Ideas for card craft beginner

craftygranny

Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone feels better soon must be a bug or something doing the rounds.

Some beautiful cards again.

melissa i love your waterfall card i've yet to get to grips with one of those.

I just may have to have a go at the decoupage card this week.

I have been really busy trying to figure how to use the glitter girls boards i bought from jillcraft.

Wow shaz you have been busy all those cards they are really great and all so different.

wow quicksave what fab cards i just wouldn't know where to start the colour combinations are gorgeous .

love trisha x

mary43

melissa - your cards are beautiful..........never done a waterfall card........don't think I'd know where to start with that

shaz_mum_of__2

melissa i love all your card especially the lady gardening

where did you get the bits i want one !!
thank you for saying all my cards are different i am still at the cut and stick stage really i like what i do but want to try something else

I have bought a couple of stamps and they came with inkpads but the images look to harsh and sudgy they were only 99p for a stamp and inkpad does cheap ink look worse than more expensive ink ???

the frog paper and the decoupage were from


http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y171/AngiesHot/Decoupage/

i think mary? posted the link a while ago

i think i prefer the die cut decoupage sheets i seem to end up with square bits when i want curves tried scissors and a scalpel going to buy some curved nail scissors and try those before i give up completely

Shaz

melissa75_2

Craft granny/mary43, the waterfall card was really easy, all the pieces were die cuts and the sheet came with instructions, its really simple once you've done one.
Shaz the gardening decoupage sheet was from craftybargains website. Its from "design house ltd", and its called "one fine day tender care". The decoupage sheet cost 69p (you get two images), and the backing paper cost 59p (bit expensive I know, but I couldn't resist). They were really easy to cut out. They also do a similar one with a man called "one fine day spade work" that I've got but haven't done yet! There's some great decoupage on the website, I got a lot of "buzzcraft" products, they are the make of the other cards I posted apart from the farm. Its free p+p if you spent £12.50.

mary43

Just had a letter from one of the boys we fostered some years ago.......he now has his own house so sent me his new address.Feel I ought to do him a 'welcome to your new home' card............not that easy for someone in his early 20's.
Just been for my last session with my counsellor and had made her a 'thankyou' card...............she was thrilled to bits with it. Made my morning.

qwiksave

Well done melissa and shaz, you're very quick of the mark! I haven't even begun to think of what I'm gonna do for the decoupage challenge. I have a vague idea that I will be using free images of the internet (as I did with my little boy 'Speed Racer' card) but no idea of the subject yet - as I've said before I'm not a flowery/decoupagey type person - but I am willing to have a go - that's what these challenges are all about, getting us to tackle subjects and maybe techniques we don't normally try! (savvy! )

Ah! Mary its lovely that you 'made your morning' with a homemade card well received - well done you! :T

mary43

Thanks qwiksave - it was lovely to know it was appreciated and she hadn't expected anything at all.
Well, I've done a couple of 'decoupage' and posting them off to polly tomorrow (you must promise not to laugh................... :rotfl: )
I was doing one of them and OH decided to be 'creative' .................lol So, one of them is part me and part him:j

melissa75_2

Mary43, can't wait to see your cards, especially the one with the input from your OH!!! Mine had a go once - oh dear!!

1982girl

Melissa - lovely cards - i also like the lady gardening one its gorgeous

Mary - looking forward to seeing your cards

Iv not had a chance to make a start on mine, really busy with work stuff but i will do one

polly1976

Hi everyone its me im back sort of :rotfl: still not well but better than i was and i cant stay away any longer :rotfl: driven me insane not knowing wots going on :rotfl: anyway hoping to do the decoupage challenge this week i hope and hopfully even manage a tissue paper card too. All the cards were fantastic for the tissue paper challenge and the ones posted so far for the decoupage are fantastic too but they always are :j anyway thanks for your well wishes everyone love polly xxxx