No, I don’t know how but I want to learn . . and I want to learn NOW! I clicked on Terry’s blog this morning and saw this!
I don’t know where to start. So, help me out. Remember that I probably have to mail order everything since I live in a tiny little town.
- Where do I start? A book? An online class? A kit?
- Do you color the colored area with pencil colors?
- Where do you get all those neat shapes, like the scallop behind the apple or the white behind the corn?
- Where do I get the card stock or whatever kind of paper I need.
I’m guessing a trip to Hobby Lobby or Michael’s would be a good place to start but that’s not going to happen for a while. If I order it, I could probably have it by next week.
Thanks for your help!
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Be careful there – you have no idea what a rabbit hole scrapbooking supplies are!
Total agree. RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Find a Stampin’ Up consultant and attend a class. Usually free, they are trying to sell the products. You can find a consultant through their website, stampinup.com. But do watch out…it is addicting!!
I agree with Dara…Stampin Up is a great company with lots of stamps, coordinating ink and paper, and punches to get the cute shapes. They do sell starter kits. Some images are made for coloring with pens or colored pencils or even watercolors if you want to get that fancy. Another stamp company that probably does internet sales through local demonstrators is Close to My Heart.
As Vicki says.. It can be a never ending hole you might be opening up. I have resisted until now but last night my friend dragged me to a class. It is fun but do you know how much stuff I could buy? My friend has 8 printers that cut out different shapes or prints photos. Her scrapbooking stash is as large as some quilters. You might need to buy a second house for all of your hobbies. Good thing I don’t have any money right now as I could have done serious damage last night.
Be careful! Once you start opening your wallet up for card making you will see the dollars fly out. And then once you start buying you are going to need a place to store all your new stuff.
Dara’s advise on a Stampin’ up party is great. You will get a taste for card making and it won’t cost a thing unless you buy something at the party (see first sentence).
Like Vicki says, be careful! I have been slowly divesting myself of certain scrapbooking supplies when I jumped into it whole body. I’m now down to a sensible amount of stuff, thanks to Craig’s List.
I’m not sure why it should be expensive… a piece of pelmet stiff stuff and you’re away…… maybe I’m barking up the wrong card tree???
Lookie here http://debrichardson.blogspot.com/2005/09/how-to-make-fabric-postcard-debr-style.html ….this tells all.
Stashbusters files have more sites to look at and lots of fabulous examples to inspire you.
My daughter has a Cricut that she LOVES. It does amazing things.
Love the “rabbit hole” reference. So fitting!
Ok-along with my other vices, excuse me, hobbies, there is quilting and sock knitting and cross stitching and cardmaking/stamping. I too resisted for quite some time and then i found myself going down this road. I love to make cards to send to my friends, The papers and inks and embellishments and stamps and markers and pencils and punches and dies ( you get the picture) are sooo stinking cute!! I love how the manufacturers have coordinated lines of paper just like fabric companies – I think tablets of paper are the equivalent of packs of fat quarters or layer cakes – a taste of everything in the line. And then the ribbons and embellishments are just icing on the cake. Stampin Up has a great website and you can look at their catalog online – you can order online too – my other favorite is Papertrey Ink –
http://www.papertreyink.com/ checkthem out too – different styles but a complete package like Stampin Up – stamps, paper, ribbon, ink, etc etc etc — if you want to talk more about this drop me an email — have fun!
I agree with the others…www.stampinup.com… they make wonderful stamps, inks, colored markers, paper, ribbon that all co-ordinates together. But be careful…’cause once you start buying it is hard to stop! Then to find the time to make the cards!
Check out my friend Maureen’s blog, http://ciemianquilts.wordpress.com/. She makes awesome cards and a ton of links for ideas.
Oh gosh, another addiction. Here is a great website to get ideas…and plenty of links to other websites! http://truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/ and one more…. http://andreawalford.com/ I’m not taking blame for any of this!!! lol
Hi Judy, I am a consultant with Close to my Heart, and would love to share the benefits of our stamps with you. Storage is alot less of an issue with ours vs. wood stamps like stampinup. Ours are clear acrylic and adhere to a clear block to stamp. After stamping you clean it, then stick the stamp back to its storage sheet and can use the block with a different stamp. I do like stampinup also, but since becoming a consultant haven’t bought anymore of there stuff. We also sell the cardstock, and other colored papers for cardmaking and scrapbooking.
You can stamp with black, or grey and then color in the open style images, and use colored stamp pads with solid images. A basic starter would be a paper pack, some white cardstock, a paper cutter, scissors, a stamp pad or 2 or 12….and some adhesive. Please let me know if you have more questions! You can browse the Close To My Heart catalog from my website, and see what is available. There is probably a consultant in your area who could help you out too. I would love to come over and visit with you and teach you, but it would be a long trip from WI!
