Ideas for card craft beginner

mary43

Polly - super card.........you are clever. Dont think I'd have the patience to do that. Thanks for putting my card on............looks a bit boring by comparison to some......................:rolleyes: (Memo to self.......must try to be more 'creative;..................lol)
I'll do a card for this weeks challenge if I get the chance but got son and baby grandson coming on Wednesday for grandsons first birthday.........still need to sort out bedrooms !!!!!Had a bit of a fraught week last week so nothing got done............:mad:
I'll delve into cards I've done and if I've got anything among them I'll send it off to you.

1982girl

Melissa
I also chose the mystery gift - i think i might keep the subscription as i tend to buy the magazine anyway so i should still save!

melissa75_2

1982 girl - I might keep it on too. But I've cancelled this one, so after my 3 issues are up, I might subscribe again and get another offer with another freebie if they have one! (Does that make sense?).
Rainmac - I forgot to put that that item number was for a kit on ebay - d'oh!

qwiksave

pennyshahin wrote: »

Hi i'm gonna have a go at making my own greeting cards going to have a go at printing ,would like to know can you put card through the computer or do you not get a quality image also what paper should i use e.g glossy , lastly when using backing sheets do i cover just the front or the whole A4 sheet thanks p.s are there any other men on here

Hi pennyshahin, I don't think there are any other men on here, sorry! (are there?...)

Have you receved your Craft Wizard yet? If so, how are you getting on with it? Did it come with good instructions?

I don't personally put ordinary card through my printer, but I have used some inkjet card made for card making (which isn't cheap but they sell in WHSmiths) before now. I usually print my images on plain paper or sometimes photo paper and stick it down flat with spray on adhesive. You could check your printer instruction manual to see if it accepts card though - or possibly even try it?

Regarding backing sheets, you only need to put it on the front of the card - just frame the image or put it over half or a third of the card - take a look at some of the examples earlier on in this forum to see what I mean.

HTH, qwiksave

rainmac

mary43 wrote: »

Polly - super card.........you are clever. Dont think I'd have the patience to do that. Thanks for putting my card on............looks a bit boring by comparison to some......................:rolleyes: (Memo to self.......must try to be more 'creative;..................lol)
I'll do a card for this weeks challenge if I get the chance but got son and baby grandson coming on Wednesday for grandsons first birthday.........still need to sort out bedrooms !!!!!Had a bit of a fraught week last week so nothing got done............:mad:
I'll delve into cards I've done and if I've got anything among them I'll send it off to you.

Mary, your card is sooo not boring, I think the standard this week has been really high but yours is def my favourite one :T

mumoftwo

Beautiful card Polly, iris folding is really lovely and you are very good at it!

Mary: Your card is very nice, love the ribbon and the flowers

rainmac

melissa75 wrote: »

Rainmac - just checked out the links - some really gorgeous stuff there. The trouble is it all looks so good I think I would be scared to use it. I would want to keep it safe and just look at it now and then!!! Have you ever tried scrapbooking????
I can't remember who suggested it but the Artymiss site has a big collection of scrapbooking stuff, (I had a look), and she has a few bits in the sale.
Check out one item on ebay I think its my favourite, along with the Laura Ashley range, so expensive though: item number 180248345499
sooooooo beautiful!
I'll let you know if I buy anything, okay that should be I'll let you know what I buy - can't resist.

OMG what a beautiful kit!!! If money was no object then I;d have to have it whether I was making a scrapbook or not :rotfl: . The price and postage is a bit :eek: but still lovely - looks like you get loads of stuff too. Have you looked to see if this is on the QVC site at the moment and what the price is? Probably loads more but maybe worth a quick look.

I have sort of tried scrapbooking once, recently as well. I bought a 6x6" album (ebay purchase!) for my dad for Father's Day and have filled it with pics of my 2 DS from birth to now. I went mad and bought papers, stickers, quotes, brads and other stuff to match (also ebay) but when I came to do the actual scrapbook I thought it looked much better simply putting the photos directly onto the cream card pages with some handwritten blurb/waffle from me. The cover is patterned so it isn't completely plain. I think it was because the scrapbook was small, with patterned papers it looked cluttered. I saw a friend's album last week of her 2 children and she has laid it out beautifully with matching papers, stickers etc - it looked perfect. So, I may give it another go but this time with a bigger album. Hope you find what you are looking for .

qwiksave

Thanks for all this info on scrapbooking, I think we are going to need another thread for all this useful information - anybody fancy starting one?...

I made my first one last year for my MIL and I decided the same as you rainmac, the stickers etc made it too cluttered (mine was 8x8) and didn't seem appropriate for the receiver - so I started again, without too many embelishments and stickers. Mine had lots of pics of my 2 boys too - trouble is I miss it now after giving it away! Must make some more for myself!

For the challenge, I made a recycled themed 'Thinking of You' card - the idea was taken from the internet but I used handmade paper that I made myself :A , wool for the flower and handwrote the sentiment. The edges are
chalked and then the completed elements were mounted:

bunbun2

there are some lovely cards on here :Tto everyone.

polly - your card is really pretty. I love the colours and the iris folding is lovely, so clever.

mary - your card is lovely and so not boring. I love the picture of the flowers and the ribbon down the side.

qwiksave - what a pretty card. handmade paper - wow:T

I will try and make a card for next week's challenge and am thinking of what two colours to use.

melissa75_2

Rainmac - I did check the qvc website and I think the kit was about £30 on there too! I think I'll kep checking ebay to see if a cheaper one turns up!
I'm hoping I can use the freebie that I get with my subscription for scrapbooking and I'll try and get the co-ordinatting scrapbook to go with it.