Bravo, Christine! You just never know at what point in our lives we will discover a new talent. You started off with a gorgeous set for your children’s weddings and, boy, have you gone on to create many more beautiful cards. Now you share your talents with a world wide group of fans, who would have thought what the internet would do for all of us. Eternally grateful for all have done to “stoke” the creativity in us. Blessings for a creative and healthy 2024. Someday I will share with you how my journey began. ❤️ Peggy in Maryland, USA
I started by making a little card for my cousin’s daughter who was six at the time and had written a letter to the tooth fairy, she was patiently waiting for a reply, my cousin asked if I could help so I had managed to find an image of a fairy so I made a card and replied to her letter she was so pleased and kept the fairy’s secret, now in her twenties she still has the card she said to me she only told Mum and Granny she’d received this card as the fairy had requested she do so. We laugh about it now but the fact she’d kept it means a lot and that started my card making journey. 🙂
Starting with wedding stationery was a scary but wonderful way to dive into cardmaking. Obviously, you always had the talent, right from the beginning, to make beautiful cards. I started after a major surgery. Couldn't do anything & entertained myself looking at youtube. Found card making & never stopped!
What fabulous wedding stationery Chrissie and especially as you had not done anything like it before. I'm sure I would no way have made it look so professional. x
I also got into card making in earnest in 2004 when my daughter got married. I did the shower and wedding invites and the order of service. My only real tool was a cuttle bug as well.
Talk about diving in the deep end! My Giddy Aunt! You started out in your inimitable style, elegant and simple. I can't imagine how many crafters you've inspired since your original foray into card making, but we are Blessed by your generosity in sharing almost every day. Thank You,🤍🤍🤍
💜💜💜 How interesting - my card making story started in 2005 because we moved to the mountains to retire and winter was soooo long! I went to a craft fair in town and saw a lady that was selling “Close to My Heart” supplies and I was HOOKED! 😍
Your story is exactly the same as mine. I got into card making when my daughter asked me to do her wedding stationary. No resources at all so bought a big shot die cutter. My daughter wanted a very complicated design and picked an intricate layering die with beautiful separate corners. When we worked out how many parts I would need to cut out from mirror card and glitter card my husband bought me a gemini which was a life saver. Everything turned out beautifully and they were so pleased with it all. I have come so far since then, thanks to people like yourself who are happy to share their knowledge and skills. I get loads of inspiration from your channel. Thank you for all your hard work. My son got engaged last year and I have offered to do the same for his wedding. We will see.
It's lovely to hear how other people got hooked. I made my son and daughters wedding stationary as well. I remember doing the embossing by rubbing a round thing all over the card on a blue embossing plate. Took me hours. Then I discovered the cuttlebug machine and haven't looked back. Wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing yours. XX
I love this story of how you got into card making Chrissie! How wonderful that your kids wanted you to make these wedding invites and such. And how beautiful they are as well! Glad you continued on the road to card making as you are a natural at it. Hugs, Brenda
Wow Ms. Chrissie, they look Stunning & they look professionally done!!! I also made all my wedding invitations, except mine were red, black & white. Lovely family photo, Thanks for sharing!!!
What a lovely story Christine and beautiful wedding stationery you made too. I started off with a few papers and a book with patterns for iris folding, that, too, all fitted into a small box!! Now I have a craft shed full to bursting😂
I was the same back in 2000 my eldest daughter asked me to make her wedding invites that year. A few people at that wedding asked me to make theirs too and so started a love of card making. My daughter invites were gold gilding flakes hearts on cream card stock with gold twine wrapped round too!
Fun story and I might assume, very classy invitations, etc. My sister-in-law stirred my interest in card making and I do enjoy it. My only regret is that my mother had passed by the time I got started. She loved doing crafty things and we would have had a lot of fun making cards together!
It's the same for me and my mother, she was so talented, did fabulous crochet, (I still have lots of her work), knitting and sewing... She made all my clothes when I was a child!😊
How lovely to begin your card making journey with wedding stationery. My journey began before all the supplies hit the market. I was fed up spending hours trying to find a card in the shop that didn't have soppy words or mass produced designs. I trained my friends and relatives to save their cards and I made others out of them, adding childrens craft items like gems, glitter and ribbon as thats all that was available. Cards i make these days are so much more 'professional' in appearance thanks to the abundance of things available to use. I dare not go to Sandown Park Craft Show this weekend as i have so much stuff now😂.
