My Big Shot delivery!!!!!

Argh, could I be any more excited???!!!! I got a nice parcel today and guess what?! My Big Shot machine and starter kit has arrived!!! I am officially like a child let lose in a toy shop! So far I have watched the video tutorial and played about with all the goodies! I got some beautiful sizzlits, they look lovely with the crafters companion bright cards.

Felt a little cheated by the framelits, you need a separate adapter shim?! I think not, where there is a will there is a way and I have found that 9 sheets of 100 gsm paper does the trick! ;-p I'm not spending another £7, that is just cheating!!!! And quite pleased with the results! The flowers turned out pretty well!

Also got a delivery of lots of tape pens, tape and a Humphrey Christmas stamp from Crafters companion, I fear I may be addicted to buying craft stuff. I think I am in need of help!!!! Damn internet shopping!!!!

Really pleased with the embossing folders I got, the hearts one will be perfect for wedding cards! Got a wedding on Friday and I haven't yet made the card so I am thinking may  trial the big shot for that! :-) Yay!!!!

So looks like I know what I'm spending the next week doing! :-) Will post some of my cards that I make using the Big Shot in a few days! Hopefulyl with good results! Have a fab weekend everyone! xxx

hunkydory crafting day!!!!

Hello everyone! Wow another scorcher of a day! So what did I do? Yep that's right, the natural thing with my Summer holiday, I made Christmas cards!!!! lol!!!!
I decided to put the free Hunkydory kit with issue 7 of the magazine to good use, see what  I could get out of my owls! I'm quite pleased actually, I would say I have used about 2/3 of the kit, and I got the magazine for £3.99 as well! Got to love a bargain!!!!

 The backing papers were all free with the kit, and here I've added a touch of green ribbon and bow and put gold stickles on the stars for an extra bit of bling!!!!

 Again I've unleashed the diamond stickles here. It's once of my must have craft items, you know if you were to pick 10 key items in a craft box, that would definitely be there! I think I actually prefer the scenic cards compared to the owls, you can't beat a bit of lovely tradition at Christmas!

This is again all elements from the kit, apart from the ribbon and gems, so you really don't have to be an advanced crafter to put the kit to good use!

Ahhhh another traditional snowy scene! I know I sound older than my 28 years but  I do love the old school Christmas stuff! You know, It's a wonderful life, Miracle on 34th Street!!! Haha fancy talking about all that when it is boiling hot outside (still pretty damn warm at 21:25!!!) and I have my balcony doors wide open!!! Actually scary thought, 5 months today it'll be boxing day! ;-p 

And then this was the final one.  Actually it was the first one I made but there you go! 

So after all that festive talk I can't help feeling I should bring us back into the Summer, so I made a gorgeous butterfly card today using the hunkydory amethyst butterfly kit. Hope you like! 

That's better, Summer 2012, here we are again!!! 

Well enjoy the olympic opening stuff over the next few days! And for once lets be proud! I will be cheering GB and Ireland on, flag in each hand! xxx

Crafter's Companion July Challenge

Hope this works! :-)

Finally, a bit of crafty time!

Hooray!!!! Finally some crafting time, haven't done any in a week or so! That is purely down to the joys of teaching year 6 and doing after school performances to wave them off to secondary school, a very rewarding and emotional task, especially when you have crying parents thanking you for changing their child's lives! But that is why I do the job, when you see the superstars they are becoming!

So I got a batch of magnolia stamps and some new SWALK stamps ready to play with this weekend! I am obsessed with these paper packs from the Range (you can get them pretty much anywhere crafty though!) at the moment it's Bird song and Dreamcatcher. I love The colours so have tried to match my colours to the papers I have! Branched a little more into the boy cards tonight too, although ended up smack bang in over girly!!!! :-)

My fave combo of cocoa and chestnut for his hair, cardinal red, true blue for the top and denim for the dungarees! The balloons were made with a punch and some peel offs.

Now for the girly-ness!!!

As you can see, lots of pinks and purples, perhaps because I am so girly myself I find these sort of cards the most fun to do! Again, the paper packs are the ones mentioned earlier, and on the middle one I have used my fave epiphany embelishments! 

I am finding the baby pink a winner which has been used on both of the pink dresses, combined with some cocktail and antique pink! The dress in the bottom piccie is done in Amethyst and purple. 

So pretty pleased wit the evening's work! Aaaannnddddd I have booked my first card party and lots of friends and family are attending, so will hopefully make a few pennies whilst freeing up some much needed space in the office! :-) 

Happy Sunday night crafters! xxx

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ challenge

So I decided to set my self a challenge tonight and go with a black/white/grey theme for one of the Sylvia Zet digi stamps. I am quite pleased with my wee self!

In terms of the backing and embellishments, I used random papers in my stash and then lots of papermania goodies (flowers, buttons, gems). I also cut the edge of a doily and curled it as an extra embellishment.

