Tilda and "The Bug"

It's been an exciting week for me this week!! My new (to me) Cuttlebug arrived and I Tilda came home safe and sound to me after an extended visit to a friends place. Soooooooo...to celebrate their arrival I made this little Thinking of You card.

It's nothing special but I loved water colouring again!! Can you see I used the Paisley embossing folder with my bug?? Did I mention I LOVE my bug!! I'm eventually going to try my hand at making my own folders on my Gazelle...after I nail the print and cuts that is! I also used Gazza to cut out the scalloped oval and sentiment oval. It's so much easier if you put in your actual page measurements rather than the default 12x12 I always used. In this case the page was only 9x6cm and it made it so much easier to cut more accurately. I also used a Fiskars border punch, I think it's called "elegant".

I'm not sure you can see it here, but I also used a bit of dazzlin' diamonds on the embossed page and some pearls on the side border.

Did you notice everything is slightly off centre?? I am usually so anal about having everything centrally spaced I wanted to branch out and try something a tad different. I quite like the effect! It's not so 'ordered'. Oh...did you know that if you click on the picture it will open up larger ina new window so you can see the detail better?? I learnt that only today!!! LOL

Stay safe and happy crafting!!

shell xoxo

Hi again!! I know it's been ages since I've blogged ANYTHING, but I'm back and hopefully will keep things a little more updated than I have been!!

Here's a card and matching shoe I made for a friends 40th birthday. The flowers were cut from designer paper from Kaszazz and the little flowers are from heidi grace designs. The glitter paper is what I picked up from the Paper show I went to with Alisa...it is just gorgeous. The photo doesn't do it justice!

Not sure if you can see it or not, but the black border on the card has been lined with diamontes as well. I've called this set "It's all about the bling" which suits my friend perfectly!!

Hope you like it!!

shell xoxo

My little Tilda has arrived!!!!

Isn't she just gorgeous!?!?!

She arrived in the mail yesterday and I couldn't wait to stamp her and colour her in!! This is a very quick go because I just couldn't wait till I had a block of free time, so she was done in between getting lunch ready and vacuuming!!!

I promise my next effort will be coloured in better and I will do her justice!!

I got Tilda from a web shop called Scrappin' Kats. They are the cheapest I've found for Tilda and they even refunded my excess postage. You can't ask for better customer service than that!! Make sure you check them out here.

Have a wonderful day!!

shell xoxo

Check out this gorgeous shoe!!!! My dear friend Alisa (AKA "The Enabler") made a file for the Gazelle to cut these babies out. Didn't she do a fantastic job?? I just had to share my creation.

Check out her blog to see what she's done with the file as well. You can now have as many pairs of shoes as you like in any style or design you like as well!! If you're interested in making your own shoes, and have a digital cutter as well, drop Alisa a line and she'll let you know how to purchase it. Of course, if you don't have a cutter you can cut these by hand, not sure if Alisa has a file with the dimensions for you to do this, but I'm sure she won't mind you asking!

Have a wonderful day!

shell xoxo

Stamp Sets for sale!!!

Hi All,

Just a quick note before I head off to the land of nod!!

I've just listed a few stamp sets over on ebay if any one is interested!!

My user name is shellsub70.

Cheers,

shell xoxo

Easter Bunny Basket

How cute is this little dude?? I found this gorgeous little fella on Yvonne's blog. I did make one using the punches she suggested from Stampin' Up!, but then I decided to test my design skills out and do all the pieces on my Gazelle using the Funtime Software.

I managed the body shape no probs, I even did the paws, no idea how so don't ask, but when it came to making the simple box design, well, let's just say it wasn't as simple as I thought it would be!! Once again my dear friend Alisa came to my aid and did it in about 2 seconds flat!!

I tried to track down some flocked paper for bunny's body today, but there's nothing within my budget. I absolutely refuse to buy 1 piece of paper for $5 no matter how much I want it!!

After some chalking of the edges and some gluing together, plus I replaced the black eyes in the pattern with googly eyes, here he is....way too cute!!

If you want the WPC file for cutting this out on your cutter, just drop me a line and I'll forward it on to you.

I also wanted to share a picture of my little man fast asleep in mummy's bed. I went to check on him (he has a cold so is sleeping with mum right now) and I found him like this, sound asleep with his leg just hanging in space. I couldn't have been comfortable but he didn't seem to mind!

Cheers for now,

shell xoxo

Hi everyone,

Here's a page I was asked to do as a leaving gift for someone.

It took me forever to do and I learnt a very valuable lesson from it...do NOT try and cut intricate letters or designs with Bazzill cardstock or use transfer tape on it!!!!

It is the WORST paper I have ever cut!!! LOL But the results I think were well worth the effort.

The ship in the middle is paper tole and has a 3D effect to it. I think it looks great.

Have a great day!

Shell xoxo