I still have my lightbox and metal embossing plates and still have occasions to use it. Isn't it interesting to think back on the absolute lack of tools there were when you began your crafting journey? I was quite young when I started and personal computers hadn't yet arrived so I had to go to the library to learn techniques and find inspiration. There were a few crafting magazines around but most didn't contain much cardmaking. I can vividly remember how thrilled I was when the little red Sizzix with the lever came out. (I still have that, too!)
I started in exactly the same way Chris, my daughter's wedding invites back in 2005. Similar style as well only purple and silver! Who thought it would lead to all the new friendships across the world. I resisted falling down the rabbit hole of craft supplies but as my groaning shelves can testify, I soon gave in!!
Wow Christine. What a lovely job you did with both sets of stationery. My start in card making was for completely different reasons. The year my 2 younger sisters gave our mom the same card as mine on Mother's Day and then the 3 of us did it again for our dad on Father's Day, I came to the realization that there are only a limited number of different commercially made occasion cards. 🇨🇦😊❤
That was so fascinating on many levels....the first being your incredible "can do" attitude! And then making all that beautiful stationary had to be an incredible task! Third...I've never heard of "Order of Service"....that is not something we do in the US... Is this done at all weddings? That was a lovely video and photo of the bride and her happy parents! But no photo of your son's wedding? Thanks for a peek at why & how you began cardmaking!
Star from Montreal. I started card making about 3 years ago when I retired and this past year I also made my son’s wedding invitations. Loved hearing your story!
That is an amazing story, loved the invitations. I can’t remember why I started, I think it was finding the first craft store which is no longer there unfortunately. Jenny ❤😊
How interesting. I started with scrapbooking and was invited to a Stampin' Up "party" by a friend. I wasn't interested really, but went to be polite. Oh my, that was around 2003, and here I am 20+ years later with a room devoted to card making! 🙂 I'm sure I'd be embarrassed by my early card efforts, but with the internet, Pinterest, new products and TH-cam my work has much improved. Many thanks to you for your tips and ideas.
I have kept notebooks where I put an example of each card I have made with supplies and techniques written down since the beginning. I did it to be able to remember how I made the cards/techniques, but they have turned out to be a wonderful thing because I can see how far I’ve come!
I used the same hand embossing technique years ago to make a Christmas card with a row of embossed trees and the sentiment embossed below. Thank you for the throwback to earlier days when supples were so limited. I have been card making for 30 years and had to be very resourceful to get the results I wanted. Thanks to you and other “designers” who changed our world!
Oh how we all here have done similar. I did the same for my sons wedding. Like you I had a metal embossing plate which was a off set heart shape in a square. His colours were burgundy so I added burgundy ribbon. I did the invitations, response cards, place cards and thank you cards. I cannot remember if I did order of service but they were more or less the first things I did and went on from there. That was 2005.
Lovely start to your craft, Chrissie - your amazing talent has been obvious since day one. Thanks for sharing your story, and the beautiful photograph 😊 xx ( I think I still have a light box kicking around somewhere in the garage 😂 )
What a wonderful way to start your cardmaking journey. The stationary is all gorgeous too, clean and simple as you would say - very classy. A beautiful photo of you all too at the end. Thank you for your special story Christine. Hugs x
Christine you are SO resourceful. I came across your channel in December and I am now hooked! I watch your clips each day (and the older ones) with awe however I do feel I don't know where to start as you seem to have everything. I laugh when you say..I found this..and then come up with 10 other similar ones you have found as well. Please continue to post your clips they are a joy x
Wonderful. You began with a high standard! Just proves what one can do with only a few resources. I have too much STUFF now which can be confusing. Your design ability is your true resource. Keep going. Thanks for sharing 😊
Snap! My daughter set me off in exactly the same way. I just bought a cuttlebug and a few dies, some fancy card and away I went. It’s cost me a small fortune since her wedding 15 years ago. (But I don’t care, I love it).