Now to our gorgeous girlie! I used Promarkers for the whole thing.
On her skin (face hands and legs) I  used cool grey 1 around the edges and then used the blender pen to get a lighter shade and a slight shadow.
For her hair I then used cool grey 2 and 3 combined to get different tones and highlights.
Her dress is warm greys 2,3 and 4 as are the flowers in the basket.
Her shoes are cool grey 5 with a black edging.
So lots of greys needed but I am pleased!!! Looks quite classic in the end which is what I was aiming for! :-)

Might have to experiment in a similar way with more greys and other colours over the holidays! Always good to have a challenge!

Hope everyone has a good Monday tomorrow, fingers crossed the sun will be shining, otherwise a school trip with 45 11 year olds might not go quite to plan!!!! xxx

Happy lazy Sunday!

Happy lazy Sunday everyone! Got to hit the shops today as I'm off on a school trip tomorrow and looks like rain! Waterproof needed! Hopefully I'll have a bit of crafty time when I get back home. Can't wait until next Sunday, nothing like that feeling that you don't have to get up early for work the next day!

Last night I used my stamps from Mulberry Wood for the first time, I'm really pleased with how they turned out.  Did hit one stumbling block though, we have about 80 promarkers and when I came to colour a night sky I realised I had no darker shade of blue!!!! Argh!!!! After much deliberation I decided to go with shale as a base layer and true blue on top to give it that night time feel.  What do you think of the results? The owls were coloured using cocoa, sandstone and a blender pen.

The blue backing paper is from the CD rom, I used the colouriser to get as dark a blue as I could then used some Anita ribbon, silver card stock and lettering off teh CD rom to finish it off. Oooh almost forgot my stickles silver glitter, I love stickles and find it finishes off a project nicely!

I also tried out some more traditional colours for the elephant stamp, again the red backing paper was done using the colouriser on the CD.

I used cool grey 2 and 3 for Mr elephant, dusky pink for the ears, sandstone for the mouse and forest green for the trees (that makes sense really!) I always think as nice as it is to use a range of colours on Christmas cards, but you can't beat a bit of tradition!

Right, let's get shopping, wonder if I'll stumble upon any other goodies while I am out?! xxx

Too soon for Christmas?

So we are supposedly in the middle of the glorious British Summer, is it too soon to start making Christmas cards?! I have to confess, I have started, the Mulberry Wood CD rom and SWALK Christmas stamps have made sure of it! Anyway, no one minds when people start buying stocking fillers and other pressies to prepare for the big time!!!

Here are some of my design so far, next festive purchase needs to be the snowman CD rom, I am indeed a little crafter's companion! :-)

That's a bit of festive food for thought! 

So another card made with one of Sylvia Zet's images.

This time I took note on what colours I used!!! First off, the backing papers are from the Dreamcatcher pad and the Wild Rose Studio Butterfly Garden pad (free with quick cards a couple of issues ago).
Scalloped edged cards appear to be my obsession at the minute, I love them and they are a fab price from the Range!

So to our cute little lady, coloured, as always, with promarkers!

Hair - cinnamon and chestnut
Skin - Almond and Blush
Dress - Amethyst, Purple and Gold
Shoes and socks - purple, gold and denim blue
Basket and flowers - terracotta, pink carnation, cerise, denim blue
Bird - Denim blue, gold

I've built up quite a collection of promarkers now (well my partner has for his drawing and colouring!) so finding it a bit easier to sort out blending and depth of colour. In fact just ordered the spring limited edition of promarkers from C&C for £5.39, bargain!!!! Just got to hope for quick delivery from them, although chance would be a fine thing!!!!

What a way to spend a Saturday, in front of the TV, crafting, watching Monk! Haha, love those detective shows, takes me back to my uni days!!!!

Happy Saturday crafting! :-) xxx

The first blog!!!!

Woooo, yay, I have done it, I actually set up the blog!

I suppose I should start by explaining a little more about Dymo Cards. I have actually only been crafting since October/November time, my mother in law introduced me to it, and I have never looked back.  I have had a really hard year so it has helped in terms of keeping me busy when things were getting me down. I've had such good feedback since I began, family, friends (I know they're probably biased but my Nan is quite straight talking so I tend to believe what she says! lol!) and also loads of lovely people on Facebook's crafty community.

In my spare time (Haha!) I am actually a Primary School Teacher, my other passion in life, I wouldn't be doing anything else. The most rewarding job in the world despite the negativity that tends to surround it.

At the min, stamping is my biggest obession, and whoops, wouldn't you know it, I 'accidentally' bought the SWALK stamp kit on C&C this morning, so that gives me something to look forward to when the summer holidays come! :-)

Here is one of the cards I've done today, a lovely Spring bringer digi stamp from Sylvia Zet. I am loving her images! Then I have teamed that with some backing papers from the BirdSong paper pad, a papermania Lucy Cromwell Sentiment and some general embellishments to finish off.  Pro-markers have been used to colour the girl, next time I might lay more attention to which colours I used! ;-)
Hope you enjoy!!! Crafty hugs as they say! xxx