Card Art

Questions and answers page

On this page I will do my best to help you with your card making questions. send me your questions to my email address here

Hello Marie most card is 250 gram to 270 gram heavier than this will damage your trimmer and also won't fold flat,

Hi Yvonne,
many thanks for your answer its a great help. thanks a million Marie Fox.

Hi Everyone

Craft Club Limerick

I had a lovely Email this morning for a Lady in Limerick Catherine O Grady, who would love to join a Card Making Craft Club in Limerick, so if you run a club or would like to start a club, please get in touch with me and I will pass on details. email me here

Best of Luck with your new Club Please get intouch if you need any help, our own club has been a terrific success here in Kilcoole best wishes Yvonne

Hi Chris for your first card chose a very simple design as picture below

  This is a DL card

Take a A4 card and trim 10cm away. fold card in half to form Double length card = DL

To make toppers

Take a contrasting coloured piece of card and trim to 5cm square the piece of card you cut away trim to 4 cm Squares mount the squares together to form your matting layers, them you can add embellishments or small scraps to make your toppers, when you add your toppers place the top one on, then the bottom on, and lastly the middle this will help you to get even spaces between the toppers. Finish off with a peel off greeting.

Or try this one

 C6 card which is an A4 piece of card cut in half which is now a A5 piece of card and folded in halt to make a C6 card.

As you can see from the picture I put a strip of pretty paper on one half of card, choose 2 matting layers and added a decoupage image, but you could just put a flat image to make it easier. I will also send you simple card making instructions which you can print and pass around,

Have all your kits ready for the 30 children make about 5 samples to pass around the room, do a demonstration in a step by step method, with all the students at your table, let them  work in groups of about 6 so they can share tools, you will need Glue, Scissors a Selection of Peel-offs and foam pads for each table so check and see what the school have,

 best of luck Yvonne

There is a bit more information below.

I have been card making for about a year, and make cards for family and friends, however I have  never charged and would'nt know what to charge, I really enjoy my new hobby but seem to be spending a fortune on products, I can't keep giving my cards away.can you help me with pricing how much I should charge, thanks Mary O Connell

Hi Mary hope this helps

Pricing

Don’t be afraid to charge for your hand made cards, Card making can be a very expensive hobby as most of you know its addictive, we card makers want everything we see on Create and craft or QVC and if you haven’t got the latest gadget, you think your missing out, so to help pay for this very expensive hobby start to charge for your cards and put the money in a little box in your craft bag and then every time you want something new pay with your card money and not the house keeping.

Here is what I charge

C5 card from €5.00 to €7.00 depending on what I have done to the card ie; if I have personalised it with names dates and a special poem I get €7.00

C6 Card from €2.50 to €3.00

C5 Pop-out card €7.00 to €10.00

Bookatrix card  boxed  are €15.00 but I do use the nicest pearlscent card and miniature bouquets.

DL Cards €3.00 to €4.00

I don't think I will every make money from my hobby but charging should help me keep the credit card down. Happy Crafting everyone.

thanks Barbara

Hi Barbara here is the gift and the flower and some good site to check out are below

http://www.greetingcard.org/thegreetingcard_history.html

http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/museum.html

Anniversaries and there meanings

Here is a listing of the flowers often associated with the 1st through 50th wedding anniversaries.

1st Wedding Anniversary - Pansy

2nd Wedding Anniversary - Cosmos

3rd Wedding Anniversary - Fuchsia

4th Wedding Anniversary - Geranium

5th Wedding Anniversary - Daisy

6th Wedding Anniversary - Calla Lily

7th Wedding Anniversary - Jack-in-the-Pulpit

8th Wedding Anniversary - Clematis

9th Wedding Anniversary - Poppy

10th Wedding Anniversary - Daffodil

11th Wedding Anniversary - Morning Glory

12th Wedding Anniversary - Peony

13th Wedding Anniversary - Hollyhock

14th Wedding Anniversary - Dahlia

15th Wedding Anniversary - Rose

20th Wedding Anniversary - Day Lily

25th Wedding Anniversary - Iris

28th Wedding Anniversary - Orchid

30th Wedding Anniversary - Sweet Pea

40th Wedding Anniversary - Nasturtium

50th Wedding Anniversary - Violet

Card Making Instructions

For matting and layering

These are the pieces of backing card or paper we use to make a topper.

Decided want Embellishment you want to put on your card look at the size of it, if it’s 6cm long by 4cm wide your first matting and layering cards should be no more the 2/3cm bigger, other wise the embellishment will be lost on the layer. You can choose to have 2 or 3 layers for your topper.

Embellishment 6cm long 4cm wide

First layer of topper would then be 8cm by 6cm

Follower by the second layer 9cm by 7cm and so on.

                  C6 Card

Simply stick the larger of the two layers to the top centre of your C5 or C6 card with glue or double sided tape, and then stick the smaller one central on top, your card is now ready to add decoupage or an embellishments.

For Backing papers

The papers are normally A4 which is 30 centimetres across

If wrapping your card with paper, turn the sheet landscape and cut the sheet in 3 giving you

3 x 10 centimetres strips.

You will need about 8 centimetres for the front of you card leaving you 2 centimetres to wrap around the back, finish off with a peel off strip.

                              Paper wrap on a C5 card

                                                           Card Sizes

C5 or A5

Is an A4 sheet of card folded in half

Half an A4 sheet cut is now an A5 Sheet

                                            C6 or A6

Is an A5 sheet of card folded in half

Box measurement for A5 card

26cm by 19cm

If your using the top score multi board.

To make boxes for smaller size boxes

Measure both pieces of card the same size and score one the on the lid side and on the base side,

Card Designs Using the Crafters Companion board

Gate A5 Fold Card

Is an A4 card scored on the gate fold A4 line twice

 Concertina Card

Is an A4 Card scored on the half fold A5 line and twice on the gate fold A4 line and folded in 4 giving you 4 equal size folds.

 Tri Fold Card

Is an A4 card scored on the A4 Tri-fold line twice giving you 3 equal size folds.

Getting Colour combinations right

When matting and layering your layers to make a topper for your card, my advice is to look closely at the colour of the embellishment or decoupage you want to use, pick up the colours in the embellishment (example in picture) I have used a lilac and white bouquet, so the colours in my topper are lavender, Blue and white with a touch of silver in the writing,

Using the colour wheel above you will see that varying shades of the one colour work best,

but contrasting the colour with the opposite colour work equally as well.

My favourite opposite colours are Orange and Navy

Silver and Gold. Or Purple and Lime Green

Don’t be afraid to experiment with colour combinations and Have fun

Happy Crafting Yvonne