Making cards - Ideas (part 5)

Addams

Paddington - sending you hugs. I did something similar a few months ago! Hope you are ok.

Marg - I know exactly what you mean about accidents!

Dtb - Well done on the fete raising so much for your school

Piglet - Welcome to the thread. Have you tried using the vellum as a backing for your card, then putting an image on top?

craftygranny

piglet27 wrote: »

Hello everyone,

I'm bit of a lurker on here, and as such have decided to try and make all my own cards this year, some success mostly not though lol! Oh well, will keep practicing, wondering if anyone can advise me, I have bought some christmas vellum, looked lovely. Now not sure how to use it.

Thanks alot Sarah

Never really used it i have some but i used it for inserts and for wraps. I did use some for backing paper once but had to use eyelets with it as glue and dst show. not much help was i .

The draw for my candy will be on wednesday for anyone who hasn't put their name down yet and wants to.

ali.b.123

Evening all, Padster hope you are ok today and the dust has settled a bit
Hello newbies.

Just a flying visit tonight going to have an early bath and get kids sorted so can be settled for I'm a celebrity (sad I know!!)

I shouldnt be watching rubbish though I should be cracking on with my christmas cards but I'll do a bit tomorrow I hope If I can climb over my mountain of ironing - lol

Big Hugs to everyone xx

TomsMom

pointofnoreturn wrote: »

TomsMom - I just did it using Paint.net - I opened it and then reduced the viewing size then selected the area I wanted and cropped to that. I then erased any unwanted overlap bits from other images. You should be able to copy and paste into any other document you have open then.

kms26 wrote: »

TomsMom - I just had a look in Microsoft Word and did it by cropping each picture, may take forever but it has worked for me.

Thanks both. I'm just not getting this, think I may have to give up.

PONR Not sure if paint.net is any different from the Paint programme you get when you open the page of images with Windows Picture and Fax viewer for editing. I can get rid of all the images except the one I want just by putting a box round them and pressing delete but when I import that picture into a document it's still the original size and I can't resize it.

KMS Open Office is supposed to be similar to Microsoft. I've got Text Document and Draw and can import the whole page into a document in both but I don't seem to be able to select just one of the pictures, whatever you do affects the whole page, it seems to be treating the lot as one image so I can't select and crop just one picture.

My techy skills are very limited and these aren't like having a single digi image which you can import and resize to what you want.

rainmac

Sorry Tomsmom, I have no idea how to spilt those images

DTB, what a fantastic amount to raise :j Give yourself a big pat on the back

kms, my Christmas challenge entry is on my blog, the box of chocolates x

Padster, hope you are feeling better today xxx

My ironing pile is considerably reduced so I am at peace with the nag in my head that says I am a lazy so and so I've got a Web Ivory order to place on behalf of the parents at preschool, think I will leave that till tomorrow and do some stamping/colouring tonight instead

Off to a friends for dinner tomorrow so going to make a lemon cheescake in the morning, one of my faves Going to a Jamie At Home party on Wednesday, has anyone been to one, I wondered what sort of stuff there will be? Expensive I bet

Hugs to everyone xxx

pointofnoreturn

TomsMom wrote: »

Thanks both. I'm just not getting this, think I may have to give up.

PONR Not sure if paint.net is any different from the Paint programme you get when you open the page of images with Windows Picture and Fax viewer for editing. I can get rid of all the images except the one I want just by putting a box round them and pressing delete but when I import that picture into a document it's still the original size and I can't resize it.

KMS Open Office is supposed to be similar to Microsoft. I've got Text Document and Draw and can import the whole page into a document in both but I don't seem to be able to select just one of the pictures, whatever you do affects the whole page, it seems to be treating the lot as one image so I can't select and crop just one picture.

My techy skills are very limited and these aren't like having a single digi image which you can import and resize to what you want.

Which one is it you want - I'll do it for you and email it to you. I don't think Paint.net is the same.

Try and describe which one you want and I will do it in a mo for you xx

TomsMom

pointofnoreturn wrote: »

Which one is it you want - I'll do it for you and email it to you. I don't think Paint.net is the same.

Try and describe which one you want and I will do it in a mo for you xx

Oooh, don't tempt me or I would say all of them! :rotfl: . The cat with party hat under the bunch of mistletoe would be great. Thanks so much.

pointofnoreturn

TomsMom wrote: »

Oooh, don't tempt me or I would say all of them! :rotfl: . The cat with party hat under the bunch of mistletoe would be great. Thanks so much.

Just emailed it to you - hope it is ok!

lizalloareds

Been out shopping today got 2 Signo white pens from Rymans bogof also signed up for a costco card,

Mad-Frog

Oh have read the thread and promptly forgotten everything I wanted to quote

Paddington I did the same a few years ago, there was a van parked right outside my drive so I looked down the road and didn't realise there was a car parked opposite as I swung out, luckily my OH was ok about it after the initial rant... I hope your OH has calmed down by now, accidents do happen, as long as you are safe is all that matters

DTB Brilliant amount to raise

Craftygranny The ASDA where I live is like that all year round, which is why I rarely shop there, (apart from the fact I spend a fortune every time I go!) goodness knows what it would be like at Christmas I refuse point blank to go anytime after November and before mid January

KMS26 Please no reminders I have only made 3 Christmas cards so far and so waaaay behind on my crafting projects :eek:

Rainmac I have never been to a JO party, however my favourite recipe book of all time is Jamie at home, jammed packed full of seasonal recipes (and some quite cheap too) it is fab

Any clever crafters able to help me please, OH niece has had a baby boy by emergency section 9lb 8oz, now she fainted after her blood was taken when she was 20 weeks and was worried sick about the pain of childbirth .... not surprised after that weight :eek:
Anyway I am going to buy her a massive bar of chocolate to recover as well as a nappy cake (she had a 60 hour labour before the section) and cover the chocolate but need a poem in the gist of bet you are delighted with your newborn son, but not having to 'push' him out!!!, any better eloquent quotes can you think of would be much appreciated
Obviously I wouldn't put that but can't think of an appropriate poem so to speak