A special for post for a Lady about my Shaping Tool

This is a special post for a Lady that emailed me a few weeks ago regarding a tool I use on one of my Flower videos.

First I would like to apologise for taking so long to get back to you, Life has seriously taken over recently and I barely have time to think. And now amongst my thousands of emails I still have to filter through, I cannot find your message so I hope you get to read this..


The tool I use I purchased many many years ago on Ebay, searching the internet and Ebay, I cannot find another tool that looks anything like it, but the packet says on it "3D Shaping Tool and Mat"

There are many other versions of this tool out there, and to be honest, I only really use the ball shaped end.
Hope That Helps,
Caroline

Im still around!

Im still around!
I've jsut been extremely busy over the past few weeks helping run an after school group called FAST (Families and Schools Together) run by Save The Children, and also had a few card commisions so have had lots of planning and making for those too, along with a brand new laser printer to help along the way!

Im also sorting out starting up a business as Mobile Beauty Therapist. I qualified as a Beauty Therapist in May/June and now want to put it to practice!

I will have more stuff on here soon, but at present it has had to take the back burner while my life gets a major overhaul! Originally I anticipated that once my youngest started Nursery,  would get 2.5 hours everyday to craft. This has not been the case at all! Eek
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I've got a laser printer coming!

After suffering Inkjet printers for many many years, never re-filling the colour cartridges because I just never print colour and they are just SO expensive, I've finally taken the plunge and invested in a Laser Printer.

After months and lots of research, I settled with the Samsung SCX-3205W. Its a 3 in 1 mono printer with Wireless function.

My Husband said he wants me to have wireless to stop me from perching my laptop next to him everytime I want to print!

So now I cant wait for it to arrive and making use of all those digi stamps available out there! No more smudged lines and text!

Upcycled Flocked Wallpaper Card

A very cheap card to make!

A Sample of Flock Wallpaper was used on this card. I cut around one of the flowers and stuck it onto a card blank, added a few gems to the centre!

I've seen cards like this in  some shops for stupidly high prices. This card cost only a few pennies!

I won a Set of Handmade in Wales Jewellery by Carrie Elspeth

Saswa is an independant shop in Cardiff, They sell lots of lovely items handmade in Wales and from around the world. Check out their online shop.
If you follow them on Twitter, you can enter their Twitter competition to win a lovely Set of Jewellery Handmade by Carrie Elspeth. I was the lucky winner last Friday, and on Saturday I went and picked my goody bag.
This is the lovely set I won:

This is a lovely addition to my Jewellery collection because I dont usually got for blues and greens, Im a pink person! Luckily I have a few outfits that it will go with, but theres always room to shop for some new key items.

So go and check out Saswa and you'll find some beautiful items at good prices!

Caroline

Best Wished Flower Card

Another card using free papers from a Card making magazine.

The swirl is a sticker from DCWV Tiffany collection and the flower was also from a pack of DCWV fabric flowers.
The Best Wishes topper was made by myself in Inkscape

Thats it for a While, A change is coming

I'm currently working on some new projects after having a bit of a lost Mojo and not being happy with my style anymore and having a HUGE clearout of my card making stuff. Some of my recent cards havnt been up to my usual standard and its time for new things!

Im going to be doing more hand drawn artwork and more Sillhouette cut cards that I've created from scratch, along with a few more crafty projects such as keyrings and cushions I make along the way.

It's taken a long time to convince my 7 year old that yes, Mummy CAN draw, and Yes, She DID draw this dinosaur all by herself!

Watch over the next couple of weeks for a change!

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