Ideas for card craft beginner

shaz_mum_of__2

Spent a lot this weekend on "stuff"

got a hobby box to store stuff in as i cant see what i have got in the big cardboard box i have all my stuff in £2.99 homebargains

Ordered some decoupage from liz crafts about a Fiver inc postage

3 packs male peel offs at local boot fair a quid

3 packs of white a5 cards at home bargains for 59p each


Made a few cards this week made a great dinasour card using the wrapper my free sample of comfort came in and a dinasour 3d sticker(1 of 12) from poundland sorry its a bit wonky scanned rather than photographed




I know you did a recycled challenge early on ,can we do another?


I have also realised that i can use the computer to print phrases etc onto nice card/paper instead of buying phrases and stick ons

I want to make cards for very little money i love looking round the big hobby shops but haven't bought much there prefer to use my brain instead of credit card .............................is it just me do you spend a lot or a little


Shaz

mary43

shaz - cant believe I just wrote a whole reply and the power went off..............lol

I don;t spend much on card making stuff to be honest.........budget won;t allow though I could run riot in the card shop given the chance !
Going down to see Mum on Tuesday (theres a poundland a wilko there) so might get a few bits and pieces if I have time.
I buy a pack of offcuts from the card making class every so often (£1.89) and there's normally 3 blank cards and a whole load of different colour and patterned offcuts I can use. I print a lot off the internet as well. I've bought peel offs for trimming and the Happy Birthday and some Happy Christmas but last year I printed off a whole load of happy christmas, just typed in on Word, printed it off in dark red or green and stuck it on some pretty little bits of card.
I'd be more than happy to have another go with the re-cycled card........makes you use the imagination a but more I think........well does for me.

Love the card by the way............

shaz_mum_of__2

Hi Mary

I think thats a great way to save money and looks proffesional too (my freehand not good!) i have found the leather look card 20p sheet here looks great and if you fill the sheet with lots of phrases you can use for lots projects

Yesterday i did a red sheet with lots of football pictures and phrases its dads birthday and BIL birthday and fathers day too , they are boro and liverpool supporters looks really effective i definitely favour simple cards and this works for me i wish i could find football club logos somewhere this would be brill any ideas

Loving the canon page someone recommended(thanks) i have loads of good quality paper from a company i used to work for (headed) i just print on the reverse

Anyone know whether making card blanks is cheaper than buying packs?

Shaz

melissa75_2

I spend too much!!! I go for ages not buying anything, then I'll have a period of about two weeks when I just splurge. It was my birthday recently so I treated myself to a few bits. Personally I find that buying card blanks is much more expensive than making your own. I never buy them and I get packs of white envelopes from Home Bargains for about 60p for 30 I think.

craftygranny

Hi Shaz,

you can get some great football club logo's on goggle images . I've used the liverpool ones but didn't keep pics of the cards. just saved them in to word and printed or sometimes just printedif they were the right size .

I find it cheaper to make card blanks but i did buy a card scoring board to help. Was only about a fiver on e bay though. Envelopes are quite cheap on e bay or there is a place in sheffield that does them cheap. they do mail order too i'll check my favourites later and see if i can find the addy

hope this helps regards trisha

Some wonderful cards again this week. i can't believe how different yet good they all are .

craftygranny

Hi There,

Found the link i use for envelopes. http://www.ideal-envelopes.co.uk/

i've had some lovely stuff.

regards trisha .

what is this weeks theme keep thinking i'll give it a go but i haven't yet.

oh and a great link for decoupage sheets and backing papers is this one. They are done by a lovely lady on the docrafts site . http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/AngiesHot/

shaz_mum_of__2

Crafty granny that link was fab got my liverpool logo now

Shazx

postingalwaysposting

melissa ~ really like that card. I can never do vintage cards, so love seeing them when they are done.

Shaz ~ cute card, love the dino Regarding how much you spend, I spend about £40 a month on stamping up goodies and then £12 a month on a card subscription kit. I then spend about £5 on adesives every 2 months and not much else really. The problem I have is I have tons of shuff here (worth at least £700+) so i tend not to buy anything else unless its for a specific reason/card. Btw I tend to fold my own cards as then I can do any size/shape. I have boxes full of card blanks and envelopes here going spare if anyone needs any

mary43

I just buy whatever card is cheapest and cut it according to what size I want. Even bought a pack of card from the childrens section in woolworths..........lol I do buy some 'nicer' card from the card shop though if I've got a few pennies to spare.
shaz Whats this leather look card ? Sounds good -could do a lot of things with that.

I'm visiting my Mum tomorrow, coming back Wednesday night so won't be about till Thursday..................there's a Wilko's and Poundland.........oh eck..........I'm supposed to be visiting Mum not shopping !!!!
Mind you if she's in 'sleepyland' which she often is I can nip out then.........maybe ?

shaz_mum_of__2

Pap - OMG i have spent about £20 alltogether ever on bits and about a tenner on magazines (considering a subscription to lets make cards) i guess you sell stuff haven't got that far yet but hope family and friends might ask at some point but enjoying it as a hobby for now been a while since i explored my creative side

Mary - The leather look card is A4 card in various colours with a "skin"effect embossed in the top buy it from local printers and office supplies 20p a sheet the cream looks fab with chocolate coloured writing on especially in papyrus font have done a card with it on will post a piccie later

Spent an hour in the range today our nearest proper craft stockist bought a couple of stamps and ink pads but only spent £4!!