Making cards - Ideas for a card craft beginner (part 2)

THE-WIFE_3

Rusty try the blog link in my previous post Ikkie will be able to help you decide on the right mat for the 'bug' and you can get them from the lady she recommends and where I get my nesties from too. Liz is also very knowledgeable about die cutting too.

RustyFlange

Hmmmm I looked at that link you posted craftygranny, it does seem very similar to what Marg was explaining. THE-WIFE do you use anything like that in yours? I know you have nestabilities and use them?
OH said that it will just mean my cutting plates will be marked if I use it without them which he is probably right but I just feel like I can't use it yet lol. I have embossed some card with it but that is it!

THE-WIFE_3

Marg, next time you're travelling with the DH, wander down to Kersey, it's a beautiful village with a ford at the bottom of the hill. Also wander through the villages they call the Rodings and please stop at Bretts (I think it's near White Roding) for a snack, all home made and the shop is full of yummy stuff to eat.

My DH cycles a great deal and this is one of his favourite rides. If you see a guy in a pink outfit (all man but he loves pink) on your travels around that area,that's my DH.

RustyFlange

Ignore my post I was posting at the same time as the wife :rotfl:

I am off to look now Thanks for all the help ladies

I need to make fathers day cards today :eek: but have nappy cakes etc to make aswell.

I have found a tan mat which the lady refers to on her blog? HERE

Would that be all I need to use my nesties on the bug??

THE-WIFE_3

Rusty, your cutting plates will be marked, but use a marker pen and mark it as the cutting plate, then that one will be the marked plate. When it gets too much for you (100's of run throughs) swop them around. Liz at Making a Lasting Impression on Ebay I think will have the right mat as I got one from her when I had the Big Shot ( now living with the GD's). The plates on the Wizard are just the same, when I get home tonight I'll post a pic of mine. In fact, they are peeling. You know what its like when you peel when you've had too much sun, well, it's like that, once you start, you can't stop. Pick, Pick, Pick!

THE-WIFE_3

Brilliant! Rusty, Liz is a brilliant seller and it will be with you very quickly, always keep her in mind when or if you buy anymore nesties. As Ikkie say, want one, want all! On June 17th Spellbinders are bringing out even more new dies.

JailhouseBabe

Thanks for the replies on the cuttlebug - I feel much better now! I'm pretty much convinced I'm going to keep it.

Louby-lou-lou - have pm'd you

Marg

Thank you craftgranny - yes that's it!

Rusty - Oh! you've already seen craftgranny & The wife's replies - that's what I've been on about - when I got mine The shop lady gave me an information sheet explaining how to use it - that's what I've been looking for so I could send you a copy. My mat cost £4.50 from my local shop - I could get you one & send it if you like - let me know.

I think you need it so that you can emboss with the nesties - otherwise it would cut it's used like a buffer - I've not used mine yet!

Thank you The wife That lady has some very good points to make doesn't she?

THE-WIFE_3

Rusty, try this guide from Spellbinders http://spellbinderspaperarts.com/faqs and this will give you all the 'recipes for the sandwiches' on different machines.

RustyFlange

Thankyou ladies for all of the help I have just ordered one from the ebay seller recommended on the blog (think its Liz?)

Marg thankyou for the kind offer really appreciate it, have now ordered one though just got to wait for it to arrive then I can start playing properly

JHB I definately think you should keep the cuttlebug, especially at £30 thats really cheap!!