Making cards - Ideas for beginners (part 4)

cgcockcroft

aaarrrggghhhh just lost my post!!!!

well gem fingers crossed with the DT, bet you felt so relieved when you found out you were still in with a shout and i thinkyou have a great chance with that card just refound your blog, had to unfollow and then follow again but think i'm there now, so i wasn't being rude

thanks for the concern after my accident, felt a bit shakey on thurs and was a bit off short with the kids and very cold ( in temp) but felt much better yesterday. i have driven again, was ok on single lanes but a bit nervous on a dual carridgeway ( which was were it happened) but i have continued to drive and have just become more careful- i still drive in the 10 to 2 hands position!


hope you all enjoy the weekend, i might get to craft tomorrow!

enjoy the big shots i love mine x

Addams

Rainmac and Scattyjan - I am loving my bigshot too, cant wait for my new dies to arrive. My cutting boards the same as yours rainmac, I was a bit shocked when I first used it, but once they had blended into each other a bit, it didnt look as bad! I brought a few cheap dies on ebay to start with, but am still looking for some circles or ovals.

Ali - Hope you manage to sort out your image size

Pointofnoreturn - glad your aunt is feeling and looking a bit better, hope the chemo goes well. I had to laugh when I read your story about the 3d gloss (sorry!), hope the duvets ok!

Right off to get some cards done hopefully! Thanks for the dad image, I may use that for my fathers day card. I have a tag die that came with the bigshot. I havent really used tags before, does anybody have any suggestions as to a good way to use them?

melissa75_2

Pointofnoreturn - glad to hear that your Auntie is improving! How's your eye today?????

I love my big shot too ladies - I was just wondering whether anyone has done any embossing on it yet?? I haven't attempted it but I think you need some form of mat first. I was tempted to get some of the new Tim Holtz dies for it - maybe the border ones????

Addams

melissa75 wrote: »

Pointofnoreturn - glad to hear that your Auntie is improving! How's your eye today?????

I love my big shot too ladies - I was just wondering whether anyone has done any embossing on it yet?? I haven't attempted it but I think you need some form of mat first. I was tempted to get some of the new Tim Holtz dies for it - maybe the border ones????

Mine came with one embossing item. It had its own case, so maybe if you get sizzix ones, you dont need any form of mat. You may do with other makes though. It does come out really good. I have other embossing things, that I may look into getting a mat for ( I cant see how else it would work).

ScattyJan

Morning all
Lovely sunny day :-)):)
PONR hope today is better for you
Rainmac I have brought an alphabet and some embossing bits, this sounds so bad but I cant actually remember and there not here yet *paces floor*:(
I did buy a happy birthday embossing set from hobbycraft (sizzix) so I could play about, how impressed was I it was brilliant, Melissa I didnt need a mat?? from memory I opened that multipurpose platform put the embossing folder on that and then the two cutting pads on top and voila, it was something along those lines anyway . I think and again I cant be sure but with the boarder ones you need some type of extension??? Have no idea as to what though.
Glad your having fun Addams , when I was watching some demos on utube I saw the state of there mats so that didnt worry me, it was the crunch :rotfl:by the way you really need a blog so we can see your creations
xx

Addams

ScattyJan wrote: »

Morning all
Lovely sunny day :-)):)
PONR hope today is better for you
Rainmac I have brought an alphabet and some embossing bits, this sounds so bad but I cant actually remember and there not here yet *paces floor*:(
I did buy a happy birthday embossing set from hobbycraft (sizzix) so I could play about, how impressed was I it was brilliant, Melissa I didnt need a mat?? from memory I opened that multipurpose platform put the embossing folder on that and then the two cutting pads on top and voila, it was something along those lines anyway . I think and again I cant be sure but with the boarder ones you need some type of extension??? Have no idea as to what though.
Glad your having fun Addams , when I was watching some demos on utube I saw the state of there mats so that didnt worry me, it was the crunch :rotfl:by the way you really need a blog so we can see your creations
xx

I know I need a blog, but havent got a clue where to start.:rotfl: If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great.
Thanks

ScattyJan

I think how I started one was visited someones and on there it said something like start your own blog

Addams

ScattyJan wrote: »

I think how I started one was visited someones and on there it said something like start your own blog

Well I did what you suggested and started a blog, its only basic, but at leasts its a start. Now I have to figure out how to get all the lovely bits down the sides that everyone else has. And how to put it on my MSE profile so everyone can see it!

jowri

melissa75 wrote: »

Pointofnoreturn - glad to hear that your Auntie is improving! How's your eye today?????

I love my big shot too ladies - I was just wondering whether anyone has done any embossing on it yet?? I haven't attempted it but I think you need some form of mat first. I was tempted to get some of the new Tim Holtz dies for it - maybe the border ones????

Ohh Melissa thank you for that tip, my plastic bits are cut to shreads and when I emboss (using embossing folders) it comes out on the back of the card, so If I use my nestie embossing bits it should shimmy it a bit,
Nearly there now then I can get back to my life,

will be back later Jo x

craftygranny

Freebie bear here Then if you look down the side there is a list of all her other freebies. Some nice ones.