12 Feb 2010
Take a look at this video it shows how to use your card making border punches to create corners with them. Although the punches shown are a specific brand and design I’m sure with a little practise you could apply these principles to your own border punches.
09 Feb 2010
If you have read the “About Us” page on Cardmaking-Companion you will already know that I make cards which I sell 
to help support a children’s village in Uganda.
I sell the cards, as part of a team, once a month, at Longton Community Church.
The type of cards which always fly off the stand are the ones with words of encouragement on them, especially when they quote a bible text.
Whilst these cards may not be the most difficult cards to make they are certainly the most appreciated by both those who buy them, and by those who receive them.
This photograph shows some of the latest batch I have made. The card blanks are in a range of pastel shades and have a foiled design on them.
The message has been rubber stamped in black VersaFine ink onto white card, matt and layered onto plain card in a complimentary colour to the card blank.
Most of the cards have no card making embellishments on them, only an occasional jewel as a flower centre.
We as card makers can get carried away with making elaborate creations but sometimes all that someone needs is a simple message of encouragement to help them get through the troubles they are facing.
I leave you with this one thought – could some one you know benefit from a card like this at the moment?
Susan from Cardmaking-Companion
30 Jan 2010
card making embellishments and much more surrounded me yesterday when I had a really great day out visiting the Card Making & Creative Stitching Exhibition at Manchester Central Exhibition Hall.
As you can see from the photgraph it was reallly busy and everyone was busy hunting for either a bargain or something just that little bit different.
I normally go to 3 or 4 exhibitions a year and I really enjoy them. Normally I’m there when the doors open and stay until they close!
Yesterday I wanted to replenish my stock of Card Making Embellishments and especially get some new ribbon.
A great stall which I always look out for at exhibitions is MeiFlower as they have some really different embellishments.
I stocked up on the new ribbon, fabric butterflies, chiffon flowers, metal charms, and rubber moulded images. Now I just can’t wait to get started using them and hopefully you’ll see some of the results on future posts.
By the time I got home, after having got caught in rush hour traffic, I spent the night doing what I’m sure many of the day’s visitors would have been doing – I lovingly unpacked all my items and spread them all around me and gazed at them fondly!
So I’m off to get on with some card making – I’ll let you know how I get on soon.
Susan from Cardmaking-Companion.
28 Dec 2009
Well Christmas has come and gone and for once we had a white one!
Here’s a photo of my 6 year old Dalmatian, Jazz, exploring snow for the first time! After these few tentative steps and sniffs he decided the white stuff was fun and started running around like the dappy dog he is!
I had a really good Christmas – my only complaint was that it went too quickly. If I could I’d make Christmas last for at least a week! Although I couldn’t manage being away from cardmaking for a whole week.
In fact on Boxing day night I sat in front of the TV watching my umpteenth soppy Christmas movie and opened up a card making kit which I’ve had for a while.
I signed up for an annual subscription to a card making magazine and the kit was the free gift.
I thought you might like to see some of the results. These were really easy to make but I think they look really effective. I like the colour combination of pink and coffee, with just a hint of chocolate for the card making embellishments.
So far I’ve made about 12 cards and I’ve still got quite a few elements left. Let’s hope the soppy movies continue until New Year!