Hay look Ma I`m on TV

Hello, well I`m not on TV but my cards are. I did some samples for Crafters Companion a week or two ago and today they are on Hochanda with Fiona Clayton and I think the next show is at 3 this afternoon. I love this card using the Diamond Press dies & stamps and as I am a sewer myself I really connected with this set.

 

what was used:

Crafters Companion Diamond Press, Handmade Love dies and stamps

Crafters Companion English Country Garden 6" x 6" paper pad

Crafters Companion Diesire Essentials, Decorative Frame 1

NitWit Dress Shoppe 8" x 8" paper pad

6" x 6" white base card

craft card

white card to stamp onto and die cut

white linen card

grey ink pad

pink ink pad

Doily design No 8 from  The Digital Craft Emporium

small heart punch

pink sewing cotton

small white button

 

 

This is a fun card to make but I did use my Scan n Cut to make the doily shape so if you don't have this machine you could use any doily die or even a corner or apeture die instead.

 

Some people have asked what is the best way to use these dies and stamps and I find it easier to cut out the shape and then stamp the image onto it. Because the stamps are clear it is easy to see where the stamp is on the card but some people I know prefer to take the card to the stamp.

 

I hand cut the little cotton bobbin and wound the cotton onto it.

 

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My little battered up old car made it through its MOT and lives to drive another year although my purse is much lighter now so no more treats for me this month. I hate driving but love my car as it gives me some independence, but she`s an old girl now and I do fear for her every year at MOT time.

The snow that was promised over the weekend never arrived although it was bitter cold. Its all change today as its dull and wet so I think a day of crafting is the best way to deal with a miserable Monday in January.