Melissa
Judy
I started stamping years before I started quilting – lots of ideas I can give you to start on a shoestring and get some great results. I am not a dealer or consultant – just enjoy doing it and have taught continuing ed classes. I am not near you – unfortunately – but will dig up my “getting started” booklet that I used to give all my students and email it to you.
My brain is fried – it’s been a crazy work day -so if you don’t hear from me in the next few days just “nudge” me, ok? You will be amazed at how much you can do with very little investment (and how much you already have but don’t realize it!)
Oh dear! For me it was the same, I saw a website with cards on last year http://365cards.blogspot.com where you make a card according to the challenge for the day and post a photo of it on your blog. Which is how I come to have a blog in the first place, and I made several cards a week.
So I started making them just with the art supplies I already had in the house, then I found out about a cardmaking supplies shop, then another 2 shops, then I started buying wooden and acrylic stamps, and papers and trimmings/ embellishments etc. because I liked the effects that other people obtained using these products. And I bought huge amounts of stuff and have some great ideas, but never quite get round to using them…. Why not? because I discovered Sophie’s Block Lotto and then this blog Judy and I’ve been concentrating on patchwork/ quilting ever since! Also because it takes quite a lot of time & mental effort to plan out a ‘new’ card so it could take a couple of hours each day…
And what is the net result of my sudden enthusiasm for cardmaking? An whole new stash!!!!! And more guilt for spending money and not the time actually using the pesky stuff (amazing, I’ve been unemployed for a year, do I actually have time to use this stuff? Nope).
With hindsight, I suggest you find a manufacturer like Stampin’ Up etc who sells a ‘gift pack’ from which you can make multiple cards on a theme – it’ll have some papers, some stamps, some inkpads, some embellishments (you don’t have to pick one that has ‘put this here or else’ instructions, there are some that allow you to be creative whilst learning…) That lady’s cards in the Blog you picked used an HUGE range of products to create those cards, including colouring pens, stamps, inks, papers etc.
I look forward to your future posts of cards (but as with everyone else, don’t blame me if it turns into a new stash to rival your quilting one!)
Fellow quilter Mary Johnson has a postcard (fabric) up on her website today. Check it out at blog.maryquilts.com It is sure pretty and she has other examples on her blog as well.
I am sure that you could find a Stampin’ Up consultant who lives close to you and would be willing to come out and show you want card making is all about. I am a former demo and gave it up when I started quilting. I enjoyed making the cards, but I was a little stingy about sending cards and there are really only so many that you can keep for yourself to look at! lol
A friend of mine used to be a Stampin’ Up representative and made neat cards like this. She did a couple workshops for our FCE club & it was fun, but I could see the potential for another whole stash—-cardstock in every color, vellum, ribbon, glitter, stamps, ink pads, markers, fancy scissors, embossers, etc., etc. I decided “no way,” the floors in my house can’t support another stash. I made the same decision about scrapbooking and only do digital scrapbooking, when I do it at all. The stash is all in my computer and not piled up in cupboards & drawers. Making cool cards…….go there at your own risk.
Card making is my OTHER hobby and everyone is right — stash building can be an issue! There are stamps and papers and inks and…
You can get supplies at Michaels, Hobby Lobby or your local scrapbooking store (if there are any — they are rather spottily distributed around the country).
You can find lots of online tutorials at splitcoast.com… which is heavily into Stampin’ Up!
You may want to look into digital scrapbooking supplies as you can use them over and over and over…you get the idea! Digital scrapbooking isn’t just about scrapbooking, there are tons of things you can do such as cardmaking! AND there are many free kits out there if you search for them. One place is http://www.scrapgirls.com They have a whole huge free kit to get you started. You just print out what you need and away you go.
I don’t make cards although I have the digital supplies…kinda like my digital stash! But I do use my fabric stash! In quilting I seem to have found my niche! Although I don’t get as many done as you do!
Okay, this is not a craft you really want to get in to. Why don’t you just buy some cards from Terry? This would help her pay for her supplies. Card making is a very expensive hobby, more expensive than quilting. To make one card with 2 stamps might cost $30 for all the supplies. Stamps, ink cardstock, brayers and special markers and pens to colour it in. Yikes!
Like many have said this is my other hobby too. I have a stash and tons of supplies. I don’t have room for both quilting and paper crafting.
A few ways to get started are
1. A Stamping Party. Stampin’ Up and The Angel Company both have independant sales people and they hold parties and workshops. You make a project, order product and you are on your way.
