Ideas for card craft beginner

toniwoty2009

lovely cards qwiksave and rainmac :T must admit i also don't have much xmas stuff in yet. have managed to start on it though but i'm struggling as i don't have any sentiments! and my printer is out of action......:rolleyes: i'm hoping to post it up by tonight. i've also been looking at some of the challenge blogs on the net and hoping to do some cards for them later.

thanks rainmac for the lovely comment no i don't make them to sell but have been thinking of offering my services to family and friends first to just pay me for my materials then go from there i keep seeing amazing cards from other people and thinking mine will never be that good! :rolleyes:

managed to grab a pot of glitter, some 3D formula 1 stickers, and some more aperture cards in a sale this morning :j right i'm off to finish this xmas card...

toniwoty2009

hello again!
I've made LOTS today! I'm just going to share my Xmas card for the challenge and my favourite card of the day - the rest will be going on my blog - http://stampingmadtoni.blogspot.com so I don't hog the thread!



Unfortunately you can't see the messaage i wrote in silver at the bottom - 'ho ho ho!'



Its a bit hard to see but in the 'frame' i coloured a sort of sky with blue and white chalk but it hasn't come out in the piccy!

Maggie_Bob

Your cards are really top drawer toni - fabulous!

I've made a couple of Christmas cards (picked my One Stop stuff up from the post office today, which has some Christmas papers), but my camera is out of action at the moment, so no piccies. May try to prod the hubby so I can get some up tonight or tomorrow.

xx

polly1976

Hi all Great cards rainmac toniwoty and qwiksave :j :T i better get mine done hadnt i???? :rotfl:

mary43

toni - you;re doing great !! Love the little images and the colours !:T

hamish222

Toni, I love your card with snowman, stamp is so cute.

melissa75_2

Stupid computer aaahh! Just tried to post a huge reply and it wouldn't let me and deleted the whole thing-TWICE. It wouldn't let me post and copy it. I think everything is okay now as before my MSE screen had gone bonkers and was giving me a headache, it seems to have returned to normal now. I'll post the rest of it in a minute - I just need to calm down and refrain from screaming, (I'll go and have a ciggie).

melissa75_2

I've got to remember what I was saying now, I got sidetracked watching the end of "top gear".
Toniwoty - fab cards as always. I checked out your blog and you have a great selection of cards on there. I was thinking of buying some pencils - a set of 15 - do you think that will be enough? I am going to get back into stamping, but I am going to cheat. A few sellers on ebay sell some blank stamped images for you to colour yourself. So I was going to buy some of these rather than go to the expense of buying loads of stamps and ink pads. I was going to get some "penny black" images and some of the "matilda" ones - they look so cute.
Rainmac and quicksave - great xmas cards. I'm glad you have managed to drag yourself from Big Brother quiksave. I used to be addicted to it but I haven't watched it much this year.
It seems likewe have some celebrities on this thread - well done Rainmac and Polly, I will try to check out the magazines.
craftygranny - what a thoughtful husband - ordering those stamps for you!
I have made a few cards, I will try to post some pics. My Mum's other half has offered to sell some of my cards at his work, so I have been trying to get a selection ready. Plus I am making some to go in my "box of cards" presents for xmas. I have just got to find out when my Mum is coming up to visit - I think its this week. She has also got to bring up a load of stuff that I had sent to her house.

Maggie_Bob

Hurrah - I have made my first ever Christmas card (well, first since I left school!)



I'm also wiped out, because I've made fifty of these change of address cards for my in-laws!

Maggie_Bob

Oh, by the way, loving everyone's cards. Wish I was any good at stamping, but I always seem to smudge it - I'm a clumsy gal!