Ideas for card craft beginner

ilovecompanies

Crannog-???

postingalwaysposting

Wow these cards are amazing

Crannog ~ I so love that dino, and I love the way you have made it the focal point of the whole card ~ amazing.
shaz_mum_of _2 ~ Love the homemade paper, very personal card.
polly1976 ~ Love that card, love the 3d effect and the message at the top ~ very creative.
Birdie85 ~ Awww how cute love it

Well I am making mine tonight and cant wait ~ just have to dig out supplies :rotfl:

Birdie85

Great card crannog! The dino is really cute!

polly1976

Lovely card crannog love the dino really cute.:T All the cards for this weeks challenge are as usual Fantastic cant wait to see the rest xxxx

rainmac

Brilliant cards again guys, your cards are all so different which is what's so great, sharing so many different ideas!!!

postingalwaysposting

Well here is my male card. Not overly happy with it as its very plain but tryed to get different textures on the card. Will try and make another tonight

shaz_mum_of__2

Pap - That cards fine men are really hard anyway unless it is someone who you know well and has specific interests

Crannog how did you do your card love the stained glass look how do i do it?


Shaz

mary43

crannog - brilliant card and love the stained glass effect:T

pap - love the card.........simple and very effective..........brilliant lettering...........where do you get that from ?:T

melissa75_2

I am very annoyed - I just posted a long reply, the computer went nutty and it disappeared, now I have to start again - aaahhh.
Anyway, great cards everyone, I haven't started mine yet, I spent yesterday listing things on ebay. I'm hoping to make a start today.
Polly, love the Yoda cards, my sons would be thrilled if they received it!
Birdie, very professional looking crab, I used fimo once and it went horribly wrong!
Shaz, very cool card, I think its great how you have put the letters on the balls, very clever!!
Crannog, great dinosaur, how on earth did you make it? I love the colours.
Pap, I think your card is just perfect, I love the co-ordinating colours.
Ilc, crazy woman!!!!!

I can't remember who was asking for tips on decoupage but here are mine. It is much easier to use curved scissors rather than the normal straight ones. You can buy these special decoupage scissors, but they cost quite a bit, I just use curved nail scissors as they work just as well. When you are cutting try and keep the scissors still and move the paper as you cut, (I hope this makes sense!). Lastly there are two types of adhesives to use when building up your layers, sillicone glue and foam pads or tape. The foam pads/tape are much easier to use, the sillicone is a bit fiddly and you have to leave it to dry between layers. I hope this helps.

qwiksave

Thanks for the info on decoupage Melissa, we'll be needing that info for our challenge very soon! I never knew that you could do the image getting smaller and smaller either - I thought you only put the same size image on top of each other - its lucky we've got this thread isn't it?! Another decoupage question, don't know if you know or anyone else here, what is the decoupage varnish stuff for? I've seen it in shops, is it necessary?

Speaking of threads, I've just found another useful resource for us, a brand new UK site that started May 1st, called trimcraft (www.trimcraft.co.uk) that you can learn lots of craft techniques from, post your cards on, chat on a forum, but very mse, no shopping (as yet!) Worth a look...

I've done my card and am extremely pleased with the result (If I do say so myself! ) - will post it later.

(Little tip Melissa, always edit then copy your text if you are posting a long reply then at least you can get it back if it goes awol! )