2. Micheal’s, Hobby Lobby, and JoAnn’s all have excellant paper crafting departments. My JoAnn’s also offers classes. Independant Scrapbook stores are also a good start. I know there are some in Kansas City.
3. Paper Crafts Magazine does cards and other stuff. Card Maker magazine is just cards. Both are pretty easy to find.
4. As for the shapes those are punches. They are kind of expensive if this is a one time thing. Sizzix also makes dies. You could run those through your Go! Cutter.
5. A lot of paper crafters us watercolor pencils, makers or ink pads to color in the stamping. There are brushes you can fill with water to use with all mediums.
Good Luck! I can’t wait to see what you make.
Stampin’ Up is great. Everything matches and all the fun embossing folders and dies are a breeze to whip up your cards. I only sign up with Stampin’ Up as a hobby. You can have my discount. E-mail me at sherrodstudio at yahoo dot com.
I got into cardmaking this year. It’s tons of fun – but I agree with everyone else – part of the fun is building a stash of “stuff”. I bought some of my first supplies from stampingscrapping.com – great service. I’ve made some cards to send to friends and family, and am now making cards to send to the troops overseas through Operation Write Home. This is as addictive as quilting.
Judy…cardmaking is tons of fun and very addicting!! I have taken classes but there are tons of tutorials and info about cards on blogs and flickr. I am on the lookout for projects that combine quilting and stamping and coloring with markers. The stamp companies have card ideas on their websites. Life is short…have fun!!!
Come to my house before you go anywhere else. I did this before I started quilting and I still have all the stuff. Stamps, embossing, glitter, I have every punch ever made. I have tons of fancy paper because I could never cut it up EITHER.
Seriously, we’ll play.
i think this is as big of a draw as fabric, creating with paper, i bought 6 stamps, encils, never used them……….just dont want to get hooked into this area. a friend is in it big time. i see this stuff for sale online, walmart and everywhere-use coupons-lol
You don’t have time for this Judy. Unless you give up sleeping.
I’ve dabbled in this–even carved my own rubber stamps! If I weren’t a quilter, I’d have a room filled with as much stuff as I have for quilting! There simply isn’t enough time in a life to do both. And, my friend, YOU have so many hobbies/loves/interests already!! what if you started this and no longer had time for your blog??!! what would we all DO?!
I love the rabbit hole reference! So very very true.
http://creativeoperation.blogspot.com/
This is a great website by two OR nurses in Oregon. It is loaded with awesome tutorials on paper crafts. I hope that you enjoy your new endeavor . . . you know what happened to Alice when she went down the rabbit hole. :0)Margo
Cardmaking – how about on the computer ??????? no glue – messy paper scraps – no miscuts (just hit undo…
I can make cards in my Digital software from Creative Memories – as well as business cards, photo pages, posters and lots more stuff !!! Drop me a line if you need more info – or go to my webpage and check it out !!! Creative Memories has really changed in the last 15 years or so !!!
http://www.mycmsite.com/cindylubbert
cindy@lubbert.net
P.S.
A great excuse to jump into another expensive hobby – - – cardmaking and fabric/sewing make a great project combination.
The owner of my LQS has used scrapbooking/cardmaking supplies together in some of her 20+ sewing tutorials . . . here are her latest two projects that involve fabric and scrapbooking/cardmaking supplies
http://patches.typepad.com/notes_from_the_patch/2010/08/tutorial-tuesday-29-gift-bags.html
http://patches.typepad.com/notes_from_the_patch/2010/08/download-rolled-rose.html
Hero Arts is another company with a great website of tutorials and a blog with beautiful cards and weekly tutorials. I have a small stash of cardmaking/ scrapbooking supplies and I would much rather sew. After I made several cards, I found that I seldom took the time to send them out. It is much easier to email.
Another reason not to start card-making: You’re spending a lot of time and money on something that the recipient is eventually going to throw away! The only paper craft I do now is making Christmas gift tags as a birthday gift for a friend who collects and reuses them.
Mary does a lot of cards, visit this link for some ideas there http://blog.maryquilts.com/category/postcards/
Judy, if you check Erica’s schedule at her shop there is usually one Tuesday a month when they have a Stampin Up card class….you make ten cards for 10$. I have done it a couple of times and it is fun. It is also nice to go make these cards and have their stamps and ect to use without having to buy you own……Peggy
My friend Terri, also makes awesome cards, as well as hand made paper. Here’s her blog:
http://www.tmalakart.blogspot.com/
She was torn between quilting and paper crafts, and you can see which one won!