Making cards - Ideas for beginners (part 4)

ali.b.123

Evening all - sorry to butt in but I would be interested to know which epson too, we have an epson stylus dx6050 but I cant print on thickish card.

Been for a little blog hop earlier - lovely cards (as always!!)

Also, subscribed to cardmaking & papercraft magazine today to take advantage of the Sizzix texture boutique offer - regretted not doing it earlier in the year - so when I saw it again - jumped at it. I know I have the big shot but this is like a handbag lol - and one can never have too many. Plus I am trying to justify it to hubby by saying that I will save a little each month on the magazine as that is about the only one I get each month - hee hee.

thanks wanna b - was typing as you posted (sorry) x

wanna-b-rich

ali.b.123 wrote: »

Evening all - sorry to butt in but I would be interested to know which epson too, we have an epson stylus dx6050 but I cant print on thickish card.

Been for a little blog hop earlier - lovely cards (as always!!)

Also, subscribed to cardmaking & papercraft magazine today to take advantage of the Sizzix texture boutique offer - regretted not doing it earlier in the year - so when I saw it again - jumped at it. I know I have the big shot but this is like a handbag lol - and one can never have too many. Plus I am trying to justify it to hubby by saying that I will save a little each month on the magazine as that is about the only one I get each month - hee hee.

thanks wanna b - was typing as you posted (sorry) x

DH offered to do me a sub to that mag as well (I'm kicking myself for not doing it the other month when the £7.99 mag (the name escapes me) which comes with a complete kit of bits was running an offer for it - you could sub online by DD and take out the three month sub, but I ummed and arrghed for so long that by the time I went to do it, the offer had ended). Was it cardmaking and papercraft that we got the MME papers from earlier in the year? If so then I really think I might go for it.

artydoll

Just blogged a card to match my little box I made earlier.
Been blog hopping,cant get over all your beautiful cards ,so professional.
Well done all you lovelycard makers.
xx

PootleFlump_3

This thread goes even faster than The Sewing Room one! Ill need to spend a whole weekend locked away reading it! Anyway, thanks everyone for such a friendly welcome. Im thinking of buying a die cutting machine as reckon I need one so I can get into card making properly (I used to try and cut shapes by hand and it just went horribly wrong which put me off!) I was looking at the Sizzix Big Shot... Does anyone know if this is the best one or have any tips/other suggestions? Ive seen the Cricut on QVC craft day but didnt think it looked as good? Thanks for any help you can give me! xx

melissa75_2

Artydoll - great boxes - I love the little glittery flowers, and you card is lovely too.

Pootleflump - I've got a big shot and I love it - I haven't had it that long in fact I wish I had bought it sooner - I use it pretty much on every card that I make. Its really easy to use too.

lizalloareds

Thanks WBR, how much was your printer?
Great makes crafty Juju
great boxes artydoll

wanna-b-rich

Pootleflump - I've got a Bigshot too and love it. I choose the BS cos I wanted something that could cut thicker products like metal, wood and chipboard as well as fabric and card. A lot of the girls have Cuttlebugs which they love and I think DTB has a Cricut which she loves and few of the others have a Robo which they love.

Mel - have you seen the pillowbox die on the Sizzix site is reduced heavily (along with a few alphabbets and the XL Banner die?). They've also got some of the texturz plates at a great price. P&P is hefty, but if your buying a few it's worthwhile.

wanna-b-rich

lizalloareds wrote: »

Thanks WBR, how much was your printer?
Great makes crafty Juju
great boxes artydoll

I paid £65 for it from Comet - but see that they've put it back upto £99. Dixons have it here for £71. xx

PepPop

Thanks for the welcome back guys. The laptop is out of its box and back in business :j

I've missed so much but I've just checked out your tiles Crafty and they are fantastic. Oh I've missed loads - I will try to catch up on here and on everyone's b**** (is the B word causing problems again?)

Hi to everyone I've not met before (I've been AWOL for a couple of months) so if I'm not already following your blogs can you point me in their direction (my blog pic is a tiger)

Re the printer question - I've got an Epson SX515W and I think it's great (once you get it to play without your firewall mucking it up) SNAP wanna-b

PepPop

ScattyJan wrote: »

Our house is sold stc
and our new offer was accepted :-))
so am soooo pleased and excited
Rusty how horrid was that consultant!!
Tired Mom 40 promarkers sounds heavenly lol
special wishes sent to those of you feeling under the weather
Love to you all
xx

Scatty I know I'm about 1 1/2 months late with this but CONGRATULATIONS!!