Ideas for card craft beginner

saveapenny

Really lovely cards
good luck Rainmac
where abouts are you?
I wouldnt mind doing that as well
I really enjoy making wedding invites but its getting the orders

rainmac

saveapenny wrote: »

Really lovely cards
good luck Rainmac
where abouts are you?
I wouldnt mind doing that as well
I really enjoy making wedding invites but its getting the orders

I live in Northampton and the lady who owns the company lives about 20 minutes drive away. She has managed all on her own up to now but has a young family and needs help making up orders so she can focus on building the business. I certainly don't have the courage to start my own business so this is a start and hopefully will give me more confidence in my abilities whilst learning lots!

I've found out about this opportunity very recently and have all my fingers and toes crossed cos opportunities like this don't come along very often. I have wondered if you could contact handmade stationery companies and ask how they recruit, if they are looking for staff etc and may get something that way (search web for local companies to you).

mary43

Good luck rainmac - what a dream of a job to have:T

lilian1977

Rainmac - how do you get the lettering like that (on the Ten Tiny Fingers...cards)? I'm still a newbie so not looked into my own wordings yet!

rainmac

lilian1977 wrote: »

Rainmac - how do you get the lettering like that (on the Ten Tiny Fingers...cards)? I'm still a newbie so not looked into my own wordings yet!

I used Word and printed them myself. For the blue card I printed the words straight onto the card and for the pink one printed wording onto a piece of card, cut out and attached with 3d foam pads. If you are interested in printing directly onto cards, PM me your email address and I'll send you a card template I have saved. The difficult thing is getting the wording central on the card - can be a bit hit/miss, well for me anyway

rainmac

mary43 wrote: »

Good luck rainmac - what a dream of a job to have:T

Thanks mary! The money isn't great but I'd be being paid for making cards and hours etc are fab and I can fit the work in around looking after my two little tearaways

saveapenny

I have been having a little play this afternoon with this card
I cant decide whats up with it I just know something isnt right

saveapenny

I have a program called "cards and invitations" that I brought on disc I can try sending the file to anyone that wants it just PM me your email
Not sure if it will work but worth a try its quite good and saves using word and does take some of the guess work out of getting the wording right

melissa75_2

Polly - beautiful card - I love the little hands and feet - very cute.
Rainmac - a lovely selection of cards. I think the baby ones are my favourite! Good luck - I am so jealous! I would love to get paid for making cards! I'm sure everything will go great!
Saveapenny - great card too - it looks really striking with the lace up at the front.

melissa75_2

Forgot to mention before my Mum visited yesterday and took a box of cards back with her. Her boyfriend has kindly offered to try to sell them at his work for me. I hope he sells a few - I will be so gutted if nobody wants to buy any. I wasn't sure how much to sell them for, so I said £1.50 each, I didn't want to price them too high! Anyway fingers crossed - I told her to keep me updated if he manages to sell any!