Ideas for card craft beginner

cazarol

reehsetin wrote: »

any help will be much appreciated, i've just made this, any ways to jazz it up for a start main thing is ive just realised i wont have an envelope for it!!! and i dont know if im going to have to post it oops (i blame docrafts they never mentioned an envelope)

thanks

Thats a lovely card. Do you have a template for the numbers or have you done them freehand?

mary43

Thats a beautiful card............do much more and you could spoil it - I'd leave it as it is.

polly1976

What a lovely card reehsetin well done.I agree with mary its perfect as it is it dosnt need anything else :T :j

mumoftwo

Lovely card reehsetin, maybe a few gems on the numbers? But then, I love my little sparkly gems.. I would put a few across the middle of the 4 and the same number along the bottom on the 0. But it looks great the way it is, very creative and beautiful colours.

qwiksave

Hi All and reehsetin, check out kisto's answer to envelopes (earlier on in thread) - hope you don't mind, kisto, they were so fab! You could make it out of some of the same paper you have used for your card - and put a label on for the address if the paper is too fussy. HTH - qs.

kisto wrote: »

To make the envelopes I simply dismantle an old one I have and trace around it. I would normally line the envelope to hide what is on the inside. Sometimes you get lucky and don't need to line the envelope as it has an interesting picture inside. You also don't have to fully line it, you could just line the flap and side that faces you. Also as some magazine pages can be quite flimsy, lining it does makes it a bit stronger.

babybug

Ooooh, I wish I'd found this thread sooner! I've just got into card making and will be looking out for inspiration :j

reehsetin

cazarol wrote: »

Thats a lovely card. Do you have a template for the numbers or have you done them freehand?

they were just a normal font, put a border around them in photoshop and printed them,
then cut out the outline with a craft knife (big pain!!) stuck it on the tissue paper and cut around

qwiksave wrote: »

Hi All and reehsetin, check out kisto's answer to envelopes (earlier on in thread) - hope you don't mind, kisto, they were so fab! You could make it out of some of the same paper you have used for your card - and put a label on for the address if the paper is too fussy. HTH - qs.

thank you that really helps, using the same/matching paper is a great idea, :T
still hoping i wont have to post it though!!

mumoftwo wrote: »

Lovely card reehsetin, maybe a few gems on the numbers? But then, I love my little sparkly gems.. I would put a few across the middle of the 4 and the same number along the bottom on the 0. But it looks great the way it is, very creative and beautiful colours.

the gems are a GREAT idea!! just jazz it up a little

thank you everyone for the comments

polly1976

right i think we should all do a new card this weekend anything you want and we want pics please apart from mary because she cant but mary a full decription needed no excuses lol.Im going to attempt a Gate card for a close friends wedding What are you all going to do? Everyones involment pretty pls with cherrys on lol:p :rotfl:

mary43

Any suggestions polly ? My brain's ceased up...................lol
The only thing I can think of as some sort of challenge would be to make a card using only stuff we've got around the house..........i.e. brown paper/wallpaper, buttons, -stuff like that.................

polly1976

That is a good idea a fantastic idea mary right shall we say you can use a normal card and your craft tools and glue but thats it every thing else has to be recyled stuff and not from a craft shop etc so we can use things like buttons and wrapping paper and bits of old bought cards that have been sent to us?