Ideas for card craft beginner

1982girl

qwicksave - i love the speedracer card

zzzLazyDaisy

melissa75 wrote: »

I will definately check friends reunited again, she registered on there years ago but hasn't been back to it since. if I send her a message does it go to her email, if so that might work (unless she has changed it!).

As long as she still has the e-add that she registered on FRU, she will be alerted if any messages are left for her. I know that because I received a message out of the blue from FRU recently and I haven't been active on there for about 5 years!

polly1976

These are Marys cards for the Tissue paper challenge

polly1976

Hi all sorry not been around for a day or two im not well been asleep all day anyway dont know if i will get my card done in time as i feel awful so going bed now so im really sorry PS all cards posted for this weeks challenge are great :T

1982girl

Polly - Hope you feel better soon

Mary - your cards are lovely - the roses are lovely

chickadee

Mary, your cards are lovely. I haven't finished my tissue paper card yet, but my design is quite similar to one of yours. (I haven't just copied from you )

I made a card today to give to a little boy who was having his 2nd birthday so I thought I'd share it with you. It isn't for a challenge, I'm just showing off!



Hopefully I'll get my tissue paper card finished tomorrow so I'll be able to post it on here.

This one looks a bit lop-sided because it is a Z-fold style, where you decorate the inside of the front and fold part of it back. The bear is simply a stamped image. I printed the squared background paper from the canon scrapbook website. What a treasure trove that is! I only looked at it today, wow have I been missing out!

1982girl

thats lovely chikadee - love the bear!

savvy

Hi guys, I've missed loads of this thread BUT I have good excuses!

I've been MEGA busy with work, lil son's award winning play that's just got into the England final, and I'm making a scrap/photo book of 60 photos for my mothers ensuing 60th next week .......... which I know for a FACT she won't appreciate as she's SO materialistic, but I'm enjoying making it and am practising new techniques for cards :D:D

So upshot is I have no idea what the next challenge is!!! :o

chickadee

Hello, me again!

Guess what I've been doing this weekend. Yep, making cards. Sorry others aren't feeling too well on here. It has been quite quiet over the last few days. Anyway, here is my effort for the tissue paper challenge.



The background is woven from strips of tissue. Whilst it seemed like a good idea when I thought of it, the actual doing it was very fiddly as the tissue is so fragile it tears and wants to lift itself up to meet the sticky tape. Anyway, I managed to get it to behave and here is the finished card. I have to say, I'm quite pleased with it.

All of the tissue I used is recycled from different sources, either gifts I have received, shoe box packing or wrapped around flowers (yes, I'm a hoarder ).

The flowers are from hobbycraft and I got the curly stems by twisting them round a cocktail stick. They are glued on with silicone glue. The sentiment is from 'Lets Make Cards'.


I hope you like it.

Tulip

chickadee wrote: »

Hello, me again!

Guess what I've been doing this weekend. Yep, making cards. Sorry others aren't feeling too well on here. It has been quite quiet over the last few days. Anyway, here is my effort for the tissue paper challenge.



The background is woven from strips of tissue. Whilst it seemed like a good idea when I thought of it, the actual doing it was very fiddly as the tissue is so fragile it tears and wants to lift itself up to meet the sticky tape. Anyway, I managed to get it to behave and here is the finished card. I have to say, I'm quite pleased with it.

All of the tissue I used is recycled from different sources, either gifts I have received, shoe box packing or wrapped around flowers (yes, I'm a hoarder ).

The flowers are from hobbycraft and I got the curly stems by twisting them round a cocktail stick. They are glued on with silicone glue. The sentiment is from 'Lets Make Cards'.


I hope you like it.

I love it Chickadee,its gorgeous,yes Tissue Paper can be quite a fidley job as it breaks easily,I must get to making cards again as I have some craft kits I brought from a shop for £1 complete with materials once I have done one I will post on here,I will try and start it soon

Katie