Making cards?

Simba_25

I also make my own cards, i would say, ebay! You can get some fantastic bargains on there and it's where i get most of my stuff from. Or did..... i'm currently about to sell all my bit due to lack of space/funds

If you want i can put you a kit together to try and see if you like it from some of the bits i have left?? Save you spending out on stuff if your not going to enjoy it. Just PM me with your addy and ill pop a load of stuff in the post for you

Linzi

Simba_25

the works in Scunthorpe says closing down too

SomersetPrincess

Just wanted to second (or third) the advice about eBay - I buy a lot of my card stock, embelishments, stamps etce etc and kits from eBay - neer had a problem with the quantity or quality. I agree with the suggestion about QVC too - some good bargains some times!

PM me if you fancy a card making chat - and anyone else too for that matter!

Take care

Cullumpster

Have PM'd you SP

SomersetPrincess

Just a quick one to say that if people wanted to see a selection of my cards for inspiration you are more than welcome to. https://www.kirsty.info, in the gallery under "cards" - enjoy!!!

SomersetPrincess

BTW please feel free to leave any comments on the site about the cards etc or drop me a PM! Take care all and happy crafting!

squeaky

I like the butterflies

SomersetPrincess

Thanks Squeaks - they are a popular one :-)

nabowla

Those cards are fantastic! I don't think my efforts are going to be anywhere near as good (I'm not very artistic at all) but I think I'm going to enjoy it :-)

Mrs_Thrift

Ooh yes, I love the butterflies too.

I make cards using photographs I've taken (I lurve photography!) and blank cards from Hobbycraft or a place called The Range (I went in Colchester, but there might be others) The cards have a rectangular hole on the front and another flap of card behind it, so I cut the photo to size, stick it behind the frame bit, close the flap bit over and glue, and voila!

Very cheap, quite simple and fiddle-free, and I can pick pictures that mean something to the recipient. For example I made a wedding card recently using a close up photo of white flowers I'd photographed in the bride's parents' garden (without her knowing) and wrote on the back where the pic was taken. I had taken 3 pics of white flowers in the garden (close ups of flowers and leaves is one of the things I love doing) and put them in a multi-photo frame thing. I also put on the back of that where the flowers were from and it baffled the bride at first, but she loved it!

And I saw a boat on holiday with the name of a friend on it, so used a pic of that in a card for her birthday (she likes outdoorsy type things too. But she did ask me if the boat really was called her name or if I'd photo shopped the photo!) And I've done a get well card for a friend using a close up of a fern I took in a village in Ireland where he's also been on holiday (it's my dad's home village and my parents and brother took this friend there a few years ago and he had a great time.)

The list of possibilities is endless!