Card blanks

**mariab** · 23-09-2007, 05:49 PM

I would just like to ask all you card making experts, where is the best place to get good quality blanks?

**Lighthousegirl** · 23-09-2007, 09:30 PM

I quite often make my own ...

The other main place I get them from is not a sponsor so cant mention them here

I would be interested in everyone elses responses too :-D

**passionflower** · 23-09-2007, 11:07 PM

I only ever make my own, I ve struglled to find good quality cards ready folded to be quite honest, and I ve tried loads. The thing istho, is really not that hard I normally buy a whole box of card from PaperMill and cut then fold the whole lot in front of the telly, then I ve got full sheets of A4 card to cut diferent sizes should I need to. A very nice way to get an A5 card is to cut your A4 sheet lengtways in half and then score the card in half so the fold ends up at the top instead of on the side

**mrs007bond** · 24-09-2007, 12:09 PM

good idea monica, could you pm me where you get your envelopes from? If you don't mind
lisa x

**mum-on-the-run** · 24-09-2007, 12:33 PM

**Mystik Nat** · 24-09-2007, 12:53 PM

Usually make my own, however I took advantage of the Craftwork Cards warehouse sale earlier this year and got a box load of their card blanksin brights and pastels.... some really nice card blanks in there to choose from.

I wanted to try their acetate blanks as well as some have a frosty look from what I remember...

**valeriej** · 24-09-2007, 01:18 PM

I tend to make my own too, buy boxes of Papermill card. Yep those scoreboards come in very handy - I couldn't be without mine.

**Karon Stubbs** · 24-09-2007, 08:55 PM

I'm new to card making and so far I've bought pre-made blanks. I tried to fold one to start with but could not get a smooth fold. What should i be doing? Grateful for any help girls. Ta!

**floydypops** · 24-09-2007, 09:10 PM

So the scoreboards are a good buy ?? I was thinking about one, and as Lisa said what do you do for the envies if you fold your own cards ??

**passionflower** · 24-09-2007, 11:45 PM

The score boards are a godsend for me!!! I score all my cards to and then all my boxes for the most unusual sizes, I tend to buy A4 and cut in half so you end up with a A5 size card and you can easily get envelopes for that size. If you re planning on folding your own cards I would say is deffo a must,if you re happy to buy blanks then probably you shouldn t bother, cos for the odd one you can alaways use the groove in your paper trimmer to score a few. And you know I ve said in the earlier post that I cannot seem to get decent folded ones well that s not entirely true cos the blanks wich come with the GOGO greetings kit are really fabulos quality and you get diferent sizes too

**faye1978** · 25-09-2007, 11:23 AM

Do you just use the normal card boxes from papermill for £6.99? How many do you get? I dont have one near me so I have to go online for it.

Thanks

**Kell** · 25-09-2007, 12:03 PM

I make my envelopes by simply wrapping cards up with thick tracing paper and sealing with scotch tape. They post well too as long as you use waterproof ink for the address. There is one that I've wrapped just for show in my gallery

It's nice to see people open them too as they take much more care than they would with an envelope, and they always try to re-wrap it once they've read it.