Die Cut Heaven

Now  I have my Vagabond back - it's die cutting all the way :)

Notice how this one is made using the negative cuts of the other cards elements - does that make sense?!

It is a shame that the sparkle of the background paper doesn't show up on this one.

 Lots of love
Melissa xx

Hi!!

I haven't posted any cards for a while because I've not had my die cut machine and they have all been pretty ordinary - however here are 3 I quite like :)

I hope I've given you something pretty to look at rather than the riots on the streets.

Lots of love to everyone xxx

still here

Hi, I haven't disappeared! finally I lost my temper with My Craft Studio and demanded my money back as three weeks later still no machine!!

Dad took me down to the Craft Barn and for 4p more I have a new machine YIPPEEE!!!  I have been crafting and will post more pics soon xx

Enveloboxer

As my new Vagabond hasn't turned up :'-( I've been playing with the enveloboxer today and I really like it.

You can make a 6" square 1" deep  out of one 10.5" card.  The boxes are great for presentation, but these are good if you are being stingy with your card (you need 2 bits for a box) or want to send through the post.

I had to send a  card with a few flowers on it to a friend via post and didn't have a suitable envelope and didn't feel my box making skills would last the distance - so after words with my trusty mentor Eileen ( who had heard of them but not used) I decided to give them a go.

Anyway I've only played a bit with it - but I would definitely give it the thumbs up!

Oh what a time I've had - not being able to get into my craft room because it is so full of "stuff" from No. 1 son in between residences and having rooms decorated to disaster of disaster my Vagabond has broken!! one day the motor just stopped :( Mycraft Store have been brilliant and collected it from me and will deliver a new one when they have it in stock.  I didn't realise how much I use it and what a difference a die cutter makes to you cards.

So I decided to sit in the garden and practice my colouring -I have friends who have been on proper courses and I am getting SO left behind :) anyway there were some free Lilly of the Valley images with a magazine which I have photocopied and played with - I have left a space for the sentiment until I know who wants what for what - but I hope you like them

Love Melissa xx

One last picture - because Betty decided to eat her cushion she had to creep in behind Mack - fortunately he is a deep sleeper - or more tolerant than I thought!!

Betty's first bath

Betty had he first bath on Sunday.  The weather was so hot we decided that it was an ideal time as she could run around the garden to dry off.  Poor thing looked like a forlorn drowned rat in the bath.

you could see that she couldn't wait to get it over with ! I had to give her a mohecan (sp?)

after a little run around in the sun I got the dreaded brush out and her hair exploded into a mass of really soft curls.  You just had to pit your fingers in and scrunch it all up!

Now you can see her say "Mum how COULD you - you've ruined ALL my street cred!)

3 different cards

What a rainy week it's been, just as I've got someone in to paint the outside of the house too!  I've made 3 more cards, all very different - I hope you like them, it was great fun doing them :)

This first one is for my son's mates!

This is because it is so grey out there I fancied some colour!!

This one was because I found some lovely bling!

Lots of love
Melissa xx