You may have started with minimal tools but that was a huge project to take on. I started making cards working for a non-profit agency and we recycled old cards to send out to over 250 members. But once I got the cuttlebug it became more complicated and of course more expensive and here we are today. Though I am retired I still make up to 250 thank you cards for my old non-profit agency per year. Thankk you for sharing your journey
Thank you for sharing your story of where it all began. Your future skills are evident from the lovely stationary you made for your daughters wedding. Your subscribers are now benefiting from your journey in paper-crafting and the lessons you have learned along the way, which you kindly share with us. I also made the invitations for my Son and Daughter-in-law’s second wedding but by this time unlike you, I had all the equipment to make the process easier. I started making cards with a card making cd, then bought a serif Craft Artist 2 program and made digital cards. I then became a paper crafting addict and over time purchased all the equipment and ingredients to create. Lockdown was an expensive time for me as I became an armchair buyer. I just love starting with a flat piece of paper and breathing life into it. Your videos have gone a long way to helping me do that. Thank you Christine.....🦋xxx
Hi Christine, This is on a different topic: I would like to pass on a technique I haven’t seen anyone else do that you might enjoy. Take a paper napkin of choice and laminate the BACK. This gives the napkin strength but keeps the velvet feel of the napkin. Super easy and gorgeous. Just mount on white card stock and card front or ephemera is born!
Thank you for sharing your story. What wonderful stationery. I started my journey into cardmaking because I wanted to use my paintings on greeting cards. Now it’s grown and still growing and I love it. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos. I love them too. - Dawn 🌅
Thanks for showing this, well done with the few tools you had at that time. Today is a different matter 😁. I started with rubberstamps on wooden blocks back in 1990 or so, and I still have inks and stamps that are still in very good shape, but I must admit, I do prefer die cutting now.
These are lovely ad to think you did them without lots of supplies is just wonderful ! I found your ch a few months ago and I am constantly watching your earlier video's because they are so helpful.. Thankyou Christine 🥰
Hello christine. Mon histoire avec la carterie m est également venue surtout a la retraite car les 10 années précédentes j ai fait de l aquarelle. J ai au début realiser des cartes interactives pour amuser mes petits enfants et aussi amusée car le côté un peu magique. Après le matériel aidant ,les techniques de surdouées comme toi, mes goûts pour le clean and simple a grandi. Merci pour tout ce que j ai appris et aussi bravo pour tes créations du début car les miennes n étaient pas aussi belles .😊👏👋👋👋👋
What a treat!! Those wedding invitations and the rest of the stationery items were amazing! Looks so professional it’s difficult for me to imagine that was your first introduction into paper crafts/card making. I’m still struggling along with my 5th card design still not completed 😂😂. Believe me…they are nothing like yours… I just loved the story, Chris❤ Thank you so much for sharing this with us….sweet, really just such a neat story.. Blessings, Nancy Rolfe
Hi Chris, I mentioned stix2 didn’t post to Australia. Well I sent an enquiry email, received a lovely email from a Jenny Taylor. I’m to let them know the products I like, they will estimate postage and if it’s suits I can go ahead or decline the order. Either way it was nice to receive a speedy reply, also great customer service. You always speak well of their products. Anne 🏴🇳🇿
That's wonderful Elizabeth, well worth the query! Let's hope things will work out. There are so many of their products that I really like. I've been buying them for years!
I really enjoyed your brief explanation of how you began your card making journey, which it is because it twists & turns, has the bumps & occasional abyss where creativity seemingly disappears & then for various reasons can just re-appear before our eyes when the right inspiration comes along. Briefly, I began when my Grandaughter was born. She will be 21 soon. I' ve made my family & friends Birthday & Christmas cards for many years. Apart from my Son's Wedding, requiring repetition (involving all Stationery, Floral arrangements & other duties), I don't make two cards the same. I have LOTS of tools, papers, cardstock, ephemera, embossing & die cutting equipment nowadays & shall continue making cards & doing other crafts until the 🙌👀or🧠prevent me. 🥰🙏🦘🦘🦘💌
Bravo, Christine! You just never know at what point in our lives we will discover a new talent. You started off with a gorgeous set for your children’s weddings and, boy, have you gone on to create many more beautiful cards. Now you share your talents with a world wide group of fans, who would have thought what the internet would do for all of us. Eternally grateful for all have done to “stoke” the creativity in us. Blessings for a creative and healthy 2024. Someday I will share with you how my journey began. ❤️ Peggy in Maryland, USA
You made me smile with this comment Peggy, thank you so much❤️❤️❤️
What we don't do for our kids - right???? Now look where it has gotten you! You share your talents with the whole world!!!!!
