Card Crafters

Do Not Live by Stamps Alone!

Check out these cards from Arlene Faber:

 

Arlene does "needle tatting" which she says is much easier than using the traditional tatting shuttle.

Fab writes:

I finally got around to scanning a couple of the note cards that I make for sale.  The borders are done with the Cuttlebug embossing folders.  The flowers are tatted.  One card has stamped leaves and the other has tatted leaves.

She adds--They are nice for short notes of all kinds, sympathy, get well, thinking of you sort of things.  Tie a bunch together and they make a nice hostess gift.
I sell them twice a year at a craft fair we hold here in Sun City.  Lots of clubs participate and sell some of what they make.  There will be knitted and crocheted items, paintings, ceramics, jewelry, quilts, tablecloths, wood items and stained glass.  There are also books for sale written by resident authors and the train club will let folks come in to run the multiple track train layouts.  Al ot of work and a lot of fun too.  Usually lasts 3 days in November and 2 days in about March.

If you are interested, leave a comment for Fab and she will reply.

Also, a You Tube browse will net several instructional videos showing the technique.


As Fab says, she used the Cuttlebug for embossing the edges. (For those without a Cuttlebug, a row of simple tatting down the edge would be a nice finishing touch.) The gift packets she describes are, as she says, an extremely appropriate hand crafted hostess gift for the holidays.


Are you involved in any holiday boutiques or craft fairs? If so, do you have a specialty? A favorite pattern or project? Do you make something you get requests for year after year?

Please share with us all, to help make the holidays more personal and more fun without breaking the bank or exhausting the participants!


Thanks Arlene. You've triggered a project idea for gg designs........and if it ever sees the light of day, we'll share it here.

gg designs (Charlotte)



Comments: (Email sent to gg designs--see side bar for link)
Simply gorgeous, Arlene! Your notecards must sell very well, and make for happy recipients, who hopefully appreciate your time and creativity!
Linda (Blackbird)

Resurrecting Arlene Faber's Great Layout!

You saw this in action in the previous post....but did you notice how easily it could be used in ANY direction you want to turn it?

This was used in a RubberstampChat challenge (click to go to the archived pages & samples) and there were many great designs created using it in several ways.

Let's use it again. 

We'd love to see your Fall themed cards using Arlene's layout with gg designs images if you have any or other images if you do not have appropriate ggd ones available.

The winner (by your votes or, if the results are too close, by random drawing) will receive the tea set images Yogi used so well in her card featured by Vamp Stamp News.

Use the email link in the side bar to send gifs or jpegs to gg designs.

Good luck everybody!

gg designs (Charlotte)