Making cards - Ideas for beginners (part 4)

RustyFlange

Lyndach wrote: »

I ok this may or may not help but I'm watching a buy it now of house mouse stamps they have 50 (1 of each design) for £5 with £1 p&p

I think that is quite expensive, personally I wouldn't pay that much but not sure if that is just me being tight? I was thinking £1.50 + postage which would be 62p

dragonllew wrote: »

Ah thanks that wasn't why I posted though let me know if I have anything you wanted stamped

Nooo I know it wasn't, I wasn't posting so that you would all come in your hoardes and buy from me if I did it aswell lol :rotfl: thankyou for the offer I may take you up on it one day!

TomsMom

RustyFlange wrote: »

Can I ask a question, I know some stamped images sell well on ebay but I was thinking I could add a few house mouse images on ebay and say put in 2 of each stamp. I have the stamps (or will when they arrive) and can use memento inks which is good for promarkers and copics but not sure what to charge?
I bought 3 second hand ones on ebay, and 3 new ones from ebay (simon says stamp) but already have 4 so what would be a suitable price for 20 stamped images? looking at the listings on there you can get 8x or 10 x of the same stamp or if you want different ones then you can pay up to £10 just for a set of different ones?

Sorry Rusty, snipped you.

Not sure if this will help. I bought some Tilda images last week. Beautifully stamped with Memento, some are overstamped with two images, i.e. Tilda sitting on swing, Tilda sitting on fence. There were 6 different ones in the set, three single stamps and three over stamped. The were But It Now, 6 for 99p plus 40p for 1st class postage. She included a free one (overstamped again) so I got 7 different ones for a total of £1.39 They were on pieces of card A6 size and beautifully stamped. The only thing I would say is that the card could have been a bit smoother as the Promarkers have run a little bit so I'll know to be a bit more careful and not go right to the edge next time.

Yesterday I bought a mix and match of my own choosing with a seller who had lots of PB and HM, I emailed and asked if I could just have a couple of each rather than the sets she was doing with 5 of each image in. She doesn't do But It Now, puts them up for auction but she let me have them at the auction starting price. Her starting price for 10 images is 98p so she let me have my selection at that price so 50 images = £4.90. There's a choice of ink, Stazon or Memento, stamped onto 250gsm card. She's charged me 69p postage for 50 images. I took a gamble and am hoping that the card is a nice smooth one and her stamping is as good as the other seller.

I no longer sell anything on ebay since they've insisted on payment by PayPal so I'm not sure what the fees are and whether the above prices are along the lines of what you were thinking.

andymandy

Hi I need some help, not sure if I should buy a cricut machine, cricut create or expressions. am so confused after looking at all the different prices and what you can do with them. Can anyone let me know what they think if they have one please.

TomsMom

RustyFlange wrote: »

I think that is quite expensive, personally I wouldn't pay that much but not sure if that is just me being tight? I was thinking £1.50 + postage which would be 62p




Nooo I know it wasn't, I wasn't posting so that you would all come in your hoardes and buy from me if I did it aswell lol :rotfl: thankyou for the offer I may take you up on it one day!

£1.50 for 50 images :eek: You'll have every HM fan in the country queueing up and I'll be first! 3p per image to me is too cheap. When I was looking it seemed as though nearer 10p per image is the norm. Don't forget you'll have to factor in a good quality card plus the ink, plus something for your time and be prepared to throw away any that aren't up to scratch.

flourgirl

Rusty My stamping is so carp so I buy lots of stamped imaged from ebay and they usually work out to 10p each or 99p for 10 + £1 p&p for 1 set with extra sets at 10p p&p.

A Cricut:eek::eek::rotfl:

RustyFlange

TomsMom wrote: »

£1.50 for 50 images :eek: You'll have every HM fan in the country queueing up and I'll be first! 3p per image to me is too cheap. When I was looking it seemed as though nearer 10p per image is the norm. Don't forget you'll have to factor in a good quality card plus the ink, plus something for your time and be prepared to throw away any that aren't up to scratch.

nooo sorry not for 50 lol .... ok so 10 per image, maybe I could do them in sets then? I will have a total of 13 HM stamps so there would be 26 stamped images for £1.50 I could maybe up it to £2 and 50p postage? not sure? I have card which is good quality as I use it myself and trust it, I get a box 4 times the size of the papermill ones from a place in aberdeen for £5 so nice and cheap! A buy it now auction would cost me 40p to list for 30 days but I could have an unlimited quantity to that so could say I have over 200 sets or something like that if that makes sense?

RustyFlange

flourgirl wrote: »

Rusty My stamping is so carp so I buy lots of stamped imaged from ebay and they usually work out to 10p each or 99p for 10 + £1 p&p for 1 set with extra sets at 10p p&p.

A Cricut:eek::eek::rotfl:

think I need to have a good think about this selling images lark as I may get bored lol.
Cricut is on the back burner, OH said no, but he did give in with a proper trampoline for the kids and hasn't quashed my idea of a conservatory which I will pay for with the money from my Grandads will so I have to have some give and take .... although did I mention he bought himself a new camera whilst I was bedbound ... saved himself 10% which was a saving of £124 so I will let you work out how much the camera cost .... then a new flash, and another new flaash, and a new lens, and a new battery pack, and a new set or rechargable batteries ...... all whilst I was bedbound and in hospital so he really can't argue! :rotfl: after all my crafting hobby is nowhere near as expensive as his! :P

chocolate.orange_2

Rusty Talking of House Mouse guess what i bought the other day ? A stamp and its a mouse !!! But you cant see its tail at all LOL.. Its one sat in Lucky Clover
You wanted a cricut too ? But you can work your robo ! The instructions didnt scare you like they do me LOL

RustyFlange

chocolate.orange wrote: »

Rusty Talking of House Mouse guess what i bought the other day ? A stamp and its a mouse !!! But you cant see its tail at all LOL.. Its one sat in Lucky Clover
You wanted a cricut too ? But you can work your robo ! The instructions didnt scare you like they do me LOL

you are being brave, but not brave enough to take a robo out of its box! :rotfl:

yup I said to OH last week I wanted a cricut!! ..... I can work my robo ... instructions? I never read them so maybe that is where you went wrong? :rotfl: we call them destructions in this house as they never do things the easy way!

chocolate.orange_2

RustyFlange wrote: »

you are being brave, but not brave enough to take a robo out of its box! :rotfl:

yup I said to OH last week I wanted a cricut!! ..... I can work my robo ... instructions? I never read them so maybe that is where you went wrong? :rotfl: we call them destructions in this house as they never do things the easy way!

Destructions are about right when it comes to the robo instructions..

I must say though. Ive just taken the cricut out the box :j So its got further than my robo :rotfl:. Im going to see if i can do a letter without attatching it to my puter as i want to set robo up on new lappy, which is here now :j Just not turned on either