About Me

Hello, as you may gather from the title I am Antonia and I craft in my attic bedroom. I started crafting when I retired and love making cards for family, friends and charity

Friday, 9 September 2011

look what I got!!



On the sheenie forum I complained about the toothy edge of my TH blending tool peeling off when I changed pads and was told it was ok to staple the toothy bit on.   I asked my lovely hubby if he could do that with his heavy duty stapler.    Why do you need to keep changing the pads he said !! after I explained about colour contamination he said do you need more tools then !!!!!!.......................yes that would be nice but at approx £5 a pop ... ahh. leave it with me he says
What do you think? £4.99 for drawer knobs £2.50  for the velcro and a lot of ingenuity and bits of wood from his workshop and I have not only 10 tools but a stand too.

So thank you sheenies for the information and a big thank you to my wonderful hubby.

Sunday, 4 September 2011

card class






Yesterday I attended a card class at Papercrafts(home of Funkykits) here in Elgin. Thanks Jenny I really enjoyed myself and learned a lot too
We made these 3 cards. die cutting,machine embossing, heat embossing and stamping were all covered in the 2 hour class and I think we made  3 great cards   Jenny had to do it all again in the afternoon class!!!!
Yes before you ask I did have a wee spend too. I bought some of the mirri card you can see in card 1 You can heat emboss on it  !!!!!!!!

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Sugar Bowl challenge 66

The new challenge is set by Marlena and is a sketch here
I have used Hippy Chick and coloured with promarkers ( I am loving the new ultra fine nibs and yes Kate I DO need a nib for ALL my promarkers :) )
The DP are from DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies stack and the gorgeous lilac floral ribbon is part of my prize draw from Crafty Ribbons
I should like to enter  Sugarbowl challenge 66

Thanks for looking and leave me a comment if you have time