 18th birthday card is great - I love the key!!! Your button necklaces are fabulous - and I love the gift boxes!! I bet the recipients loved them!!!!

Hassy - sounds like you had a fab time - what did you buy?????

Wanna-b-rich - your bracelet is lovely as is your matching box!!! Love your mother's day cards too - that tulip image is really pretty.

Giggle - congrats on selling so much on your craft fair!

Dragonflew - congratulations!!

Rusty - I'm so sorry to hear about your Nan - big hugs to you and your family.

Rainmac - your spring card is lovely - those papers are gorgeous. Your birthday card is fab too - love the stitching. Bet you were so chuffed with your son's cards - they are so cute. I don't think I've seen your flower card before but its stunning - looks so classy.

Skiergirl - welcome back - sorry you've come back to a load of family troubles.

Kitekat - thanks for reminding me about the free postage!

Gemm85

well done on your craft fair sales Giggle, I am possibly doing one later in the year so it's good to know what sells!

rusty what awful news , so sorry to hear about your gran and sending massive hugs your way xx

dragonllew well done on your win!

rainmac - your Pepper card is so cute

pointofnoreturn

Hiya
Hope everyone is ok.
Rusty - sorry to hear about you loss.
JHB - I am interested to know about these Tim Holtz distress inks as I just bought a tea dye one. I think you apply them with a sponge but will not be testing it out till I get home. I managed to use a 40% discount coupon so got it for around £2.10 - I may pick up a few morew if I can get them cheap again. Just found this Tim Holtz video on youtube showing him using the inks. There are many other videos on there using this ink. Just working my way through them!!!
flourgirl - thanks for the link to the blog where the lady uses the distress inks.
Giggle - well done on selling so much at your craft fair.
Dawnteabag - I love your button necklaces, they look very effective.

Some lovely cards on your blogs everyone. Good luck in any challenges you are all entering.

wanna-b-rich

I can't remember who wanted the Martha Stewart Scoreboard, but whilst looking for other goodies, I've found one here. Looks like it's £18 delivered, so a fair bit cheaper than QVC. I've not ordered from them before though.

Re the distress inks - I bought some 3 weeks ago and have been playing with them. I've made some lovely distressed backing paper, by scrunching the paper up, rubbing the ink lightly over the surface and then misting with water. I borrowed a friends blender tool as well to achieve a different effect and am intending to treat myself to one (I think they are about £3.25 in my local craft store), alternatively QVC have the Tim Holtz set back in stock which contains the blender and few other essentials (I'm not sure its worth buying the book though, as I'm not sure that there is anything much new in there that you can't get from his blog or You Tube tutorials,).

rainmac

Pink Gem have released some new stamps, god I have no willpower, ordered a girlie one and a sentiment one x

I have some breaking news, my DS2 ate a sausage tonight, his first ever!!! And DS1 who usually moans about sausages ate his without any complaints :j I cut some strips of puff pastry and wrapped the strips around chipolata sausages and cooked in the oven. Bit like sausage rolls I suppose. Very nice anyway and my boys ate them

pointofnoreturn

JHB - have a look at these lovely tags Tim Holtz has made using the distress ink. He uses the ink in may ways, it is very vesatile. Wow - they look great, he uses some lovely stamps also.

Looks like there are more videos on www.timholtz.com as well.

JailhouseBabe

Thanks for all the links PONR, flourgirl and wanna-b-rich, lots there for me to look through.
PONR - sounds like you've found some fab deals while you've been away, I hope you don't end up with excess baggage charges!!

paddingtondoo

Finally posted the ATC swaps on CP - sorry for the delay have been having problems with all sorts of stuff on my laptop this week

Big hugs Rusty - and anyone else who needs them.
Sorry you came back to pandemonium skier.

Thank you for all the lovely comments about my insipid wedding card - least it proves I can do something other than bears .

I made DD's birthday card the wrong way round Tom's mum - I just told her it was a special left handed one :rotfl::rotfl:.

Well done to your DS's rainmac - it's dreadful living in a house with fussy eaters - my OH is a prime example as is his DS my DS and my brother - think it's a boy thing - DD will eat anything that doesn't move except baked beans (I saw the Pink Gem stamps but as I've spent my stash budget for this month already am gonna be good :A)

flourgirl

Kit Kat & Rainmac thanks for the links. No more spends for me at the moment although I am waiting for some FF images from ebay and some 12x12papers from Secret Crafter.... oops... dont tell my DH shhhhh hope the postie doesn't ring the door bell