Chritsmas Card Making

masterkay

Hi,

I'm intending to make some Christmas cards this year and was wanting to know if anyone can suggest good card making materials i.e. the card. I'll be doing this with my printer (all in one, photo printing and normal printing).

I bought some card in PC world for card making and it is just too thin (200gsm) and it's also A4 folding into A5. I'd rather have A5 folding into A6.

Can anyone suggest anywhere to get card or where to start.

Thanks

Horace

You can buy decent card with envelopes in most craft shops and these days stationery shops. Plus the card comes in various colours and sizes. I only use my computer to print the greeting insert preferring to do something extra creative on the front.

masterkay

Anyone buy their supplies online? I'm out in the country so try and buy most things online. Anyone suggest any good card making kits/card online?

Thanks

C_J

http://www.docrafts.co.uk/

ravylesley

I use twiddleys.co.uk they are reasonably priced and best of all orders can be submitted online

Lesleyxx

mary43

I made all my own christmas cards this year. We do have a craft shop in tow with all the right sort of card but it can work out expensive if you're not careful. I bought 'special' card for some and for others bought a pack of white card from woolworths and decorated that with anything that was handy.............cutting up last years christmas cards is useful (there's always those you want to keep and those you don't) scraps of material, all sorts. Sometimes, the simpler the better.

HopeElizzy

masterkay wrote: »

I bought some card in PC world for card making and it is just too thin (200gsm) and it's also A4 folding into A5. I'd rather have A5 folding into A6.

You could still use this card. I've made cards this year for my daughter by printing a piccie of a reindeer onto photo paper (the cheapest tesco had) then cutting it out the same size as the front of the card and attaching it with double sided tape. This would probably make the card you have stronger as the front then becomes a double layer. Does that make sense? Also if it is too big could you cut it in half and score the middle to fold it?
HTH

mary43

masterkay...........and anyone else doing this..........you can always advertised on the Freecycle sites after Christmas for any leftover or unwanted Christmas cards for card making.

Other odd and ends I just thought of - buttons (I kept my mums old button box..........loads of sparkly ones in there), pieces of ribbon, you can often get odd lengths from haberdashery stalls, and at out craft shop they run classes. After each one they always have a load of offcuts of different colour card for around £1. Amazing what you can do once the imagination is let loose

docp

masterkay wrote: »

Hi,

I bought some card in PC world for card making and it is just too thin (200gsm) and it's also A4 folding into A5. I'd rather have A5 folding into A6.

I don't see the problem - why don't you print two cards per one A4 sheet and then cut it in half??? Well that's what I do anyway. Also the 200gsm will look a bit sturdier if the card is smaller IYSWIM but ideally try to find 280gsm. The ready folded cards from the craft shop will be no good as your printer may not "eat" it due to the fold, but worth a try... be prepared for a paper jam though! You can use ribbon and fabric bits or recycle cut-outs from old Xmas cards for extra decoration, or get some cheap (flat) tree decorations - a small straw star attached with a glue gun looks great for example. Good luck!

Luna69

Hi
For future reference too, I get most of my card from a paper mill store, filling a box with your choice of card or paper in either A4 or A5 size. It's about £6.99 a box I believe, been a while since I have been in there now and thicknesses do differ, but you can pick it out yourself. That is if you have a store near you, not sure if they do online or not, but then you wouldnt' be able to feel it.
I print on various thicknesses of card.

I am more of a papercrafter so use a lot of different cards and papers for cardmaking and other papercrafts, but generally I buy A4 or larger sheets as it works out cheaper and cut it down to the size I need, I do a lot of A6 size cards so just cut the card down to A5 then fold.

I haven't been able to make a lot for myself this year, only family and close friends as I also sell some of mine and end up spending more time making to order, so I ended up having to buy some as well.

http://www.thepapermillshop.co.uk/index.htm

Just spotted on the site you can buy online, but only choose 5 colours and they pick for you. HOwever if you only wanted cream or white, that wouldn't be so bad, although they do sometimes have different textures.

Yvonne

vixarooni

making your own cars isnt that cheap. It is when you work it out per card but a shopping trip for card supplies can be quite pricy. I used to be an avid card maker but ive stopped now cos i dont have the time. I made mine last year and got my card from the paper mill store too, aswell as lots of online stores. Go to docrafts, buy their magazine (which is the cheapest card maknig magazine out there nigh on) that will give you lots of ideas and how to's

if you wanna do it all via a comp, just get some photo paper and fold it together. I do prefer nice hand made ones to computer ones, but perhaps you could incorporate both.

Ive also picked up sets from accessorize, asda, the pound stop, the works ect. All cheap and bits can be used from each one.