Ideas for card craft beginner

polly1976

Hi savvy hope you had a good time camping despite the bad weather thanks for the lovely comments over my card i went to lakeland on tuesday and you were right the list i made before hand was pointless :rotfl: i was like a kid in a sweet shop :rotfl: but i did get alot of bargins but im banned from buying craft stuff untill october now :rotfl: hubby has spoken xx

postingalwaysposting

polly and quiksave, love your cards. Thanks polly for sharing how you made the daisy's thats amazing quiksave how did you make your background for your card?

postingalwaysposting

Well here is mine, penny black stamp (watercoloured) and a few flowers & some bling.

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scaned ~

Ellidee

Pap that is absolutely gorgeous ! Well done XX

mary43

pap.................brilliant card..............given me an idea for baby grandsons birthday card

chickadee

Quicksave, Polly & Pap, lovely cards. It is surprising how different they are!

I notice that a few people have talked about colouring in stamped images. I have tried this with my whisper pens but the stamped image smudged. What type of waterproof ink do you use? Is that called pigment ink or is it something different? At the moment I'm not doing much stamping as I think they look so much better coloured but I wasn't sure what type of ink pad to buy. Also, can anybody tell me if it worth buying a set of chalks? I have seen Dawn Bibby using them but I wondered if any of you have had much use for them. I don't want to buy them if they will just get knocked about in a drawer and end up crumbled up and being thrown away.

I already have a list for the craft fair tomorrow, and I have been doing my homework as to what the usual shop prices are so that I don't get sucked into buying just because it is there. I'm hoping that I will get some good bargains. I always go to the Knitting & Stitching show in Harrogate with my sister and there are usually quite a lot of good papercraft stalls there but now I am getting into my new hobby I am getting quite excited. I am driving, sis is doing the sandwiches. Can't wait!

savvy

polly1976 wrote: »

Hi savvy hope you had a good time camping despite the bad weather thanks for the lovely comments over my card i went to lakeland on tuesday and you were right the list i made before hand was pointless :rotfl: i was like a kid in a sweet shop :rotfl: but i did get alot of bargins but im banned from buying craft stuff untill october now :rotfl: hubby has spoken xx

Ha ha brilliant :rotfl::rotfl:He knows you well then

I knew you'd lose it in Lakeland, they make everything look so nice too :rolleyes:

savvy

PAP that's a brilliant card, well done, I like the watercolour effect

postingalwaysposting

Thanks for all your comments

chickadee wrote: »

Quicksave, Polly & Pap, lovely cards. It is surprising how different they are!

I notice that a few people have talked about colouring in stamped images. I have tried this with my whisper pens but the stamped image smudged. What type of waterproof ink do you use? Is that called pigment ink or is it something different? At the moment I'm not doing much stamping as I think they look so much better coloured but I wasn't sure what type of ink pad to buy.

Chickadee I use stazon, it is expensive but well worth the money. I think there is brilliance too if I remember correctly. Stazon drys very quickly too, so once you stamp you image out you are good to go You can use pigment inks to colour you igaes too. Squeeze the lid onto the pad (while the inks shut) then some pigment should trasfer into the lid, then you can use that to water colour your images. Use a tea plate if you prefer

chickadee

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

Chickadee I use stazon, it is expensive but well worth the money. I think there is brilliance too if I remember correctly. Stazon drys very quickly too, so once you stamp you image out you are good to go You can use pigment inks to colour you igaes too. Squeeze the lid onto the pad (while the inks shut) then some pigment should trasfer into the lid, then you can use that to water colour your images. Use a tea plate if you prefer

I get confused there are so many different types of inks. I'm definitely going to buy a Stazon pad. I have been having a go at colouring in peel-offs using the whisper pens scribbled onto a plate and picking up the colour like paint with a wet paintbrush. It gives a much more subtle effect and I added more depth of colour using the pens directly at the flower centres. They looked very artistic and I'm no artist, believe me.

I'm at work at the moment but I'm itching to get home now and have a go!

Hopefully I'll be doing my aperture card tonight but I already have an idea for my 'male' card for next week.