Hand Crafted Memories

Well nowhere really, it seems my mojo has left me and taken a little holiday. Truth be told I've been having a little bit of a stressful time at work but its is all settling down and will be over with soon. The thing is when I get  stressed I also get exhausted, so most evenings it has been home, tea and bed. This weekend It was time to get back in the craft room and forget everything. I recently ordered the Karen Burniston pop n cuts house die. I hate putting things away without using them first, so I fished out some Christmas paper stacks and have made my first Christmas card for this year. I can promise I will not be making these for everybody this year, but I love how it turned out.

For a number of weeks I have been trying to get hold of the Sizzix Pop n Cuts base die set. OMG! it was like trying to find gold plated rocking horse poo, was I really trying to buy something at exactly the same time as all other UK crafters. I know these have been around for a while but suddenly when I want one there was not one to be found. Then finally I got one. I ordered it from Cutting Edge Crafts and in less that 24 hours it was in my sticky little fingers. A++++ to them for super fast dispatch and delivery. In my excitement at fining one In stock I forgot to order any of the other shaped inserts, so for the time being its the standard set, but believe me I'm happy with what I have.  here is a card that started this NEED to have the die set, my friend Lesley let me play with her die and different inserts, therefore opening a world of ideas. She also let me have some if her lovely Lili of the Valley images to decorate it. I now want to use it for a scrap book page, watch ...