Presents Galore - the joys of fussy cutting!

All of these cards (3) were made from the same 12 x 12 sheet of specialty paper. It's from Kaisercraft and was made up of all these random presents in the 3 colours. They are all glossy too. I cut them all out and then arranged them by colour group. I quite like the results!

1. Stampin' Up (SU) cardstock in whisper white and bashful blue. Tim Holtz word die. Cuttlebug 'morrocan screen' embossing folder. On further reflection I think I will add a tiny scallop border in red to the bottom of the word banner. Seeing it again, it looks a little unfinished to me now.

2. SU cardstock in basic black and whisper white. Kaisercraft 'north pole' spotty paper. Tim Holtz word die. Quikutz 'polka dot' embossing folder.

3. SU cardstock in whisper white, pistachio pudding and real red. SU stamp (retired) in real red. Kaisercraft 'north pole' spotty paper. Sizzix 'nordic sweater' embossing folder.

So, there you have it. All those hours spent cutting out paper dolls clothes as a child are being put to good use as an adult! Granted this fussy cutting did not require much skill - but those childhood hours gave me an enduring love of cutting things out - the trickier the better!


On a Personal Note -

My daughter and her boyfriend made it safely back from their road trip to Queensland - and they had a good time. Phew!!

Our football team got totally owned - Boo Hoo!! Hopefully they will do better this week.

It's been a bit warmer but another icy front is due to roll through on Saturday so back to wearing all my clothes at once. LOL.

Panther has been glued to the faux fur throw all week - his new favourite spot (until he inexplicably, suddenly has a new favourite spot!). Schnitzel was very glad when my daughter got back. He doesn't like it when any of his 'pack' is absent! His favourite type of maths is when one person goes out and two come back! He is a party animal! - loves nothing better than visitors - except the mailman! Total cliche, but he has taken a wholly unfounded dislike to the poor mailman.

Happy Crafting!
Cheers

Susie

Think Pink - more Mother's Day

Well, to be honest, two pink and one blue! They all use quite a bit of retired product but if I like something I am going to continue to use it! Lots of fussy cutting too - I really needed to meditate! (see below)

This first one uses SU colours of very vanilla, blushing bride and strawberry slush. I coloured direct to the stamp and used blushing bride, strawberry slush and certainly celery. The embossed panel is two SU edges ones joined together. 

More blushing bride and whisper white. Again, I coloured direct to stamp using certainly celery, blushing bride and strawberry slush. The embossed frame is from SU and has been fussy cut.

And now for the blue one. Colours used are SU very vanilla, bashful blue and lucky limeade. The embossed frame is from SU and has been fussy cut.

That's it for now. I will show Mum's card after she has received it.

On a Personal Note -

Negotiating housework with two young adults is driving me crazy! Now that they have left school and finished studying I have been trying to get them into a more 'shared house' routine rather than 'I am too busy working/socialising/relaxing - Mum can pick up the slack' routine that seems to have become the norm. When I loose my cool they exclaim 'No I didn't intend for you to do it instead' but it certainly begs the question - 'If you don't do it, and you don't intend for me to do it - who does it?'

Brings back not so fond memories of shared households in my 20's. It is also my own fault too, because I am not good about being assertive. I tend to ask once, then drop some hints, then loose it.
As is said - 'and how is that working for you?' If I am truthful I would have say - pretty bad.

Time to put my big girl panties on and do some win/win negotiation. Gulp!

Happy Crafting!
Cheers
Susie

Baubles (bangles and beads)

Well, at least some baubles!!

I love fussy cutting. I find it quite relaxing. The following cards have fussy cut baubles from a 12 x 12 sheet of Kaisercraft specialty paper. The oval doily is MFT and the others are Couture Creations.
The cardstock and DSP are from SU. The snowflake on the last two is a Martha Stewart punch.

On a Personal Note:

Lovely day today and a super scrumptious meal cooked by my daughter.  She made slow cooker teriyaki chicken. To follow we had  fresh strawberry and vanilla galettes. Lovely meal. A night off from the kitchen - who could argue!

Coffee with a dear friend tomorrow then home to work on the pantry. Task tomorrow is to create a master list and discard out of date stuff. At first glance I know there are some Sustagen tins to go and a very old bottle of black Sambucca. Wonder if it is still any good? Will I be brave enough to test it out? Mmmm.

Happy Crafting!
Cheers
Susie