Hello Kitty Easel Card - Cricut weld feature

I saw a video on youtube showing how to use design studio or your gypsy to make an easel card using the welding feature. I can only do this with the Hello Kitty font cart as the Greetings cart shadow feature appears far too big for the image. You can shrink it down but it doesn't give an even border all the way round. I will have to try and cut direct to the cricut and see if it is a design studio error or a cart error. The images on the cart box and book have the correct borders on them. To make the easel element I had to weld two shadow images together rotating and flipping the top one. I then overlapped them slightly and welded them. Then I was able to cut everything else out normally. I used white card for the easel itself and the mount which I covered with decorative papers. You fold the welded image in half and then the top one in half again to give you your easel effect. Hope you like. This will be sent in for my RAK card this month which is to make a card using a cute character. Think this is so cute!!!!!!!

Here is a screen shot of the problem shadow feature in hello kitty greetings in design studio and gypsy. As you can see miles bigger.

Ballet Dress

Things you do when you can't sleep. It's 1.27am and I am adding this card to my blog now that I have spent the last sleepless hour making it. The paper is from forever friends cd. The digi stamp I can't remember where I got that one. Will try and find out. I stamped the tutu twice, coloured one with my promarkers and cut it out, then layered it with foam pads onto the main image. The coat hanger was coloured with a sakura silver pen. I coloured the edges of some pieces of plain white card with the same promarker to make my mats. The white spots on the sentiment were done with a sakura pen. I embellished it with a little bit of polka dot ribbon and being a true crafter only put a small piece at the top and bottom so as not to waste a bit in the middle that no one would see. I added 3 small flower embellishments to balance the card. Hope you like it.

Ellon Craft Day

Just booked on the Ellon Craft Day on the 1st Aug. Really looking forward to this as I really like Sugarnellie stamps. Will have to remember to bring my basic tools with me. Hoping my friend will be able to join me too!!

Fun Friday Challenge - 2nd July

First of all sorry this challenge is a day late but it completely slipped my mind even though I've had it ready since Monday.

Here is the layout for this week. Any interpretation you like. Below is my sample. When you have completed yours just upload it by clicking the link below. Enjoy!

This is my sample. I used a digi image from digistampboutique called 'Cute Japanese Characters'. I coloured them with promarkers. Backing papers from an oriental cd. I used my graphics programme to pick out the red colour and printed my own mat sheet. I used my hot fix iron to adhere the gems. First time I have used it, was a bit slippy once it got hot and they slid a bit. Think I was maybe pressing a bit to firmly

All girls like shoes!!

I got this digistamp from Sketching Stamper. I am not a shoe person but my friend well and truly is. She has more shoes and boots than I have hairs on my head!!!!!!!!!!
The sample on the digistamp site was coloured in but I just printed it in it's black and white original state. I then made a background by adjusting the transparency of the image and then copying and pasting it all over the background paper. I used a pearlescent paper for the background paper so the shoes would look more delicate..... I only had this wide black ribbon, next time I make it I will get a slightly thinner ribbon.

Happy Birthday card for a 2 year old!

Bought some downloads from a new site I found on the internet yesterday. Lots of lovely things on there. The site is called clipcropcrafts. Just loved this cute little bear. Sized it so I could do the pop out technique with my nestabilities dies. The little girl the card is for will be 2 on the 12th July. Backing paper is from Forever Friends cds. Glazed the nose and shoes with a sakura clear glaze pen but it doesn't show up on the picture. Used glitter sakura pen to highlight the star and crown and a white glaze pen to make the spots on her top stand out.

New Christmas stamps arrived +

Saw these demonstrated on Create and Craft Christmas weekend. They were absolutely gorgeous that I had to have them!! They are by Stamposaurus stamps.
They are already on my borrow list from 2 of my friends.

These stickers I picked up in my local £1 shop today. Thought they would be fab for boys cards and scrapbook pages.