Ideas for card craft beginner

toniwoty2009 · 15 July 2008 at 7:21AM

lovely card rainmac and bunbun

hels - where did you get that kit from?? £2.99 is a fab price!

can anyone give me ay advice on embossing? got some powder and a heat gun cheap on ebay but don't know how to do it....!! Help!

Krystaltips · 15 July 2008 at 7:27AM

Toni, the way I do it is:

Using a pigment ink pad (slower drying ink) or a heat embossing pen stamp/draw your image.

Shake the embossing powder over your image liberally (kind of the way nursery children use glitter)

Pour the embossing powder back into the pot and some should stick to your image.

Use the heat gun to heat up the powder, it takes a couple of seconds then it looks like it's melting and it will all run together to make the image...

Hope this makes sense?

hels102 · 15 July 2008 at 8:05AM

Thanks for your reply you have given me some fab ideas now, I'll report back and let you know how I get on!
I picked the pack up from Home Bargains, first time I'd ever been in there, some fab stuff in there!

polly1976 · 15 July 2008 at 9:25AM

http://docrafts.co.uk/asp/toptips/toptip.asp?id=50 Hi heres a link to the docrafts site its a step by step on heat embossing

messy_cook · 15 July 2008 at 10:39AM

Just popping my head in to say hello!

I'm a relative newbie to MSE but have been making cards for a couple of years (blame Rainmac who got me into card-making and cross-stitching!!!), so I'd love to join in if that's ok?

polly1976 · 15 July 2008 at 10:55AM

Hi messy cook welcome to our thread :j you are very welcome to come and join us we do a weekly challenge which starts on a monday and runs until sunday this weeks challenge is Christmas cards :j

toniwoty2009 · 15 July 2008 at 11:07AM

ooooh i might be able to get started on my xmas card for the challenge later! my penny black 12 days of xmas stamps have just turned up. i also bought a beautiful big stamp which says 'Believe in the Magic of Christmas'. just waiting for my paper nation snowman and then i've got some ideas to try out!

rainmac · 15 July 2008 at 11:48AM

messy_cook wrote: »

Just popping my head in to say hello!

I'm a relative newbie to MSE but have been making cards for a couple of years (blame Rainmac who got me into card-making and cross-stitching!!!), so I'd love to join in if that's ok?

Hey, don't blame me, we dived into card making together, the cross stitching... I guess I am sort of to blame

So how do you fancy making a xmas card for this week's challenge?

saveapenny · 16 July 2008 at 1:38AM

http://www.butterflyuk.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=274
Free download for greeting banners

polly1976 · 16 July 2008 at 5:14PM

Hi all just heard off mumoftwo shes having a great time in holland and arrived safley and has been craft shopping already im sooooo jealous :rotfl:

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