I love my Silhouette machine!

It's just so much fun making vinyl stickers for stuff.  This is a special request label for the bins and recycling box at my daughter's new house.  The cut file was from the Silhouette Store and I added the house number.  Now my other daughter wants ones with dinosaurs on - oh my this is going to be fun.
Haven't decided what to have on my bin yet - maybe butterflies and flowers - will have to think about it.

Challenges...

• Brown Sugar - anything but a card
• Crafty Time - anything but a card

Hope you are having a great weekend.

Annie xxx

Oldie but Goldie..,

Our challenge this time at Aud Sentiments is anything goes as long as you add a sentiment.  Oh my you can't get easier than that one and so far we've had some stunning entries.  There is a great prize on offer from Great Impressions who do some fabulous stamps so it's really well worth having a go if you have time.
Does anyone else buy digi stamps (and masses of other stash) and then just not get round to using it? I do and even more so when I was working and money rich and time poor.  Now I'm just short of both sadly!
Any hows I've just discovered an amazing challenge where you are encouraged to dig out the 'Never Before Used Schtuff'  -  NBUS !

How brilliant is that?  I need to join this challenge loads - maybe even do a nbus stamp day, a nbus embossing folder day and so on - oh my I could fill a whole week with different items for a few years at least!  However, sadly I've just homed on the rules and it's an event that only happens twice a year - I'm gutted!!
Oh well onto my card and the schtuff used - LOL!  The digi is one from way back by Whimsie Doodles I think and it has been lurking on my computer hard drive unloved which as it's a real cutie this should not have happened.  I printed one image on to white card including the sentiment and also one image onto acetate so that I could overlay the cocktail glass part to give it a real feel.  The sheep was given a furry touch using some of that blow up white stuff that has also been in my stash sometime unused.  If you're wondering how the acetate is being held in place the glass has a slot in the top so the sheep is holding the top in place and the decoupaged cherries are hiding the attachment at the bottom.  The acetate is also folded around the original piece of printed card to hold it in place.

If you are like me and a bit slow at finding great challenges and want to join this one be quick I think the last day is tomorrow!!

Have fun - see you soon.
Annie xxx

Using Snippets...

I love the challenge at Pixie's Snippets Playground but don't always get chance to join in, but this week I pulled a strip of green glitter foam out of my oddments box and actually used it.  I saw a card on Pinterest where the crafter had done a card with a star punched out of plain card and then patterned paper placed behind the apperture.  I used a bauble die instead and actually managed to make three cards from my tiny snippet of green.  Halo is glowing here!
I'm not very good at batch making - forgot to attach the ribbon to card no. three before sticking the card down so added a line of gems instead.  All was not lost!  Here's another view of the first one made...

Challenges...

• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - use your snippets
• Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
• Craft your Passion - anything goes

Have a fantastic week.  

Annie xxx