Ideas for card craft beginner

Krystaltips

More gorgeous cards, I'm going to have to get some larger stamps too, they look great! I like the hearts in the corners hels, but I'm a symmetrical kind of person... I would also turn them around so they all went the same way... But I think that's my minor OCD tendencies....

My wonderful OH got some argos vouchers from work the other day, he bought a little something for DD (she's spoilt!) and these for me http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&langId=-1&q=GEMS&pp=20&c_1=1|cat_9554910|Art+and+crafts|9554911
Just got to think of something to do with them now! (the boxes they come in are fantastic too... I love compartmented boxes... But I am a bit odd....)

mary43

You're not the only one who loves boxes.............I've got a 'thing' about them too...........just spent twy days covering old shoe boxes for birthday pressies...........took nearly all day, lot of backache and swearing but they're done and look a lot better than they did...........! One's all filled up and ready to be given to ex foster lad for his birthday on Monday.

toniwoty2009

lovely card hels. i quite like the hearts. have to say i always find the little embellishments tricky ie where to put them and how many etc. just coming on to say WOO HOO! OH has just agreed to me signing up to the Magnolia Stamp Club for a year - you get approx 15 Magnolia stamps (like Tilda I used on earlier card today) 4 x a year (each season) 6 or 7 being the characters and other bits being props. I'm sooooooooooo excited. xx

saveapenny

A good tip regarding embelishments that hubby taught me ( he got it from art school) is to work with odd numbers it always looks better than even numbers for some reason

lilian1977

A new card, made it in about 5 minutes at 7am this morning as it is a colleague's birthday and I said I'd make the card (then promptly forgot!)

abusybee

Hi. I am more of a lurker than a poster. I am Polly1976 sister in law and have just made a load of cards for my sons playschool teachers as he is moving on to pre-school so I thought I would share them as Polly was telling me the other week that there weren't that may pics. Hope you like them. I will try to join in more.

craftygranny

Wow you've certainly been living up to your name. what a busy bee. Fab cards and lovely colours. I will get round to posting some soon. there aren't many pics some days. Today we have had some beautiful ones posted. well done all.

trisha x

saveapenny

2 sites for makign text back ground paper with your own words
http://wordle.net/
http://www.typogenerator.net/
Juts made some really nice Christmas BW backing paper

polly1976

Fantastic cards abusybee and thanks for joining in looking forward to seeing your xmas card for this weeks challenge

melissa75_2

toniwoty2009, you are a stamping expert now! Lovely card.
hels102- great card too, I think the colours and shades match perfectly.
lilian1977 - pretty card. How on earth do you function at that time in the morning, I can hardly talk, let alone make a card.
abusybee - great selection of cards. I've got a few cards to make for my sons teachers, I bought a couple of boxes of roses choclates in Home Bargains for £1.99, so I thought thay could have them and a homemade card. Can't wait to see some more of your pictures!
Bunbun2 (I think it was you), well papercraft inspirations have gone past the date yet again when they said my free gift would arrive. Sent them an email, and now they are saying it should be here in about 14 days. They went on to say they had a huge demand, stock levels, blah, blah, blah!