Friday, 11 November 2011

Next Weeks Shows

Hello All
Just wanted to give you an update on my shows next week. On Wednesday at 9am,5pm and 7pm I will be demonstrating the new Cricut Expression 2 at a fab price!!!!!! Then at 10am I will be doing Bo Bunny Christmas and HOTP. At 3pm on Ideal World I will be showing EK Success puches and tools..... I suspect that will be a fast and furious show as it usually sells out very quickly!
Then on Thursday I will be on at 8am with Cricut and Jones Tones fabric paint, and finally at 9am and 12pm with Stampavie. Both of these shows will have different product on them.
I am busily getting ready for these shows this weekend and I hope you can manage to watch next week.

Have a great weekend
Take care

Melanie xxx

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

What a week!!!!

Hello Crafters

Wow, what a week it was last week. First of all the Cuttlebug four day deal sold out in 1 hour!!!! Then the next deal sold out on Wednesday and then we had an amazing Cricut Cartridge show on Thursday and straight to the NEC.
I was in the cake hall working on the Cricut Cake stand. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed myself. It was great fun and extremely busy. back to normal this week. I am prepping for my shows next week... Cricut on Tuesday and then EK Success, Jones Tones, Stampavie and Hot off the Press. Such a fabulous variety of product so make sure you tune in.
Don't forget, if you would like to see any short demos on any of our product or techniques then please feel free to ask. I will do my best to oblige.
Hope you are all having a great crafty week.

Take care
Melanie xxx

Friday, 14 October 2011

Winter Wonderland project Instructions...

Winter Wonderland Cricut Project Instructions

Products needed

2 x white 12” x12” card stock.

Brown card

Yellow card

Pink card

Turquoise card

Pale blue card

Silver card

Patterned blue and green paper of your choice.

Glitter

Gemstones

Winter Woodland cartridge

Brown fine liner pen

Top Tips.

Cut the pieces for each building and keep them in piles rather than cutting all the brown and all the pink etc at the same time.

When cutting the reindeers, reduce the pressure and blade depth and multi cut them twice.

Doodle your houses and trees. Also ink the edges with a brown ink.

Step by steps

Put your speed on 5, your blade depth on 6 and your pressure on Max.

Place the yellow card onto the mat. Set the size to 4 ½”, press Bldg 1 and cut. Unload. Put brown card on mat. Press shift and bldg1 and cut. Unload. Put pink card on mat, press layers and bldg 1 and cut. Unload. Place white card on mat, press shift and layers and bldg 1 and cut. Unload and set all the pieces to one side.

Place yellow card on your mat. Set the size to 5”. Press Bldg 2 and cut. Unload. Place the pink card onto your mat press shift, bldg 2 and cut. Unload. Put brown card on your mat. Press layers, bldg 2 and cut. Unload. Put white card on mat press shift, layers, bldg 2 and cut.

Unload and set all pieces to one side.

Set the size to 4”. Put yellow card on to the mat. Press Bldg 3 and cut. Unload. Put brown card on to the mat. Press shift and bldg 3 and cut. Unload. Put turquoise card on mat, press layer and bldg 3 and cut. Unload.

Put white card on your mat. Press shift, layers, bldg3 and cut. Unload and put pieces to one side.

Set the size dial to 5”. Put yellow card on mat. Press Bldg4 and cut. Unload. Put blue card on mat. Press shift and Bldg 4 and cut. Unload. Put brown card on mat. Press layer and Bldg 4 and cut. Unload. Put white card on mat, press shift, layers and Bldg 4 and cut. Unload. Put all pieces to one side.

Place the blue patterned paper on the mat. Set the size to 5” Press trees and cut. Unload. Put brown card on your mat. Press shift and trees and cut. Unload. Put white card on mat press layers, trees and cut. Unload.

Repeat all this with the pink card and the size set to 4 ½”. Repeat again with the Green dot card and the Size set to 5 ½”.

Put silver card on the mat. Put the size to 1 ½” Press sleigh and cut. Unload. Put the Blue patterned paper on the mat. Press shift, sleigh and cut. Put the green card on your mat. Press layers and sleigh and cut.

