Cardmaking by an enthusiastic amateur

Welcome to my new cardmaking blog....now I've finally had the time to set it up, and after some initial troubles trying to get the header picture to load.  I tried a few and they were all too big or not positioned right, and I couldn't remember or work out how to resize or crop them.  Typical blonde stuff....doesn't bode well for a blog that should ideally contain lots of pictures! 😂😒

The engagement card pictured above is one of the first cards I made, it was well received, thankfully.

I'd first of all like to say thank you to Hazel, Cherie, Marlene J and Ann for being so kind as to send me lots of cardmaking supplies, so thoughtful of you all.  And to the rest of you lovely cardmaking ladies, for all the advice, tips and encouragement, thanks to all of you.

I haven't remembered to take photos of every card I've made, although will endeavour to do it from now on.  Here's a few photos that I have taken, though:-

This was the card I made for my nephew's wedding, it's my favourite card so far.  I made the tissue paper flowers on the front, tied them with a gold bow (I changed the bow for a different ribbon eventually) and stuck them on the front of the card.  Which then meant that the card wouldn't fit in an envelope, so I made a little bag out of gold organza material:-

The little present I wrapped in the same organza and made a gift tag from the same design paper I'd used on the card front.

I also decorated the back and the inside of the card:-

I made this next card for our friends to say thanks for looking after Betty last week:-

I spent an afternoon recently making some quick basic birthday, thanks and get well cards, to be personalised as and when they're needed.  Here's 3 of them, I made 6 altogether:-

I think that's enough for now!