Making cards - Ideas for beginners (part 4)

jazabelle

I don't know if anyone remembers me mentioning the fete I am going to for the charity I work for at the weekend. I said I was making some cards to sell.

Well I wrote to a load of companies where I live and asked if they would donate some raffle prizes. We've had some great ones!

• A meal for 4 plus a bottle of wine at a quite posh restaurant where a main meal can be about £20 each.
• A use of a spa and a gym for a week
• Three rose bushes
• Four games of tenpin bowling
• Two tickets to the theatre
• £10 Tesco gift voucher
• Two meals to McDonalds

Now I'm trying to 'rank' them for first prize, second prize etc.

I would put the spa and the meal at the top, but can't decide between the two. I mean a week at a spa would cost HUNDREDS, so I think financially it's the best, and the one I would most want. But am I being biased? I can imagine a man winning it and being disappointed! There are no treatments included, but you can use the large swimming pool, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, hydro-pool, etc.

So would you put as the first prize? The meal at a posh restaurant for four and a bottle of wine, or using a spa/gym for a week?

And for the rest of the rankings, I've put 3rd as the two tickets to the theatre, 4th four games of ten pin bowling, 5th the three rose bushes, 6th Tesco voucher and 7th McDonalds meals. Does everyone agree with that?

OAP1945

jazabelle wrote: »

Thank you! Oh, that's a shame - I need it much bigger. I have some specific things to put on it, and they're all quite big, so would need to be bigger.



Thanks for telling me the real name of them! That's why nothing was coming up. The problem if I buy it from Hobbycraft is that the postage is about £4 I think...and so I'd have to buy a load of things to justify it, and I already spent more money than I dare to work out on promarkers this month!!

If you have 2 card blanks the same size you can make your own tri fold by .... dead easy to do not so easy to explain....
take your 2 cards lay card 1 open flat out, open card 2 out and lay upside down on top of the right hand panel of the 1st card you should then have a zig zag card. tape/glue the center panels and "voila" bobs your uncle I THINK:rotfl:HTH

jazabelle

Madfrog - I got your craft stash in the post! Thank you very much! I love the tree stickers, and all the little bits.

Glittermum

Hello ladies - hope you've been good while I've been away!

We've had a lovely couple of weeks in France - all very tired and nicely brown now. How I'm going to get the boys into bed at a reasonable time tonight I don't know!

I'm probably not going to attempt to completely catch up so hope all is well with everyone. I might sit down with a glass of wine and a pizza later...

I'm going to go to the Artisan Show nr Coventry if anyone is interested. I was going to go on the Sat but really want to do the alcohol inks workshop so think I'll go on the Friday. Mind you, there's a Distress Ink workshop on the Saturday I fancy too!

jazabelle

OAP1945 wrote: »

If you have 2 card blanks the same size you can make your own tri fold by .... dead easy to do not so easy to explain....
take your 2 cards lay card 1 open flat out, open card 2 out and lay upside down on top of the right hand panel of the 1st card you should then have a zig zag card. tape/glue the center panels and "voila" bobs your uncle I THINK:rotfl:HTH

Thank you! I think I get what you mean. I will give it a go.

Mad-Frog

Afternoon,

Finished painting the downstairs toilet and utility, looks much better now, OH did all the ironing while I was painting, have tidied up now and have cleaned out the kitchen cupboards as they were getting on my nerves so full of rubbish.

Nearly finished two cards so will b**g them later, having a quick play before I tidy up my craft room!

pointofnoreturn

jazabelle wrote: »

I don't know if anyone remembers me mentioning the fete I am going to for the charity I work for at the weekend. I said I was making some cards to sell.

Well I wrote to a load of companies where I live and asked if they would donate some raffle prizes. We've had some great ones!

• A meal for 4 plus a bottle of wine at a quite posh restaurant where a main meal can be about £20 each.
• A use of a spa and a gym for a week
• Three rose bushes
• Four games of tenpin bowling
• Two tickets to the theatre
• £10 Tesco gift voucher
• Two meals to McDonalds

Now I'm trying to 'rank' them for first prize, second prize etc.

I would put the spa and the meal at the top, but can't decide between the two. I mean a week at a spa would cost HUNDREDS, so I think financially it's the best, and the one I would most want. But am I being biased? I can imagine a man winning it and being disappointed! There are no treatments included, but you can use the large swimming pool, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi, hydro-pool, etc.

So would you put as the first prize? The meal at a posh restaurant for four and a bottle of wine, or using a spa/gym for a week?

And for the rest of the rankings, I've put 3rd as the two tickets to the theatre, 4th four games of ten pin bowling, 5th the three rose bushes, 6th Tesco voucher and 7th McDonalds meals. Does everyone agree with that?

Hiya

I would put the meal as the first prize, spa and gym use as second prize as the first prize should be appealing to everyone to sell more tickets!!!!

qwiksave

Glittermum wrote: »

Hello ladies - hope you've been good while I've been away!

We've had a lovely couple of weeks in France - all very tired and nicely brown now. How I'm going to get the boys into bed at a reasonable time tonight I don't know!

I'm probably not going to attempt to completely catch up so hope all is well with everyone. I might sit down with a glass of wine and a pizza later...

I'm going to go to the Artisan Show nr Coventry if anyone is interested. I was going to go on the Sat but really want to do the alcohol inks workshop so think I'll go on the Friday. Mind you, there's a Distress Ink workshop on the Saturday I fancy too!

Hi Glittermum and everyone! :wave: I'm a very infrequent poster on this thread but I do lurk occasionally I'm writing to say I'm going to the Artisan show as I live very close to it. I went last year and its good but small (didn't stop me buying loads though! ) I'm going on the Friday when my kids are at school. Might meet you there!

nunnygirl

Hello again everyone, I posted on this thread a while ago about wedding invites and I'm now mid trying to make them. I am making my own folders/pocketfolds for them with plain sheets of card but my glue roller isn't sticking them well enough and they keep popping open. Can anyone suggest a good strong glue or something to stick it down with

Thank you all in advance

ali.b.123

Hi all, just trying to keep on top of things. Rainmac - err if you dont mind I'll give yours a miss - I think this is the most I have ever got done when the kids are off - I normally just let it mount up and sort it when they go back but - me & oh have been on a mission to declutter!!!