Crafting Mad: paper crafting from a male point of view

Thursday, November 19, 2009

DC Comics Cards for Ideal World/Create & Craft

Wow Vince and I had so much fun making this sample cards for the forthcoming show of DC Comics this coming Sunday (22nd) at 2pm. The lovely Catriona from Hobby Habit has allowed me to post our cards a bit earlier one so you can have a preview look ! I also want to thank Catriona and everyone at Hobby Habit who have trusted us to come up with the 'goods' ! LOL A wave also at Nancy as I believe she'll be on the show on Sunday. I hope you enjoy the cards as much as we've enjoyed making them during our all niter !

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Scallop Punched Flower Card

This is a birthday card I made a few weeks ago, I had this idea of using an almost opaque plastic material and stamp on it with stazon, using the same stamp for the card (in the middle) and the petals using a different ink. Finally I made some holes in the plastic sheet and threaded a ribbon through it.

I like the effect of it.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Our Anniversary Cards

I thought it would tickle you to see the cards we've made for each other for our 10th anniversary ! I just burst out crying when I saw Vince's as the drawing is so cute with the heart balloon. I just love Vince's card. For mine I went very modern with a criss-cross heart.

Thank you for my card, I love you baby !

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Sizzix Scoreboard Blog Hop by Eileen Hull

Just a quick post to let you know that Eileen Hull has started a blog hop on her very own blog about the new Sizzix Scoreboard Dies she designed. So have a look as it's going to be fun !

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Get Well Soon Forever Friends Card - MacMillan Charity do by Leonie and Carley !

Wow what a day ! Another one to add to my book of moments to remember ! :)

I was a bit nervous to attempt the journey again as the last time I was a bit shaken (but not stirred) by the tube ride. This time I thought it would have been easier to travel over(it wasn't) because my mother in law gracefully invited us to sleep over at her place. So we had a lovely afternoon and I've finally tasted the lovely bacon and liver with dumplings (puddings in the corner), that was always so famous in the family. So thank you Joyce, the dinner was delicious.

Come 7pm we started to get prepared to go to the Church of the Redeemer, we also asked my sister in law, Heidi, to come over so she can have some fun making cards with us.

The first person to greet us was Carley she was at the entrance and it was so nice to finally meet her. She seems so happy and full of positive energy by her photographs and I was right ....she's even more so ! So Carley if you're reading this, I'm making you a special ATC tomorrow so I can send it on Monday.

It was almost surreal to see Leonie chatting away with a lady in the middle of the room so I thought I wouldn't be a pest and waited until she was free so I could say hi to her so we carried on chit chatting between Carley...Vince, Heidi and myself. I turned around to check if Leonie was finished but she was actually next to me smiling and said 'You've made it' ! LOL

Leonie was amazing, and she's as lovely, loveable and as much fun as she seems on the telly. We had a few minutes chatting then Leonie started a workshop on one of the two areas (she would start with one group and then move to our table later on). I was really impressed how she gives equal attention to everyone, and she seems to be everywhere at once making sure we're ok and checking on our card making progress.

Another highlight (and they were many) of the night was that I was able to try first hand the Slice. We had two make-and-takes: one from the papermania Forever Friends range and a very cute snowman from Personal Impressions. You can see our output above. It was fun using the slice and I think Vince kinda got the hint I want one for Xmas now! LOL

We also met a lovely couple Tracy and Paul ! You gotta check Tracy's blog, especially her singing (she's got a fabulous voice). Paul actually crafted with us to Tracy's amazement. I really believe paper crafting is for everyone so it's really nice to see more men card making.

Heidi (my sister in law) had a wonderful time and her cards were beautiful, she kept saying she's a total beginner but was really a natural. So Heidi you need to craft more ! ;)

There was so much to do during the night: a lady giving massages, cakes and tea (wine too), clothes and jewellery being sold too and finally the raffle. I was really lucky and won so much; stamps, papers, adhesive...it kept coming ! Thank you Carley it was so much fun and hearing people 'that's me' while we were crafting when they won something.

I also forgotten Leonie's book and I was gutted because I wanted her to sign it for me...well she had brought some books from Search Press to purchase and spotted her book so I bought it again. I said to Leonie, that's proper dedication...we both started laughing. I also got Paula's latest book 'Celtic Cards' ! I've got to have Paula sign her books too.

I had a wonderful time, well worth going through panic attacks. The biggest thank you, I want to give to Vince as he's always there for me, so without him I couldn't have enjoyed the night the way I did. So thank you Vince !

Another big thank you is for Carley and Leonie as they made us feel so welcome and all the organisation for creating those workshop and making that night possible. Also thank you to Heidi for coming over and having fun with us and finally thank you to the lovely Paul and Tracy as they were so friendly, we really enjoyed your company.