Ideas for card craft beginner

mary43

Brilliant cards...............love the diagonal cut mumoftwo - never thought of doing that.
Popped into out craft shop this morning and they've got the stuff for exploding boxes.............oh I was tempted but never having done anything so adventurous I cried off. They did do a class at the shop doing one but I missed it..........£7 it would have cost anyway so maybe I'll see if I can find instructions somewhere, If I remember right, I think they were on a website
www.craftsbycarolyn.co.uk so I'll have a look and see.

polly1976

Hi all has any of you ever made a gate card? i fancied having ago but dont know where to start just wanted to do somthing different had a look at some old card mags but there isnt any examples if any 1 has any pics of a gate card they have made that would be great but instructions would be great too xx:T

mary43

I am right in thinking a 'gate card' is a card where the front is two sides that meet in the middle aren't I ?

I've made a couple of these (well one is still in the process of being made)
I did a new years one for MIL (her Christmas card got lost in the post)
Down the left hand side I put a lot of images of clock faces............than I added a sort of strip to the edge that sort of stuck out( but laid flat when the card was closed ) and put Happy New Year on it. On the right hand side of the card I put a ribbon down the centre of it with a floral embelissment. I found the old fashioned words for Auld Lang Syne, printed them off and stuck them inside the card.
Tried to do Mums mothers day card using these cards as I'd had some given me but I trimmed a bit off each side for decoration and the cards I've got are long and narrow...........blessed thing kept falling down so I cut out what I'd done and put it on a normal card.
In the process of doing one for MIL's birthday -not sure that will work as it won't stand up very well..............made the mistake with that one of very trimming the front edges so I could put some flowers in the middle with a cone shaped cover over them so they looked like a bouquet if you know what I mean..Not sure whether I'll carry on with it or not. If it won't stand up properly I'll have to re-think. Maybe it's because its a tall card ?
I wonder if I cut some off the bottom it would stand up then..............be interesting to see what you come up with polly.

polly1976

Thanks mary im going to give it ago i think? lol:rotfl: im just fed up of using the same card style over and over again i need a challenge and by the sound of it it going to be 1 lol hopfully someone will put a pic up so then ive got a image in my head then i will sort of know what im aiming for if you see what i mean?

mary43

This was posted earlier in the thread -might help

Originally Posted by 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/ca...-the-knot.html

If you scroll back to about page 13 or 14 of the thread mumoftwo gave a couple of suggestions. I know this was about a wedding card but still might be useful.

tightasagnats

For humour - I made all my own Christmas cards last year by cutting out the most unlikely photos of people or animals from the weekend magazine that comes with my paper (The Guardian is great, loads of photos in all the sections - as well as being a decent paper!) - politicians, movie stars, whatever - preferably with them looking a bit stern or unhappy, and then pasting on to a blank card, then making a speech bubble on brown paper saying 'Merry Christmas' - and pasting that on - and they went down very well indeed It was the irony. Obviously not eveyone would get it, but for something a bit more original.....

mumoftwo

tightasagnats wrote: »

For humour - I made all my own Christmas cards last year by cutting out the most unlikely photos of people or animals from the weekend magazine that comes with my paper (The Guardian is great, loads of photos in all the sections - as well as being a decent paper!) - politicians, movie stars, whatever - preferably with them looking a bit stern or unhappy, and then pasting on to a blank card, then making a speech bubble on brown paper saying 'Merry Christmas' - and pasting that on - and they went down very well indeed It was the irony. Obviously not eveyone would get it, but for something a bit more original.....

That is a great idea! Very creative.
I did one similar for my daughter who is totally crazy about Zach Effron from High School Musical. I copied a picture from google images and copied it into paint. Then made a speech bubble with Happy Birthday and lots of kisses. She absolutely loved it.

polly1976

Hi all here is the handbag card let me know what you think.

mumoftwo

that is gorgeous, what a lovely paper Polly. It is brilliant, why were you not happy with it? It is really nice, great idea!

mumoftwo

That is such a lovely card Polly, and what a great paper, love the design. Why were you not happy with it? It is absolutely gorgeous