Ideas for card craft beginner

polly1976

brookeslay wrote: »

My 6x6 craft papers have arrived and got toppers. Though they seem to clash a bit . I`m looking for a website that has good ideas how i can turn them into nice christmas cards or even a magazine that has good ideas.

I also need some card blanks shall i got ones big enough to take the whole paper or just cut papers down. These are the first christmas cards i will have ever made:eek: .

I have made birthday with rubber stamps ( at a class mind you ) and invites.

Many thanks

B

My favorite magazines for great ideas and insperation are quick cards made easy and the sister magazine cardmaking and papercraft heres the website for both www.cardmakingandpapercraft.com I also use do craft site alot and the trim craft site www.trimcraft.co.uk Re your card blank question i always cut the backing paper down HTHs

melissa75_2

Cool a halloween challenge abusybee. Luckily I bought a spiderweb stamp from craftsulove so I'm just waiting for that to be delivered. I hope its not really small.
Ikkle87 - good luck, I hope you win!
Saveapenny - welcome back!
Brookeslay - I cut my papers down too like Polly.
Sonee2405 - I finally got all my missing bits from my two orders from onestopcards, so hopefully you'll get yours soon.
Krystaltips - I hope you're feeling better now.

brookeslay

My favorite magazines for great ideas and inspiration are quick cards made easy and the sister magazine cardmaking and papercraft heres the website for both www.cardmakingandpapercraft.com I also use do craft site alot and the trim craft site www.trimcraft.co.uk Re your card blank question i always cut the backing paper down HTHs

thanks for the useful information :A polly1976 I also thought about cutting some in half and adding vellum over them and a ribbon along the edge.

also good luck Ikkle :T

saveapenny the anniversary sounds lovely strawberrys and champagne

I`m not a big drinker though as i can`t drink atm it makes you miss it !


finally does anyone know where to get either fimo or metal embelishments

that are little wellies or country boots.

I want to make a bookmark like these

http://www.undergrowby.com/html/friendship_boots.html

thanks B

abusybee

Brookeslay - sorry cant help you with the wellie boots although I would imagine you should be able to get something similar at a craft shop or somewhere like hobby craft.

I just thought I would show off what I have been doing this weekend. I have made a 1st birthday card for my niece, its her birthday this week. I really did leave it till the last minute. The picture doesnt show it very well but the felt letters are mounted on silver miri card and on the inside the hanging bit has acetate in the centre of the circle which I drew on with metalic markers and edged in glitter glue




And this one is a christenning card

melissa75_2

Brookeslay - those bookmarks look fab. Sorry I haven't seen any boots embellishments, have you tried ebay?
Abusybee - lovely cards, I love the paper you have used on the christening card.

saveapenny

thanks for all the welcome backs.
Im feeling a bit more human today...lol
Krstaltips hope your feeling better
Polly hope you had a brilliant time
Realy lovely card everyone
Nice challenge BusyBee...I will look forward to having a go at that later in the week when I will have more time

Im still waiting for my ultimate board from Onestop but everything else as finaly arrived
Polly how is the new job going? have you designed anything yet for them?

brookeslay

My hobby craft is a bit of a way from me abusybee love that 1st birthday card its really goregous.:T

mainly cowboy and football boots on ebay melissa75 might look at gardening embelishments to see if I can nab some wellie boots.

will keep looking ( says hopefully !)


b

Krystaltips

Feeling lots lots better now thanks guys, booking in with the midwife tomorrow!!

Really need to start thinking about thank you cards, especially as we're up in Liverpool at the weekend, would be a good chance to save on some postage... The housework has been piling up while I've been laid up though so I'm really up against it...

rainmac

Don't go worrying about the housework Krystal, make sure you don't overdo it

Abusybee, love your cards. Can I please ask where you got your Christening paper from, it is really gorgeous

Brookeslay, I'll have a look out for some wellie shapes and let you know if I find any.

rainmac

Oohhh, good luck with your card ikkle :j

Welcome back saveapenny, sounds like you had a fab time :T

I'm happy to set a challenge Polly, it's just whether everyone else will be happy with me setting a challenge

Thanks for the challenge abusybee, good one