Making Cards - Ideas (part 6)

*Jellie*

Hi!
Another person apologising for being MIA! I'm trying to catch up a bit on blobs and then I'll try and update mine.
I've been doing some crafty experimenting and am making a mini book at the moment. I've also done a few pictures as pressies.
Hope everyone is well.
Kim- I think trying to find somewhere to use one is best option too. As marg suggested a printers might or possibly a school.

Cait

Good morning all, I hope you don't mind me butting in. I read your posts and love all of your beautiful cards and take inspiration from them. I have started making my own cards and I am really enjoying it, but I do have a question which I have no doubt some of you lovely ladies can answer. I have started getting my kit/stash together and have some lovely papers, stamps etc. I bought some LOTV stamps from Fleabay but they have arrived with no 'sticky' on the back, they won't stick to my acrylic block, what can I use to make them adhere to the acrylic block, can anyone help?

julie03

you can either get something like ez mount or you can use a pritt stick to stick it too the acrylic block, just give both a good wash afterwards the first one is the better option, the second option works ok, i use this because i have no money for mount as i want too much other stuff

mooomin

I use EZ Mount for my stamps - I buy it from Joanne Sheen but have managed to run out and am counting down until payday on Friday so that I can buy more to mount the Kimmie stamps I bought two weeks ago :eek:

I've used another one before (Klingy or something it was called) but prefer EZ Mount above all others!

Cait

Thanks both, really appreciate that. Will look at Joanna's site now to see prices etc. Have Pritt stick already and will give that a go in the interim. Really looking forward to making some cards now.

macma

Are you going to set up a blog Cait ? I'd love to see your cards,I confess to being a snooper and get some fab inspiration from the crafty folk this thread

Cait

Must admit I am a snooper too but think I would just not be good enough, compared to the beautiful cards I see on here and on blogs...I really need more practise to get my cards looking as professional as some I have seen. I have not seriously thought about a blog for myself, must give it some consideration....mmmm

*Jellie*

Cait- you musn't worry about that. Check out the first posts on our blogs! I'm not sure about everyone else but my first cards were very basic. If I had waited until I felt my cards were worthy of being blogged I probably still wouldn't have a blog!!
Blogging cards is really fun and if you enter for challenges (where winners are often picked with a random number generator) you can win some bits of stash once in a while so it can be MSE!!

*Jellie*

I've been tring to post pictures on here but I can't resize them. I've actually made some things to help me be MSE!! I've chatted about it on my diary on MFW but I thought you might be interested too. I basically made a little wallet where I am using tags to write down my spends each month and to keep track of NSDs. I will then tie them together with ribbon at the end of the month and transfer them to an accordin folder I've made. This is the only picture I can get smaller- others are in the usual place. The hope is that I will be better at keeping track if I have something pretty and made for purpose!!

louby-lou-lou

Hello all can i sneak back in please? Not been on here, blogged or even made a card for months! I got so bogged down with my little business, dt projects and well just life but i hope to be back to making cards and coming on here more often.

Made my first card in months today and i have another to do tonight! nothing like last minute.
It's my mums 60th on wed and i haven't done her a card yet :eek: panic! i really wanted to do an amazing card too but don't really have the time now

No news from my boring life which is prob good. Hope you are all ok and life isn't being too hard x
Some nice news,You may know this already as some are fb friends with her but do you remember gemma? Gemm85 She is expecting her first baby, how sweet. I will be making her a card when the time comes.