Fathers Day Cards. A collection of 6!

I made a batch of these cards to sell for Fathers Day. My own Dad will be geting one on Fathers Day!
Made using my Making Memories Slice Elite (which has laid dormant for almost a year! (I was given it in May 2011, but had it replaced in June 2011 due to it breaking and had never used it until I made these cards!!)

Each card is A6 sized and very simple and quick to make. I made all of them in 2 hours.

Window Birthday Card

This die is stunning. Its so simple but effective. The die is a Cottage Cutz die, "window with canopy" die, which I turned the canopy upside down to make the window box!

Again the idea and inspiration for this card came from Kitty at KittyKraft. I made two of these cards, slightly different and gave them for Birthdays for my Mother in law and Sister in law.

3D Rose card

I love this card, I actually made 2 identical ones at the same time, one given to a close friend and the other to my Mum for Mothers day.

The idea and tutorial for this card came from KittyKraft Blog Rosebud tutorial. I altered it slightly to make use of the punches I already had.

Im Back!

After a long, much needed break away from crafting and card making, I can finally say that I am back!
I owe ALOT to a lovely lady called Kitty whos blog I across some time ago, which just inspired me so much, I had a go at card making again and loved it! Now my mojo is coming back and I have a massive urge to use up all my craft stash instead of saving it all for that "special card" which never comes...
If you'd like to check out Kitty's blog, it can be found here at: KittyKraft There are lots of amazing tutorials for some truely stunning cards.
Watch this space for more cards coming up!
xx

My Memories Suite GIVEAWAY!!

If you would like a chance to get your hands on a Full Version of My Memories Suite for free, you've come to the right place!
I have one copy to give away. For a chance to win, all you need to do is as follows:

• Follow my Blog
• Link to my blog on your blog/facebook/twitter
• Visit My Memories.com and tell me here in a comment which is your favourite Template pack

I will then Pick a Winner out of all the comments left on this post.

Competition Closes 12pm GMT  Tuesday 24th April 2012

This is open to everyone all over the world, the prize is for a Downloadable version of the My Memories Suite software

and dont forget you can save $10 on the purchase price by using this code on checkout: STMMMS28513

My Memories Suite Software Review

Recently I was contacted by a company called My Memories asking if I'd like to review their software "My Memory Suite"
After looking at their site I thought why not? Initially as a card maker I was a little sceptical thinking it was purely for digital scrapbookers, but after having a play around this is not the case!

Upon initial start up of the software, you are prompted to choose your album, I simply selected Design my Own and chose album size 5"X7".
From there on, everything is very simple and intuitive. On the right hand side is the control panel where you can find all sorts of wonderful items to add to your page or card. (Theres also a bar across the top of the screen that opens up the same menus). Then its literally just a case of deciding which backgrounds to use, you can choose on the pre set backgrounds or upload on of your own.
You can add music, narration, videos..im not sure I can think of anything that you cannot add!

Here is my 5" x 7" card I made. I aimed for Black and White so that I could print it out, having only a black and white laser printer..it seemed pointless trying to get amazing colours.

I also made a 5"x5" card

So making both of these cards, never having used a Digital Scrapbooking/Card making software ever before, actually took less time than it did for me to write this Blog post!

Now for the Good News! 
If you would like to get your hands on a free copy of this Fantastic software, keep an eye out on here because I will be Launching a Giveaway for your very own FULL COPY of My Memories Suite over the next couple of days.
But if you cant wait a few days, you can purchase the Full version here, with a $10 discount! All you need to do at checkout is enter (cut and paste is recommended) this code: STMMMS28513 and the discount will be applied.

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