Matching envelopes

Right - this is all about an easy way I match envelopes to my cards.

First rule - it is usually easier to trim the card size to an envelope than find a suitable envelope to match a card, so if I see a bargain pack of interesting envelopes I go for them.



Here I've used a corner punch to decorate the pink envelope flap, and glued the punch-outs on, to enhance the decoupage lady. I could have done with a bit of bling too to emphasis bits, but where's the bally bling when you need it, eh ? or Googley eyes!





Sets of matching writing paper are a bonus and can be used for inserts, carrying the colour theme through, as below (purple).

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The above two (totally mineown) were printed in an early issue of CardMaking and Papercrafts mag, which also does Quick Cards - and they also have some nice free downloads on their website.

Snapping

Right - here we go. This is my first real Card post.

I'm starting with some toppers and tags I made by using rub-ons on spare pieces of aida from my cross-stitching.

This is a trick I learned from Alan and Barry - of Rainbow Glass- when they were on Create and Craft way back when. They've got their own website now (type in alanandbarry and that will get you there) with fab free downloads and videos and stuff.

I was quite pleased with the results and sent the photo off to Quick Cards magazine (the rub offs were their freebies that month) who printed it and sent me some goodies!


This is how I used a decoupage print, free with my Card Creations magazine. They've got free downloads too from back issues of their mags.

A s you can maybe see, I used the main print on its own then sub-divided the second one to make two cards 3D-ed on isert back grounds - a mingieness (Harry insists that there's an 'e' in it) which warms my Scottish genes.

I was quite pleased with the result too.

Harry took the photos and says the experience was a real test of our marriage. But he got it right in the end.

That's where he said I should have got it.

First Day

Hi, anybody out there.

I decided to set up a blog for my cards but I'm not so great at it. What I need is a young and tasty computer hot-shot to hold my hand while I'm trying to translate instructions into necessary action (words like "account" bring me out in a cold sweat because in my experience it has always meant money!) but I've only got Harry. Well daughter offered if we got stuck, muttering more frightening jargon like "photo bucket" (pronounced "bouquet"?) but Harry managed to get my picture up all on his own.

"See, it's a Man Thing," he said.

So - how would he know?

Anyway, why keep a dog and bark yourself, is what I always say.

While he did that I was having a traumatic time with my knitting, having ironed acrylic wool with a steam iron (a no- no if ever there was one) tearfully ripping out and re-knitting the damaged back of a wee jacket because I knew I couldn't live with it. it doesn't look too good re-knitted with the same wool either but it's all I've got (like Harry) and it's the best I can do.

It's a man's world.

"Do you want to post you cards up?" he says now.

No. I'm exausted with all that angst, which is sufficient unto the day. And so to bed..