I'm grateful to my daughter for setting me off on this path!😊
I'm grateful that she did also!
I started by making a little card for my cousin’s daughter who was six at the time and had written a letter to the tooth fairy, she was patiently waiting for a reply, my cousin asked if I could help so I had managed to find an image of a fairy so I made a card and replied to her letter she was so pleased and kept the fairy’s secret, now in her twenties she still has the card she said to me she only told Mum and Granny she’d received this card as the fairy had requested she do so. We laugh about it now but the fact she’d kept it means a lot and that started my card making journey. 🙂
Wonderful story!
A little piece of magic!
What a sweet story!
Starting with wedding stationery was a scary but wonderful way to dive into cardmaking. Obviously, you always had the talent, right from the beginning, to make beautiful cards.
I started after a major surgery. Couldn't do anything & entertained myself looking at youtube. Found card making & never stopped!
I'm sure it helped your recovery!❤️❤️❤️
What fabulous wedding stationery Chrissie and especially as you had not done anything like it before. I'm sure I would no way have made it look so professional. x
That's very kind, thank you🤍🤍🤍
I also got into card making in earnest in 2004 when my daughter got married. I did the shower and wedding invites and the order of service. My only real tool was a cuttle bug as well.
Lots of similar stories😀😀😀
Talk about diving in the deep end! My Giddy Aunt! You started out in your inimitable style, elegant and simple. I can't imagine how many crafters you've inspired since your original foray into card making, but we are Blessed by your generosity in sharing almost every day. Thank You,🤍🤍🤍
That is so kind Helen! Bless you!😊
💜💜💜 How interesting - my card making story started in 2005 because we moved to the mountains to retire and winter was soooo long! I went to a craft fair in town and saw a lady that was selling “Close to My Heart” supplies and I was HOOKED! 😍
I love hearing all these stories!💜💜💜
Your story is exactly the same as mine. I got into card making when my daughter asked me to do her wedding stationary. No resources at all so bought a big shot die cutter. My daughter wanted a very complicated design and picked an intricate layering die with beautiful separate corners. When we worked out how many parts I would need to cut out from mirror card and glitter card my husband bought me a gemini which was a life saver. Everything turned out beautifully and they were so pleased with it all. I have come so far since then, thanks to people like yourself who are happy to share their knowledge and skills. I get loads of inspiration from your channel. Thank you for all your hard work. My son got engaged last year and I have offered to do the same for his wedding. We will see.
Sounds like you're going to be busy again, but this time with a wealth of experience behind you❤️❤️❤️
It's lovely to hear how other people got hooked. I made my son and daughters wedding stationary as well. I remember doing the embossing by rubbing a round thing all over the card on a blue embossing plate. Took me hours. Then I discovered the cuttlebug machine and haven't looked back. Wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing yours. XX
We all have a story don't we!🤣
I am so happy you started making and sharing your inspiration. Thank you! ❤️🇨🇦
I'm so glad!❤️
I love this story of how you got into card making Chrissie! How wonderful that your kids wanted you to make these wedding invites and such. And how beautiful they are as well! Glad you continued on the road to card making as you are a natural at it. Hugs, Brenda
Thank you so much!❤️❤️❤️
Wow Ms. Chrissie, they look Stunning & they look professionally done!!! I also made all my wedding invitations, except mine were red, black & white.
Lovely family photo, Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks so much😊😊😊
What a lovely story Christine and beautiful wedding stationery you made too. I started off with a few papers and a book with patterns for iris folding, that, too, all fitted into a small box!! Now I have a craft shed full to bursting😂
That's the way it goes doesn't it!🤣🤣
I was the same back in 2000 my eldest daughter asked me to make her wedding invites that year. A few people at that wedding asked me to make theirs too and so started a love of card making. My daughter invites were gold gilding flakes hearts on cream card stock with gold twine wrapped round too!
