Making cards - Ideas for beginners (part 4)

Giggle

Sorry you didnt find them any good Rusty but i have been using them for years and have never had any problems with them in fact there the only ones i ever but my card and paper from

RustyFlange

Giggle wrote: »

Sorry you didnt find them any good Rusty but i have been using them for years and have never had any problems with them in fact there the only ones i ever but my card and paper from

Must have just been a one off then, but I know it has put me off from ordering! Glad you don't have any problems with them.


Wifey stop laughing :rotfl:

dragonllew

Crafty Juju don't know if this is any help but when I did some wedding invites I order card and matching envelopes from this seller http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/i_love_colour I know she had matching paper as well I can't see any deep purple in her listing but she was really helpful when I ordered letting me buy the exact number of envelopes rather than buying wholepacks etc she may be able to get the colour that your looking for. Also the place name butterfly look to me as if they are probably a die cut rather than a punch because iof the size.

TomsMom

Crafty JuJu I've just had a thought (it happens occasionally, I sometimes surprise myself :rotfl: ). Some time ago I bought some card from Craft Creations and was very pleased with it. All colours and weights, all types of card and quite reasonable. The price you see, e.g. 82p, is for an A2 sheet of card which they will cut, for free, into 2 x A3 sheets, 4 x A4 sheets, 9 x A5 sheets. VAT has to be added and their delivery is £3.

CT19720

Crafty JuJu and Lei - your swaps should be with you tomorrow having just posted them off.

Have you got a Works near you Crafty JuJu. Our local one has started to do lots of different coloured card so maybe worth a look. I know what you mean about the papermill. My local one is a 75 mile round trip to, so I go down twice a year. My nearest range is a 100 mile trip.

Lovely and sunny hear today, so got to get on with tidying the house, and cutting the grass.

Hope to do some card making later - just found out that my friends husbands dad died yesterday, so need to make a sympathy card for him. Any ideas for a design suitable for a man.

dragonllew

RustyFlange wrote: »

Dragonllew - Meant to ask how you are getting on? with your pain I mean? x

Still in pain lol I have another week left on my sick note went to physio on friday and he thinks its pressure on one of my discs causing all the pain so gave me some excersises to try to release the pressure and have to go back again on friday doesn't really seem to be helping at the moment if anything the pain is worse:( I think I would feel better if I could sleep but just can't get comfy so toss & turn all night.

Crafty_JuJu

Wow thankyou everyone for all your help I'm off to check them out.
I've just sent an email to Papermill asking if they could give me an idea of how dark the 'Purple Grape' card is...fingers crossed they'll get back soon

rainmac

twinklelittlestar wrote: »

Morning everyone!

DD's eye is a lot better today, however having had pnemonia again over last 2 weeks, I was left with a chesty cough and I have now lost my voice (I will have to make up for it and talk lots on here instead) To top it off there are major arguments over parking in our road and one of the neighbours starting laying into me after I asked her daughter nicely not to park in front of our drive. I am sick of the situation now I wish we could just move house, but that is not likely in the next year. Why are people so inconsiderate? :mad:

Hope everyone else and their little uns are feeling better today. Roll on warm weather I say!

How are you feeling now? We've had parking issues in our road and now get shot looks that could kill from people that live sort of opposite as I asked someone going to their house if they could park nearer the house they were visiting rather than in front of mine :mad:

rainmac

Crafty_JuJu wrote: »

Wow thankyou everyone for all your help I'm off to check them out.
I've just sent an email to Papermill asking if they could give me an idea of how dark the 'Purple Grape' card is...fingers crossed they'll get back soon

Maybe you could ask for a sample piece to be sent to you?

rainmac

dragonllew wrote: »

Still in pain lol I have another week left on my sick note went to physio on friday and he thinks its pressure on one of my discs causing all the pain so gave me some excersises to try to release the pressure and have to go back again on friday doesn't really seem to be helping at the moment if anything the pain is worse:( I think I would feel better if I could sleep but just can't get comfy so toss & turn all night.

Oh no, are they going to refer you to find out what the problem is? Your latest cards are gorgeous btw

Ali, thank you so much for the paper, it's lovely, will sort some for you later in the week, I'm supposed to be doing paperwork for preschool today and then need to tackle ironing mountain, I will be some time

Popkins, thank you for the stash, love the dinosaur and robot stickers, will be perfect for all the boy birthday cards I have to do for my boys' friends Hope you're feeling a bit better today xxx