Put the brown card on the mat. Cut a 2 ½” reindeer deer 2. Then press shift and deer 2 and cut. Then put the size dial to 1 ½”. Press shift and deer 2 and cut. Set the size to 2” Press shift and wintr wndrld and cut. Unload.

Put Pink card on mat. Set size to 2 “ Press wint wndrld and cut. Unload. Repeat with white card. Unload. Put green card on mat. Press layers and wntr wndrld and cut.

Put white card on mat and cut various sizes of snowflakes. Press shift and branch 1 and cut at 3 ½”. Unload.

Build all the cut pieces together. Glittering and inking as you go.

Cut a piece of white card at 9” wide by 11” long. Score horizontally at the following. 1” 1 ¼” 1 ½” 1 ¾” 2 ¾” 3” 3 ¼” 3 ½” 4 ½” 4 ¾” 5”

5 ¼” 5 ½” 6” 6 ¼” 6 ¾” 7 ¼” 7 ¾” 8” 8 ½” .

Fold the first scorline as a valley then the next two as a mountain fold and the fourth as a valley. Repeat this process until you complete all the folds.Do not remove the remaining card. Fold it towards you.

Cut a piece of turquoise card 9” wide by 12” long and fold in half. Attach the folded piece of white card to the inside of the front of the turquoise card.

Decorate the turquoise card .

Tear strips of paper to create snow and glitter.

Build up project.

Happy crafting,

Melanie xxx

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Classes

Hello
I have had a lot of requests for my class dates so i decided to post them on here.

OCTOBER

Saturday 15th Copic beginners - Inspirations Preston 01772 880852
Sunday 16th Copic Christmas -         "                "
Tuesday 18th Copic Christmas -       "                "
Saturday 22nd Scrapbooking - Portfolio   Blackburn      01254 665053
Sunday 23rd   Cricut class (includes cartridge) - Inspirations   Preston
Monday 24th Scrapbooking - Portfolio Blackburn
Saturday 29th Gypsy class for beginners - Inspirations Preston

NOVEMBER

Tuesday 8th Christmas gift bag class - Portfolio Blackburn 01254 665053
Sunday 13th       "                "                     "               "
Saturday 19th Scrapbooking                     "               "
Sunday 20th    Cricut class (includes cartridge)    Inspirations   Preston     01772 880852
Monday 21st   Scrapbooking    Portfolio   Blackburn

DECEMBER

Saturday 3rd   Cricut Class (includes cartridge)    Inspirations Preston   01772 880852
Sunday 4th      Chest of drawers easel card     Portfolio Blackburn   01254 665053
Tuesday 6th         "             "             "                 "                 "
Saturday 17th   Scrapbooking Portfolio Blackburn
Monday 19th            "                   "              "

More classe may be added so I will update on a regular basis.

Hope to meet some of you soon.

I will also be at the NEC working on the CRICUT CAKE stand

xxx

Blown away

Hi crafters

I have just read all your comments and they brought a tear to my eye. Thank you so much. I am just a crafter who loves to share my ideas and I am really lucky that tv allows me to do that on a larger scale than just teaching in my local shops. Although I love that too and have made some life long friemds as an added bonus. I am truly passionate about scrapbooking and I am looking to do more about getting the "true meaning" of scrapbooking out there. I am really determined when I set my mind to something so watch this space.
Pip is amazingly cute althoug he looks completely different now so when I can keep him still long enough to get anothe picture of him I will post it!!!!! I was walking him this morning and a young lad stopped me to tell me I had a "sick" dog! Ho must have seen the look on my face and was very quick to re-assure me that "sick" was actually a compliment! I felt really old!
I am glad you all enoyed the shows this week. I have to say I loved every minute of them and it was good to be able to share my thought process with you all rather than having everything pre-prepared. It was a bit scary but now I have done it once there will beno stopping me. I am doing a show next Wednesday with a lot of Scrapbooking tips in it so tune in for that.
Have a great weekend

Catch up soon and once again thank you for your lovely comments.

Melanie xxx