Sounds wonderful!😊
Very elegant! Glad you took up card making as your videos are terrific.
Glad you like them!
Fun story and I might assume, very classy invitations, etc. My sister-in-law stirred my interest in card making and I do enjoy it. My only regret is that my mother had passed by the time I got started. She loved doing crafty things and we would have had a lot of fun making cards together!
It's the same for me and my mother, she was so talented, did fabulous crochet, (I still have lots of her work), knitting and sewing... She made all my clothes when I was a child!😊
How lovely to begin your card making journey with wedding stationery. My journey began before all the supplies hit the market. I was fed up spending hours trying to find a card in the shop that didn't have soppy words or mass produced designs. I trained my friends and relatives to save their cards and I made others out of them, adding childrens craft items like gems, glitter and ribbon as thats all that was available. Cards i make these days are so much more 'professional' in appearance thanks to the abundance of things available to use. I dare not go to Sandown Park Craft Show this weekend as i have so much stuff now😂.
It's great to read all the stories of how you began!😊😊😊
I still have my lightbox and metal embossing plates and still have occasions to use it. Isn't it interesting to think back on the absolute lack of tools there were when you began your crafting journey? I was quite young when I started and personal computers hadn't yet arrived so I had to go to the library to learn techniques and find inspiration. There were a few crafting magazines around but most didn't contain much cardmaking. I can vividly remember how thrilled I was when the little red Sizzix with the lever came out. (I still have that, too!)
Lots of memories seem to be surfacing! 😊😊😊
Your first effort came out beautifully! I have some of those metal embossing stencils from way back. They we're gorgeous! Loved your story!
Thanks so much! 😊
I started in exactly the same way Chris, my daughter's wedding invites back in 2005. Similar style as well only purple and silver! Who thought it would lead to all the new friendships across the world. I resisted falling down the rabbit hole of craft supplies but as my groaning shelves can testify, I soon gave in!!
Nice to hear from you Julie, it’s interesting to hear how everyone got started with this obsession !😊😊😊
Wow Christine. What a lovely job you did with both sets of stationery.
My start in card making was for completely different reasons. The year my 2 younger sisters gave our mom the same card as mine on Mother's Day and then the 3 of us did it again for our dad on Father's Day, I came to the realization that there are only a limited number of different commercially made occasion cards. 🇨🇦😊❤
Great reason for making your own!❤️
A nice story Christine. I needed a card and found bits and bobs in the paper shop where I found card. That started me off.
We all have a story don't we!😊😊😊
Christine, those were so very beautiful!!! You are so creative then ans even more now!!
Thank you so much!❤️
Thank you for sharing how you started card making, lovely to hear about it. Take care.
Thanks so much!
That was so fascinating on many levels....the first being your incredible "can do" attitude! And then making all that beautiful stationary had to be an incredible task! Third...I've never heard of "Order of Service"....that is not something we do in the US... Is this done at all weddings? That was a lovely video and photo of the bride and her happy parents! But no photo of your son's wedding? Thanks for a peek at why & how you began cardmaking!
Thanks, that photo just cropped up... an actual photograph! I'll look for one of my son's wedding!
Star from Montreal. I started card making about 3 years ago when I retired and this past year I also made my son’s wedding invitations. Loved hearing your story!
Very many thanks❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful work and great memories! TFS
You are so welcome
Oh how wonderful. Wow if they were your first makes amazing. No wonder we all benefit from your ideas,tips and tricks now. Take care.
Thanks so much 😊
That is an amazing story, loved the invitations. I can’t remember why I started, I think it was finding the first craft store which is no longer there unfortunately. Jenny ❤😊
We all have a story don't we!😊😊😊
@@Chrissieannie we certainly do
Stunning start Christine, thanks for sharing that.
My pleasure 😊
How interesting. I started with scrapbooking and was invited to a Stampin' Up "party" by a friend. I wasn't interested really, but went to be polite. Oh my, that was around 2003, and here I am 20+ years later with a room devoted to card making! 🙂 I'm sure I'd be embarrassed by my early card efforts, but with the internet, Pinterest, new products and TH-cam my work has much improved. Many thanks to you for your tips and ideas.
