Ideas for card craft beginner

mary43

Brilliant cards polly ! Love them...........especially the one with the t-shirt........where did you get it ? I never see anything like that in our craft shop:j

polly1976

mary43 wrote: »

Brilliant cards polly ! Love them...........especially the one with the t-shirt........where did you get it ? I never see anything like that in our craft shop:j

Thankyou:D I got the t-shirt on a sheet of stickers with other golfing items from my local craft shop it was £1.75 but ive made 3 golfing cardsout of it.

ellionic

Hi I am needing some help and thought someone on this thread might be able to help me. I am starting to plan my wedding and i want to make my own invitations i have found a design i like but i cant find any cards like the one in this pic i am looking for the same in ivory with hearts
http://www.specialdaydirect.co.uk/catalog/product/26/0/tie-the-knot.html

polly1976

ellionic wrote: »

Hi I am needing some help and thought someone on this thread might be able to help me. I am starting to plan my wedding and i want to make my own invitations i have found a design i like but i cant find any cards like the one in this pic i am looking for the same in ivory with hearts
http://www.specialdaydirect.co.uk/catalog/product/26/0/tie-the-knot.html

Hi you can make those kind of cards yourself they are called gated cards and then cut the hearts out and stick on your best looking in your local craft shop for the ivory card and you should be able to buy a large heart punch there also if you ask them for there advice they should help you well they did at my craft shop mumoftwo is very helpful when she comes on mse she will probally reply to you xx

bedshaped

I just posted this over on the Home Bargains grabbit thread but thought I would post it here as well in case any of you don't venture over to the grabbits.

In Home Bargains today they had the following items...

Packs of 6 tri-fold blanks cards & envelopes in cream or white - 59p (size is A5 when folded and nice quality card!)

Packs of A4 sheets of Glitter card mixed colours(can't remember how many sheets - think it was 6 or 10) 59p

packs of 16 sheets of A4 holographic card - 5 different packs and each pack contains 8 sheets in 2 colours/patterns - again 59p

All those are excellent in themselves but the real bargains were some Fiskars Border punches and Fiskars Circle Border Punches - 99p each! :j :j I got 2 different circle punches and 2 different border punches but there were SELs for 3 other patterns that had already all gone :eek:

I found some links to the same punches I got for 99p today so you can see what you're looking out for - look at the prices of them!!

http://www.exquisitecrafts.co.uk/fiskars---border-punch---elegance-2344-510-p.asp

http://www.exquisitecrafts.co.uk/fiskars---border-punch---leaves-2342-514-p.asp

http://www.liz-craft.co.uk/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=FK292380

http://www.liz-craft.co.uk/index.php?app=gbu0&ns=prodshow&ref=FK296707

polly1976

Thankyou so much bedshaped i have been after some border punches for ages but i did not want to pay fiskers prices. Im going into town tomorrow so fingers crossed they have some thanks again xx

mumoftwo

Yours cards are really lovely, Polly, you have done a fantastic job of them, very personal and unique, love them lots.

Ellionic: Those wedding invites would look really good and shouldn't be hard to make. You can buy A4 ivory card and fold it yourself but it isn't easy to get it exactly right, I would try on the internet. As for the heart, it isn't quite clear from the picture if the hearts have been partially cut out but I would use a punch and stick the heart over the ribbon to keep it in place with foam pads. They would look so good with a really striking colour ribbon, well done for finding such a lovely design.

polly1976

mumoftwo wrote: »

Yours cards are really lovely, Polly, you have done a fantastic job of them, very personal and unique, love them lots.

Ellionic: Those wedding invites would look really good and shouldn't be hard to make. You can buy A4 ivory card and fold it yourself but it isn't easy to get it exactly right, I would try on the internet. As for the heart, it isn't quite clear from the picture if the hearts have been partially cut out but I would use a punch and stick the heart over the ribbon to keep it in place with foam pads. They would look so good with a really striking colour ribbon, well done for finding such a lovely design.

Thankyou mumoftwo glad you like them but ive run out of ideas now so i havnt had a daily challenge for a few days and i need an idea for some womens birthday cards that are easy are you up 2 your challenge lol your brain is needed again please lol;) :rotfl:

mary43

I've got some of those cards - gate cards are they called - we went to a wedding last year and the bride had bought them for the invites and had some left over so she gave them to me. Never thought of putting ribbon round them and tying at the front before. Might have a go at that for MIL's birthday - not till June so I've plenty of time.......I did start doing one for her but I can let someone else have that (if it works out right..........lol)
I've been googling 'images' to try and find something that I can use for note cards. I write to Mum every week and she always loves the note cards I send her but the designs I've got she's already had several times...........thought I'd have a go at doing my own. Any ideas ?

mumoftwo

women's birthday cards? Those are the easiest of all. Ok, the challenge is on..

Mary43, what kind of things have you already done?