getting braver with the GC!

It's Sunday night! How did that happen again?! Oh well, pennies to be earned tomorrow, and only 20 work days till a week off! I played a little more with the Grand Calibur today, wanted to get a few more cards done as I am supposed to be having another card part in a couple of weeks!

 Decided to brave embossing with the GC today,  I don't know why, but the idea terrified me, but actually it was quite painless! ;- )

As you can see from this one, I just did another die cut with the holiday tree 2012, I love how festive this is, it's like being out in the snow on a dark evening! 

This time I just decided to emboss the tree and add red and green stickles to look like baubles. I used some green papermania cardstock and my favourite glitter card from the range, it's so good and versatile. The sentiment is a docraft one that are on 3 for 2 at the Range at the min! 

For this one, I used Asian Accents dies for the border, a shapeability frame for the centre and then I cut and embossed (yes, both!) the butterflies (les pappilions dies). Was very pleased with the results! 

So sadly, that's probably me done with crafting for another fortnight now! :-( Never mind, will have to make time in the holiday for some more! You never know, I may get a spare 5 minutes at some point! 

Have a great week everyone! xxx

My newest toy... the Grand Calibur!!!

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a good weekend!!! Well, the postman arrived today and bought me my latest plaything, my Grand Calibur! I am most excited as it means I can use the bigger dies! That's not to say the Big shot is now redundant, it's still being put to good use for specific dies and embossing folders!

As you can see (thanks to all the mess around the machine!) I have been having a play.  I ordered some new sets of dies, the Christmas tree, dresses, butterflies and asian accents. I found these on various websites where the prices are much better than Create and Craft, Oyster Stamps and Crafty World.  They are really good sites, take a look!

Here's some of the cards that I have made today, just getting used to the machine! Hopefully the more I play, the better I will get! :-)

So as you can see, I have been a busy bee.  It has been so nice not to do any work today and just to have a day relaxing! Bliss! Have a good rest of the weekend one and all! Hugs and love!!!! :-) xxx

Finally, a crafty weekend!

Hello everyone!!! Oh it's been a long time! Too long in fact! I have not really managed to do any crafting since I went back to work, as always, the Autumn term is probably the busiest!

So I have ordered a few crafty bits over the last couple of weeks, first off I joined the Docrafts Creativity club which got me some fab bargains, I ordered the Bobbin the Bear Christmas CD, The Joanna Sheen Fay Whittaker CD rom and have the pick of the day (all the cd roms) on its way to me! Phew!!!!

Well having finally had the opportunity to investigate the Joanna Sheen cd, I am hooked!!! The images are so beautiful!!! I wouldn't mind having a few of them framed and on my walls!
Here's a few that I have made so far.....

The thing I love about these images is how traditional they are. The coral coloured backing paper is from dovecraft, the striped one is a backing paper on the CD rom. Sentiments and embellishments were from the stash. 

This one is probably my favourite so far! As my partner just said to me, 'this is you and me when we visited London!' And yeah that's why I like it! I made a double bow with my bow maker and stuck it on the inside of the car rather than the outside. The frame is a spellbinders shapeabilities with some papermania flowers popped on for good measure. 

This would be a good card for a little boy's birthday,again the pictures just make you want to jump into them (bit like Mary Poppins when they jump into the chalk paintings!) 

The backing paper was from the CD rom, Anita's blue peel offs, papermania ribbon and some embelishments off the CD rom.  The sentiment is off the disc as well.  The great thing about it is that you can personalise the sentiments yourself which is such a handy tool. 

Well, all in all I am quite pleased with my wee self! ;-) The sun is shining, I am going to a wedding reception tonight so all in all it's pretty damn good! :-) 

Have a fab rest of the weekend! And hopefully will get to post a bit more often once the madness of the start of term calms down! xxx

It's September - officially ok to feel festive!

Good morning everyone!
Hope you are all well on this September Sunday!
I am back to work tomorrow, yep the 6 week holiday is done with and I now have to transform myself back into 'Miss' for the next 8 weeks! So sadly I probably won't get much crafting done, although there is a lot of demand for more Christmas cards so I need to squeeze in some time.

I ordered a Hunkydory kit off ebay last week (the Christmas Classics one) and got it for £9.50! Bargain! And I've managed to make a whole heap of cards already. They are not my usual style as I like cutesy cards but I'm really pleased with how they have turned out.
I have to admit that a bit of Diagnosis Murder got me feeling festive! Hmmmm, I know what you're thinking, grizzly murders and hospitals??!!!! Nooooo, Good old Dick Van Dyke (got to love him!) sang Christmas songs at the end of the episode, I was in my element! This programme was a must in my uni days!!!! Anyway, I digress!

This candle one is one of my favourites from the kit and I would never have expected that! It's just really traditional and festive!

Thought I would go for a gate fold card as this topper made me want to knock on a door, go and have a mince pie and some mulled wine!!!

I am so pleased with how the glitter came out on this card! I swear by Stickles which I have mentioned before. I just think it adds a little touch for extra dimension and can really bring a card to life. I think I have Stickles in about 8 colours so I am never short if it! Will no doubt be stocking up at the NEC show in November.

And this card makes me want to go walking in the snow! I was going to say takes me back to my childhood but I don't think this is meant to depict the 80's and 90's is it?! Christmas was just so magical and exciting back then! Which is why it's still my favourite time of year.

So on that note, I think there is more crafting to be done today! I am having a good chill out before tomorrow, but.... shhhh.... it's a secret, I am actually looking forward to going back!!! I love my job! Lucky me! 

Happy crafting everyone, enjoy your Sunday! xxx