card making - anyone do it? where to get cheap supplies..

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Title says it all really. I love making cards but have been bying from garden centre and its so expensive.

Thanks.

Buying!

My mum does and got me into it but my knitting has now taken over and I gave her all my stuff!

www.madaboutcards.com/?gclid=CILy4LqD46gCFYEc4Qod_EVPDQ

I used to get some stuff from here, but we often got blanks from those sort of shop that have an A4 size box you fill up for a set price

Have found peel offs in all sorts of places, Wilkinsons have some

The Range is a good shop for creative bits, if there is one near you, it is worth a visit.

Thanks guys

Thanks guys

Thanks guys

ebay!!!

It depends on what you are after, I have made cards for about 8yrs now and buy different things from different shops/ sources. I buy my card in and using a folding board, fold and cut my own to size. Envelopes I tend to stick to Craft Creations, although there are a few similar in cost/P&P charges.

Stamps, inks, embiellies etc I look around, often very similar in price so I'll use free P&P offers when they come up.

Are you looking for anything in particular?

I must admit that whenever i get a nice card or a present thats been wrapped up using nice ribbon, i always take what i can from them for my card making box! Very tight of me I know, but its amazing what you can get.

I tend to make embellies from card and paper or use digi stamps - cheap and they can be printed over and over - 2Peas have a good selection inc. free ones or Jessica Sprague has digi versions of current and old paper collections by some of the big US manufacturers

I recycle cards that I receive, bits of ribbon etc. We've also got a cheap card supplies shop near me. Ebay is also fab. Or look at the magazines and see if you can make use of the freebies on them.

The ones through garden centres and hobbycraft have a good range but tend to be ridiculously overpriced.

Boyes have some lovely card making stuff I noticed the other day, stamps and things like that. Wilkinsons also have a few bits. Not sure of the quality. Some of the card making magazines also have some quite cool free bits with them but they can be pricey. Those book clearance type shops often have bits in for a pound also. (cant remember what the shops are called, publishers clearance or some such thing)

My dd bought 10 blank cards and envelopes along with some decoupage things in poundland and the quality was pretty good.