I've been blogging about ideas for making your own cards. When its comes to cards for children, the only goal is to delight the child - forget about impressing the parents! It's always my goal to make the card fairly quickly and painlessly - 30 minutes max. otherwise these cards just won't happen! I just downloaded some galaxy pictures and glued them onto the background for a Lego man. This is a 3-D card for an 8 year old boy. Origami cards are always fun - use brightly coloured paper if the … [Read more...]
Another card
I was asked to send a sympathy card to Katharina Pieper on behalf of Letter Exchange - I was the only one on the committee who knew her and Jean Larcher. This is not as easy and digging out discards. I wanted her to feel that it really did come from the society and not just from me (although I popped in a personal note as well) I usually try to do my cards in around 15 minutes to half an hour, but of course on occasions such as this, it will take a morning! I got the membership list of full … [Read more...]