Afternoon everyone! I took delivery of my new toy this morning -
The Cricut Create from Jill at
Cardinal Colours. That's NOT what I'm referring to as the five minute wonder, I feel sure this tool will be worth it's weight in gold over the years to come.
I set the Cricut up and was loading the Design Studio Software when my daughter announced she would like to look through my box of cards for two 18th birthday cards suitable for boys. I said I was unlikely to have what she needed made up. With my new toy maybe I could make something for her, knowing she had their joint party tonight. She then told me she was leaving in 30 minutes to go to a friends house where several of the girls we planning to spend the afternoon getting ready to go to the party later! So I set about making two very quick cards! We know from experience, that multiples appreciate receiving a card each on any special occasion.
This is what I came up with (sorry photo a little blurred, not much time, Catherine rushing to get them signed and into the envelopes!):
I used
Scenic Route papers and 8x8" cards from
Craftwork Cards, the numbers were cut using the 'DonJuan' alphabet cartridge and 7 3/4" numbers with shadows. I added 'Happy Birthday' peel offs for the greeting.
Given more time they could have been inked and their names etc. added, but I didn't do too badly. I couldn't have done them this quick without the Cricut. Thanks Jill and happy birthday to Dan and Nick.
Now I want to study the manual for the Design Studio and see what that can do.
This is what it looks like inside the present on the front of the card. We used Copic markers to colour the stamped images.
Today we went to Lakeside to do some shopping and had a bit of fun with the camera in some of the shops, we loved many of the decorations in Habitat.
Catherine and I returned to Rose Bruford Collage of Theatre and Performance for a second open day today. Two weeks ago we went to look into acting courses, and today she wanted to find out more about stage management. Having spent two weeks doing word experience at this college during the summer Catherine would love to study here. We had another beautiful autumn day and after the talks and tours we went for a wander round and took some photographs of the stunning surroundings. What a wonderful place to study.
Greetings - Do you remember my post from 2nd October called Terror Cotta? Today I got around to scrapping some of the photos I took. I used the new Basic Grey Eerie papers., and a Page Map sketch. These papers are so much fun, can't wait to get some good Halloween shots to use more of them later this month. Not easy to see but I machine stitched lime zig-zags around the edges.
Butley Priory
leaving Alan and me to look around on our own. We have been married 25 years this year and one of the claws broke on my engagement ring and I lost a diamond. We had thought about getting it repaired but it was going to cost as much as he paid for the ring. We have been looking for weeks and decided to look around this lovely old Georgian town. We both spotted this ring and loved it, what's more no alteration was needed. We rounded the shopping trip off with a lovely pub lunch, and a walk around the town and went back to the house to chill out for a few hours.
In the evening we set off for Butley Priory, and as their web site says, it is - "Set in the wilds of the Suffolk coast, between Rendlesham Forest and the sea, this fairytale 14th century monastery has been beautifully converted to offer luxurious accommodation. With its striking Gothic exterior, Butley Priory has been carefully restored and sensitively renovated to offer beautiful accommodation on a bed and breakfast basis."
our cheese board and drinks. 
