Simply the Slice

I bought a new Design Card for my Slice the other day. International Travel. And now I'm obsessed with cutting camera shapes. The first thing I usually do with a new card is take some scrap paper and cut my favourite shapes in every available size. Often they turn out much bigger or smaller than I had expected and it's useful to mark a size on my samples and hold onto them for reference.

Once I'd done that, I made some cards. As simple as they come, just the die cuts and some little 4x4's. It was fun to play with scale, though, and see how I liked the bigger and smaller shapes. And keeping the front plain helps me think more about what i'm going to write inside.

You can see that I choose summery colours and added a bit of a golden haze to my photo - I'm pretending that the sun is shining here.

Using up some really old rubons, too: sharper looking than my stamping. Though I am looking out for a nice set of greetings stamps if anyone has any suggestions?



Many thanks to everyone who left a comment on Monday's post. It's especially grand to hear from a few new contributors! Seems like we all have as many ways of reading and enjoying blogs as we have of blogging ourselves. Long may it continue.

Punch Drunk at Halloween

We're at a turning point with Halloween celebrations here. Gone are the days of the school Fireworks display, and the Fancy Dress competitions, and the I'm-scared-of-sparklers-but-let's-have-some-anyway. We will still have the traditional apple tart; and some nuts, and maybe a toffee apple or two. And I hope to catch a glimpse of Little E in his dinsoaur suit. We do have treats ready for callers, though, and we have done a bit of decorating.

But it's more grown-up decorating this year. I made a "chandelier" for the Gotta Craft Blog, with scraps of blue and grey paper and black cardstock; and a LOT of punched shapes. Dozens and dozens of witches, all punched out and hot glue gunned on. More pictures on the shop blog!

And tonight? Stay safe, but have a spookily splendid time!

His Mug Shot

Little E visited on Friday. After he left we lay on the sofa recovering and talking about our plan for International Act like Little E Day. It might just make the world a better place.

Title, stars and picture frames cut with the Slice. From a sketch by Scrapidees

Think about it. We would all wake up happy and ready to take on anything the day could bring. We'd all ask interesting questions, but still be sure we were right in the first place. And we'd all have a blast watching TV shows about singing potatoes. What could be better?

Oh, I know. We'd all enjoy giving our collection of friends and relations cute pictures of ourselves printed on a  variety of novelty gift items. In a superstar sort of way, Little E (and his Mum) make sure he gets his mug on - well, mugs. And notebooks and keyrings and calendars. ..You get the idea. Last Christmas he gave me a sheet of stickers with a picture of himself wearing a sweater I had knitted for him. And yesterday I finally got round to making a page about it.

Quick Reminder - next Sunday is Storytelling Sunday, so have a think about your tale for this month. Everyone welcome!

Slice It Up, Slice It Down

Yes, after months of umming and ahhing, I have finally given in and bought a MM Slice. It's taken me a while - I've never, ever spent that much on a craft item before - but it already feels like a good buy. I spent Sunday happily cutting up a favourite sheet of paper (from a Gotta Craft kit) into hearts and flowers

and then I turned them into this:

Pinterest again. What can I say? I'm obsessed.

Don't forget - you can still leave a comment here for Tuesday's Pass The Book. Or here at Deb's for Expressive Photography; or here at Beverly's for A Homemade Life