New Home Card

Just a quick post, this is a card I made for a friend who has recently got a new flat in London.

Vintage New Home Card 

I used an old book of maps and used a heart shaped die to cut a heart round a map of London I then mounted this on some coloured cardstock. Then printed out a new home greeting and mounted this on some old map to and that was it. 

Vintage Map Card 

Super simple but super effective. 

Big Shot

I was lucky enough to get an early Birthday Present of a Big Shot machine this week, I was so excited when I received it I have been wanting one for ages as I think it will help take my card making to the next level.

So far I have just been playing around with it using different dies, I have bought a variety including some nestabilities, some bigz dies and a few embossing folders. I have found it super easy to use and am loving the results.

I made a mass purchase of dies from the Sizzix website, they are having a clearance sale on and there are some unusual and interesting dies available some as cheap as a £1 I would definitely advise checking it out.

I will be posting some more details about projects I have made with the big shot later on once I have had a proper go with it. If anyone has some great tips or techniques with the bigshot then please do post below.

WOYWW 1st February

Sorry for the delay with posting my desk this week, haven't had a chance to look at Julias Blog yet but can't wait to look at what everyone has been working on later today.

This week on my desk I have some crafty goodies which Lou from http://handmadebylou-lou.blogspot.com/ sent me in the post. Crafters are such a nice bunch of people and I really was over the moon to receive such a great variety of stuff from Lou as a beginner I haven't worked with many embellishments or die cuts yet so am very excited to see what I can get making with all this wonderful stuff.

Hopefully will be making some cards this evening so should be posting a few in the next few days, keep your eyes peeled :)