Ideas for card craft beginner

melissa75_2

Okay first, ILC I am so glad that you managed to post your cards - they are all really pretty - very girly!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
Polly, belated birthday wishes for yesterday, I am typing this quietly in honour of your hangover!!!!
Bunbun - thanks for your kind comments. I think card making can be done cheaply, or it can be expensive!!!! Its hard to know what you need to start off. I got a kit from the argos when I started and I just went from there. Get yourself some cheap card in various colours, envelopes, some adhesive - I use double sided tape, maybe some peel offs. You don't need much to start off and you just keep adding to it as you go.
Craft granny - I left it too late to order from jillcrafts - everything I wanted was gone. I am quite pleased really because I would have spent loads, I'm glad you got some bargains though!!!

polly1976

Hi all im back :rotfl: feel tired but headaches gone :j i love lets make cards magazine i swear by it for beginners advance there is somthing for everyone it was the first card mag i ever bought. Love all the cards posted there all fab :T Chickadee love your card i think teabag folding looks so pretty is it hard to do? ILC fab cards so pretty thanks for posting what did you mean by decoupage sheets moved hun????

ilovecompanies

polly1976 wrote: »

Hi all im back :rotfl: feel tired but headaches gone :j i love lets make cards magazine i swear by it for beginners advance there is somthing for everyone it was the first card mag i ever bought. Love all the cards posted there all fab :T Chickadee love your card i think teabag folding looks so pretty is it hard to do? ILC fab cards so pretty thanks for posting what did you mean by decoupage sheets moved hun????

Hi Polly,

Glad you are feeling better. What i meant was, there was some decopauge sheets on the cardmakingandpapercraft website, but they have been removed to make space for new ones.

Thanks everyone for liking my cards! I too think Lets Make Cards is really good for card craft beginners. Like Polly said, there is something for everyone in there as well as a fab mag to show you easy cards to make with your kit. For 7.99, i think it's a bargain!

ILC x

ilovecompanies

Oh! Hang on! Here's the link to the decoupage sheets i used. I mounted them on card before i assembled them with foam pads.
http://www.cardmakingandpapercraft.com/pdf/paper51_4.pdf

bunbun2

thanks to everyone for your advice. I am going to have a go at card making just need to decide what to buy to start me off :rotfl: I think father's day may be my first project.

rainmac - I like the look of the docrafts website - lots of ideas on there and they show you the finished card.

I think I am nervous of putting colours together in case they don't go and like everything when you first start thinking of ideas is daunting.

I think what shocks me most (and probably my family:D ) is that i am becoming arty and creative :rotfl: when it becomes addictive I shall blame you lot :rotfl:

mary43

ILC - brilliant cards........all of them. Well done.

chickadee - love the card.............bit to clever for me I think. Tried all that folding stuff and it never works out right.................lol

I started on the tissue paper card for next week and got in a right muddle not knowing what to do...............done it now but its a bit boring so might have another go..............never done anything with tissue before

melissa75_2

Chickadee - the card is great. I too had a go at tea-bag folding once but it didn't look right, so I am very impressed with yours!!! It looks expensive too!!

polly1976

Hi this is my card for this weeks challenge ive used a iris pattern from a link on this thread it was really easy to follow and i really enjoyed doing it to finish off the butterfly i used stick on gems and down the side of the card ive used a peel off border and coloured it purple and did the same with the flower in the bottom corner of the card.

postingalwaysposting

Wow everyone...

Polly ~ Glad to see you enjoyed your birthday and your head doesnt hurt too much. That butterfly card is truely amazing, I have tried iris folding but never got along with it :rolleyes: I love it when I see cards made with that tecnique
ILC ~ Fantastic to see you here, I love those cards, especially the lady in the rain. Very nice. I have never brought lets make cards because I dont buy many main/expensive magazines at all. I tend to get mine secondhand as the cards are still 'fresh' as long as you put your own twist on it.
Shaz ~ I love the do crafts mag, especially when you find something some what of a bargain. Great its only £1 too.
melissa & mary ~ hello
Chickadee ~ love that tea folding, another thing I tryed but cant do. All of you are very amazing. I love the freshness and simpleness of that card yet the depth is great.
Bunbun ~ Do join in, you will soon learn what works and what doesnt. Its a case of going for it and then if it looks wrong move it arround/change the papers. Also I dont glue mine down till the last minute then I know I am happy about it

I may try my card tommorow, I have found some scraps of tissue paper and I have an idea... so tomorow I shall attempt it :j

polly1976

Thanks very much PAP i really truley enjoy iris folding i just got it first time sorry if i sound big headed i just really love it :rotfl: im doing a baby boy card for a friend and ive seen a rocking horse i want to try fingers crossed :rotfl: i also get the do crafts mag got it today for a pound its great value considering most mags cost £3 + has anyone used pinflare glue ?