Lets talk cards!

[layla]

Hi,I've done some brochures now for my cards.they're not photos and printed but I've drawn the pictures and written a description of them and photocopied them.I've put one of my stamps onto the front.I keep thinking up new designss all the time though!

[AuntyQuated]

there's also Create and Craft TV which is on cable 855 between 2 and 4pm each Sunday but i think it is on more thro' Sky. but as Dingle says don't get carried away with the products just watch for the ideas.

[Dior]

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[pootlepod]

That reminds me,

I saw on QVC a stamp pad which makes any colour card just a little bit darker, it's got no colour if that makes sense. However, didn't catch the name of it, does anyone know???

[alliwannado]

OMG I've only bought a few stamps (5) 'hero arts' and it cost me over 70 quid........ haven't even got the inks/pens or paper yet lol, thuis is a very expensive hobby! thats just the basics, everything I want would peobably cost me a good few hundred. will go looking online tonight for best inks to buy... its all very confusing with different types of inks etc can't quite get my head around it.
Have watched QVC but the postage charges are expensive IMO

[JaysMum]

This is so addictive....have visions of us MN's all sat around our kitchen tables performing miracles with bits of card and glue......just love it though...its so rewarding and stress free.

[Dingle]

Pootlepod, I think you're talking about a clear versa amrk pad, I have one-I'll take a looka texactly what it is!

[Dingle]

Oh dear, look at that terrible message, have been too busy making up card blanks-my fingers have gone all wobbly!
Yes- it is a VersaMark Watermark Stamp- I think that is the one I used with my chalks with too, you can get a really lovely subtle effect!

[pootlepod]

Thanks Dingle, just googled it and it is the one, makes sense now- watermark!!!!

[Dingle]

Hi Jaysmum, don't normally see you over here!!
Didn't know you were into cards!! Yes a great stress reliever, and it gives you such a sense of personal achievement too.
Looking forward to many crafty chats!

[JaysMum]

Need to have something to occupy my mind when Im up at 3 in the morning with my little man!!!!!

Am really into crafty things.....hubby goes mad about me filling the house with everybody elses junk....am a real clepto...you never know when you might just need something for that finishing touch!!!!

[Dingle]

Should have seen the look I got, rumaging round the ripped up crackers of the xmas table!!!
I really MUST sort through it all and start storing in a more orgonised manner!!
DH is great, e knows how much I enjoy my crafts and how much I rely on it to get "away from it all!" IFKWIM. He just wishes we could afford the extension that bit sooner!

[Dior]

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[JaysMum]

Valentines, Easter and 7 family Birthdays in March....lots of card making going on down here!!

Silly question I have never bought anything off Ebay for my hobby....just wondering if it does work out much cheaper?
I get all my supplies from a local craft shop...we have nowhere else to get it from...I use Baker Ross sometimes and have started scouting around on the net too.
Also something I want for next Christmas is only available from a company in America...cant source the item in the UK at all....has anyone ever bought anything from the states and if so have they had any problems???

[Dior]

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[AuntyQuated]

don't buy from america yet


post your search on a few forums to see if anyone else has managed to find it in the UK

try this one

[aism]

Hey guys,

I'm a mad cardmaker too, and have bought tons of stuff in from the US - but the shipping always gets to me. I found a pretty good Irish site recently that works well with exchange rate - very cheap, and the shipping was flat rate and only about £1.50 I think, maybe less. The site was www.craftsupplies.ie .

Also, attended a cardmakers course there a while back and they recommended that if you want to sell to shops, you should sell your cards in "ranges" of at least 12 each - so 12 of a similar design/consistent design. Do you guys do that at all?

a.

[champs]

link was going to talk homepage.
I'll just post it again for ya.
craftsupplies

[JaysMum]

Thabks for that link.....Hubby not to pleased cus I ordered loads last night!!!!!!

Speculate to accumalate!!!!

He won't be moaning when I've made my first million!!!!!