Making cards - Ideas for beginners (part 4)

melissa75_2

SaucySecrets - sorry to hear you've been suffering again!!!

Rusty - I ended up ordering loads of flowers - plus some pins and gem stem thingies - i got them from a couple of other sites though - I love the stuff at Wild Orchid but I wanted smaller quantities - otherwise I'd have spent a fortune!

AndyMandy - welcome - sorry I can't help you at all!!!!!

Dragonllew - your music card is fab - I love the colours and your white pen looks great - I normally just bung it anywhere!

Wanna-b-rich - your bookatrix card is stunning - I love the way the leaves wind their way up the pages!!!! I love the flowers too!!!!

Pointofnoreturn - another lovely door hanger - again I love the fabric!!!!

OAP - your music card is fabulous - I love the paper!!!!!

paddingtondoo

OAP1945 wrote: »

Scattyjan I have blogged my entry to your music challenge
Rainmac I followed your link and entered it into the magical challenge I hope thats OK it didnt say invitation only.
I made it easle shaped as I am sure I saw a challenge for a shaped card but have lost it. Do all of you get lost hopping from one blog to another? I certainly do
We had a odd day here weather wise it was frosty at dawn and we had lunch outside under the parasole to keep the sun out of our eyes and then this evening the rain is bouncing of the pavement !!!!!

Rusty could you share the Aberdeen contact for good quality white card you spoke about please, (pm or email me) if thats ok x

Lili Boo Too is for shaped cards this month - there were a couple of weekly ones but they've finished
Paper Sundaes is for easel cards this week

dragonllew

OAP1945 wrote: »

I made it easle shaped as I am sure I saw a challenge for a shaped card but have lost it. Do all of you get lost hopping from one blog to another? I certainly do

Creative Craft World challenge is an easel card and so is sew many challenges

RustyFlange

Giggle wrote: »

Rusty did you find any Jelly beans after

I gave up with them, think I was being a bit adventurous, I need to remember they are only 2 & 3 year olds so I sat and demolished 25 pasks of smarties picking out green, orange and blue (diego colours) and will make my own .... now I have a massive bowl full of smarties for kids to eat at random if they want lol but they are not big choccy eaters!

OAP1945 wrote: »

Rusty could you share the Aberdeen contact for good quality white card you spoke about please, (pm or email me) if thats ok x

Will send you a PM now if you go and spot my OH give him a shove and tell him I need everything else in the shop

OAP1945

Thanks Rusty,Dragon and Padster what a nice bunch of people on here xxx

Rusty I have just AA routed that and its only 1 hour away AND we don't have to drive into Aberdeen itself so a very good chance I might get there thankyou x

craftygranny

andymandy wrote: »

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.

Hi I don't have one so can't help. Dawnteabag has one but i've not seen her around today. This lady has loads of machines and is usually happy to help and advise if you leave a message on her blog.

CT19720

Giggle your treat bags for boys are great.

Welcome to the thread Farmville.

Rainmac – glad you had a fabbie afternoon tea with your mum, and she had a lovely day.
Well done Choccy for getting the circuit working, now get the craft robo out – I’m sure you will be fine and it isn’t as hard as I thought it would be, and I have never looked at the instructions.

Flourgirl – sorry to hear about your niece, lets hope things start to improve for her soon. Your jewellery is gorgeous.

Hi SaucySecret – wondered were you were as hadn’t seen you post for a while. Hope you start to feel better soon.

Great musical card on your blog Dragonllew. Yours is fab too OAP.

Had a busy weekend sorting out the packing for my eldest who is going on a school trip to the Isle of Wight tomorrow. He is growing up so fast that we need to buy him loads of new clothes. He will have a great time and lots of lovely adventures whilst he is there. Had to make a card for him to post tomorrow, as the school have requested that parents should write to their child at least once for the week they are there, and the child has to write and send a postcard back to us to.

Managed to finish and have just blogged the cards made for my OHs birthday tomorrow – the haunted house card from me, and one the kids asked me to make. Harry told me the card had to be based on a certain bar of chocolate so hope my OH likes it. I think it looks good enough to eat . If anyone knows of any challenges they may fit can you point me in the right direction please.

Got to work every day next week and late nights as we have a big athletics meeting coming up, so I am not going to get much time to craft. Will try and blog the two girly cards I have made today later in the week, which a friend of my mums has asked me to make, they are very pink and girly, which isn’t really in my comfort zone, so hope she likes them.

Gemm – just seen your email, will try and get the files to you over the next couple of days.

Tired_Mom

Evening all.

Back from the caravan and had gorgeous weather all weekend. Spent yesterday in Shrewsbury as DS needed new school shoes, as he has problem with his feet and is wide fitting we have to be very careful what we get £49.99 :eek: and 15 mins later we were sorted, bargain compared to the £59.99 he cost us last October. We then went clothes hunting as I need an outfit for a wedding in less than two weeks, not sure then how OH ended up with 2 pairs of trousers, shirt, messenger bag and trainers and I ended up with nothing:mad:. I know the answer he is Mr medium size and I am far from Mrs Medium size. Right rant over. My mom is having DD tomorrow for me and I can go shopping for the day, going to go the The Lowry outlet first which just so happens to have a Papermill and then if no success off to Trafford Centre.

X

Tired_Mom

Right now down to the important bits. Have managed to catch up on pages but not on blogs so here goes.

Padster - Congrats on your win. Sorry I laughed at your bra experience. I too buy scaffolding rather than bra's and infact on occassion my daughter has been known to put them on her head as a nice hat!

OAP - Your poor floor and more to the point your poor backs.

Mumof4 - I've written well done down on my pad but that was over an hour ago and now I can't remember why, sorry.

Toms Mom - You can use a seperate keyboard and mouse with a laptop if you prefer.

Skiergirl - Did you get to Hobbycraft?

Flourgirl - Needed heating at night in the caravan but husband has bad cough at moment and it made it worse. I really do recommend my Tortilla Wrap with a fleece, it makes all the difference but doesn't get you flattering comments from OH's.

Scatty - Hope you find your dream home soon. We knew straight away with ours even if it did have padded pink nylon stuck on the back of the bedroom door and flock wallpaper :eek:

Rainmac - Glad your mom enjoyed her Afternoon Tea, better than any medicine.

Jowri - Fingers crossed for you OH's results

Flourgirl - Your poor niece she really must wonder what next, hugs to all.

Farmville - Welcome to the Money Spending Experts

Rusty - I have the Stampin Up Treat Cups, how many did you want? I can always get some more if I haven't got enough. Nice to see you feeling abit more human and well done on not putting all the weight you had lost back on.

Right I have got to go to bed now as shattered and need my energy for clothes shopping tommorrow (I'm not like a normal woman in that I hate buying clothes and also missed out on the matching clothes and handbag gene), I'd far rather spend it on buying a cuttlebug.

Night all

X

ScattyJan

Evening everyone just a quick post before bed
thanks dragonllew and OAP for the music challenge cards there both brill
so far entered is
Chocolate. Orange
flourgirl
Padster
Glittermum
dragonllew and OAP
I hope I havent missed anyone so far?
wanna-be-rich it ends weds 26th may:)

Spent a while this afternoon doing a card for the Stamping with the dragon challenge - will look at it again tommorow and decide whether to post it or not lol
Hoping you have all had a good day:)
xx