Wonderful story! Thanks
I have kept notebooks where I put an example of each card I have made with supplies and techniques written down since the beginning. I did it to be able to remember how I made the cards/techniques, but they have turned out to be a wonderful thing because I can see how far I’ve come!
How clever - sure wish I'd done that 🙂@@99zanne
@@99zanne that's so organised!
Beautiful Wedding invitations etc. so elegant simple..😊
Thank you so much 😊
How wonderful is that!
❤️❤️❤️
I used the same hand embossing technique years ago to make a Christmas card with a row of embossed trees and the sentiment embossed below. Thank you for the throwback to earlier days when supples were so limited. I have been card making for 30 years and had to be very resourceful to get the results I wanted. Thanks to you and other “designers” who changed our world!
Wonderful!
I started in 1992! The tools we have now compared to then are absolutely astonishing.
@@99zanne absolutely!
I love this!!! You definitely have a gift!!!! ❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much!!
Oh how we all here have done similar. I did the same for my sons wedding. Like you I had a metal embossing plate which was a off set heart shape in a square. His colours were burgundy so I added burgundy ribbon. I did the invitations, response cards, place cards and thank you cards. I cannot remember if I did order of service but they were more or less the first things I did and went on from there. That was 2005.
You’ve been at it longer than me !!!😊😊😊😊😊
What a lovely memory, thanks for sharing. I think you may have a few more resources now!
Just one or two!🤣🤣🤣
Loved this - thanks so much for sharing how you got started 🥰
Thanks for watching!
Lovely start to your craft, Chrissie - your amazing talent has been obvious since day one. Thanks for sharing your story, and the beautiful photograph 😊 xx ( I think I still have a light box kicking around somewhere in the garage 😂 )
Thank you so much! I think mine may be knocking around somewhere too!
What a wonderful way to start your cardmaking journey. The stationary is all gorgeous too, clean and simple as you would say - very classy. A beautiful photo of you all too at the end. Thank you for your special story Christine. Hugs x
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing. You look so elegant in the pic x
Oh thank you!❤️
What an awesome labour of love.
Thanks
Thank you for sharing. Its virly a fun way, to start your cardmaking journey on. And both wedding invitations and so on, looks beautiful ❤
Thank you so much!
Christine you are SO resourceful. I came across your channel in December and I am now hooked! I watch your clips each day (and the older ones) with awe however I do feel I don't know where to start as you seem to have everything. I laugh when you say..I found this..and then come up with 10 other similar ones you have found as well. Please continue to post your clips they are a joy x
I'm so glad! You are so welcome!
Wonderful. You began with a high standard! Just proves what one can do with only a few resources. I have too much STUFF now which can be confusing. Your design ability is your true resource. Keep going. Thanks for sharing 😊
Wow, thank you!
And a new love and talent was born......
Exactly! I love it!😊
And the rest is history. Amazing first time cards Chris, also a very special keep sake for you and your daughter. 🏴🇳🇿
Thank you kindly, it certainly is!😊😊😊
Snap! My daughter set me off in exactly the same way. I just bought a cuttlebug and a few dies, some fancy card and away I went. It’s cost me a small fortune since her wedding 15 years ago. (But I don’t care, I love it).
It's all fun though isn't it!😊
You may have started with minimal tools but that was a huge project to take on. I started making cards working for a non-profit agency and we recycled old cards to send out to over 250 members. But once I got the cuttlebug it became more complicated and of course more expensive and here we are today. Though I am retired I still make up to 250 thank you cards for my old non-profit agency per year. Thankk you for sharing your journey
That sounds wonderful Patricia❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing your story of where it all began. Your future skills are evident from the lovely stationary you made for your daughters wedding. Your subscribers are now benefiting from your journey in paper-crafting and the lessons you have learned along the way, which you kindly share with us. I also made the invitations for my Son and Daughter-in-law’s second wedding but by this time unlike you, I had all the equipment to make the process easier. I started making cards with a card making cd, then bought a serif Craft Artist 2 program and made digital cards. I then became a paper crafting addict and over time purchased all the equipment and ingredients to create. Lockdown was an expensive time for me as I became an armchair buyer. I just love starting with a flat piece of paper and breathing life into it. Your videos have gone a long way to helping me do that. Thank you Christine.....🦋xxx
Thank you so much for all this lovely information, carry on crafting!😄
Hi Christine, This is on a different topic: I would like to pass on a technique I haven’t seen anyone else do that you might enjoy. Take a paper napkin of choice and laminate the BACK. This gives the napkin strength but keeps the velvet feel of the napkin. Super easy and gorgeous. Just mount on white card stock and card front or ephemera is born!
