52 Week Mini Art Card/Tag Challenge
In the past couple of years my craft items are in regular use. I guess in some respects used heavily, but even so, I was surprised when my Sizzix Big Shot made a thud/cracking noise and the handle then went floppy. Hubby, investigated the die cutter and pronounced it dead!
I went on-line to find a replacement and was surprised at the prices. I opted for one from Hobbycraft at £55 with free delivery. (I think I paid a similar, if not more for my original machine three or four years ago). As a new customer they offer a 15% discount on your next order (this is not discounted at checkout, you need to check your emails for a code and then apply it to your order, but even without the code I think it is still a great price.
Today my new Big Shot arrived and is ready for action, so normal crafting can resume again.
For this card I blended some Panpastels, starting with lighter shades in the centre ranging to the red shades on the edge. I then set them with hairspray.
Using a Hobbycraft clear stamp of the bird in cage, I stamped the image using StazOn. I then stamped the same image on a post-it note and cut out the image retaining some of the stick side, I used it to mask the original image of the birdcage.
I then used a Tim Holtz, Stampers Anonymous stamp for the rays at the base of the cage. The birds above the cage are from "Bee Crafty" Winged Things set. The sentiment to the right hand side is from a Stampin' Up set called "Vertical Greetings".
I've just noticed that if you sign up for the Hobbycraft Club/Newsletter you can get 20% off your next purchase (this offer excludes sewing machines). Well worth doing if you're planning a purchase.
Click here to go straight to the sign up page.