Sounds very interesting!🤔🤔🤔 thanks
I forgot to mention spray to the velvet side of the bare napkin with hairspray to seal.
Thank you for sharing! 😊
You are so welcome!
Thank you for sharing your story. What wonderful stationery. I started my journey into cardmaking because I wanted to use my paintings on greeting cards. Now it’s grown and still growing and I love it. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos. I love them too. - Dawn 🌅
Thanks so much Dawn😊😊😊
Love the photo at the end.❤
Thanks
Ordered embossing tools..o there way..thanks..I wondered how you got started..you had fun.. and away you went. It grows
Still having fun !😊😊😊
Thanks for showing this, well done with the few tools you had at that time. Today is a different matter 😁. I started with rubberstamps on wooden blocks back in 1990 or so, and I still have inks and stamps that are still in very good shape, but I must admit, I do prefer die cutting now.
I have loads of wooden mounted stamps still!
These are lovely ad to think you did them without lots of supplies is just wonderful ! I found your ch a few months ago and I am constantly watching your earlier video's because they are so helpful.. Thankyou Christine 🥰
Wonderful! thanks so much😄
Hello christine. Mon histoire avec la carterie m est également venue surtout a la retraite car les 10 années précédentes j ai fait de l aquarelle. J ai au début realiser des cartes interactives pour amuser mes petits enfants et aussi amusée car le côté un peu magique. Après le matériel aidant ,les techniques de surdouées comme toi, mes goûts pour le clean and simple a grandi. Merci pour tout ce que j ai appris et aussi bravo pour tes créations du début car les miennes n étaient pas aussi belles .😊👏👋👋👋👋
il faut tous commencer quelque part, c’est génial de lire toutes les histoires !
What a treat!! Those wedding invitations and the rest of the stationery items were amazing! Looks so professional it’s difficult for me to imagine that was your first introduction into paper crafts/card making.
I’m still struggling along with my 5th card design still not completed 😂😂. Believe me…they are nothing like yours…
I just loved the story, Chris❤
Thank you so much for sharing this with us….sweet, really just such a neat story..
Blessings,
Nancy Rolfe
Thanks Nancy!
Wonderful start to you
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Beautiful ❤
Thank you! 😊
Love your story!
Thanks Peggy❤️❤️❤️
Hi Chris, I mentioned stix2 didn’t post to Australia. Well I sent an enquiry email, received a lovely email from a Jenny Taylor. I’m to let them know the products I like, they will estimate postage and if it’s suits I can go ahead or decline the order. Either way it was nice to receive a speedy reply, also great customer service. You always speak well of their products. Anne 🏴🇳🇿
That's wonderful Elizabeth, well worth the query! Let's hope things will work out. There are so many of their products that I really like. I've been buying them for years!
That was an act of love…definitely not something I’d take on as my 1st endeavor. Beautiful though. 👏👏👏
Thank you! 😊
How interesting. For a first time all you achieved looks amazing. Clean and simple eat your heart out! 😅
😊 thank you
Smashing
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I really enjoyed your brief explanation of how you began your card making journey, which it is because it twists & turns, has the bumps & occasional abyss where creativity seemingly disappears & then for various reasons can just re-appear before our eyes when the right inspiration comes along.
Briefly, I began when my Grandaughter was born. She will be 21 soon.
I' ve made my family & friends Birthday & Christmas cards for many years. Apart from my Son's Wedding, requiring repetition (involving all Stationery, Floral arrangements & other duties), I don't make two cards the same.
I have LOTS of tools, papers, cardstock, ephemera, embossing & die cutting equipment nowadays & shall continue making cards & doing other crafts until the 🙌👀or🧠prevent me. 🥰🙏🦘🦘🦘💌
It's lovely to read these stories of how people started their crafting journey. May we all continue for many years to come!😊😊😊