I am the proud owner of...

..an Eclips cutter with eCal software and it is all working beautifully. It arrived on Thursday and I got is all working in the lounge where I could just play with it as a stand alone machine. That was a good idea as I had lots of fun using the things on the 2 supplied cartridges and made some embellishments for the wedding album. The mat was too sticky to start with but it settled down fast and I was soon cutting away. I got the software installed over the weekend and Sunday I spent in the attic getting it sorted out there and getting all the free files I had found put in their folders. Then I finished off the work I did on Saturday with titles. I had to fiddle a bit to get the driver to work, just as well I know where the 'System' folder is and how to check the USB connection. For some unknown reason it needed mending. Still all done now and You will be able to see the fruits of my cutting when I get the photos sorted and posted, hopefully in the next few days. Oh and it could well be with a nice shiny new Fuji camera which is due to arrive sometime this week.

Wedding card

Here is the card I made for the happy couple.

Place cards for the wedding

Just a quick post to get these recorded. Chris suggested the 'tent' card idea and it really worked. Peter & Debbie loved them and, apparently, the hotel want my details as they have never seen anything like them before !!!

I have to say I do like them and wouldn't have thought of using the format if Chris hadn't suggested it so a big thankyou to him.

Finished the tags!

Yes I did them all. There are elements of this that I don't like, the lettering for instance! I didn't have any tissue either so used a few flowers I did have. Apart from that it was funto do.

Here's to next year now !

The punultimate tag for 2011

Once again I didn't have the right stamps or the right dies for this but I got to use my favourite snowman and the UTEE technique was great fun.

... and the 10th one!

This really doesn't show itself as nice as it is. The technique using the image transfer onto sellotape is much better in the flesh. Another one that I will use in the future.

The 9th tag

This is one of the tags I did at on Saturday and a big thank you to Kate for having all the stash needed.

Loved the background for this one. I finished it off on Sunday morning which is why the Glossy Accents on the letters are still opaque - not quite dry

Not so much improvising...

... more a case of make do and mend with this tag. The only things I had were the tag, the Distress Inks and Glossy Accents. Still it was fun trying to use the techniques. I do like the shadow stamping, doing it deliberately is far more satisfying than it happening when you don't want it to! Anyway here is my effort -

Thanks for looking.

The 7th tag..

over half way through now. I am enjoying the challenge of making one a day. Today’s is better than yesterday and I am pleased with the way it turned out.

 

Needless to say there were several things I didn’t have but I did have half a sheet of glassine left over from a workshop so made the leaves, interesting how you can heat alcohol inks on that. Looking at it the only things I didn’t substitute were the tinsel, the beads and the tag itself. Still it worked out.

On the 6th day…

..another tag from Tim. I am not sure if this works or not. I had to use an different embossing folder and I had to stick my charm as I cidn’t even have the right rings.

 

I found that the paint didn’t want to work on the metal and had to put it on really thick or it went into tiny puddles. The embossing looks almost like crackle glaze! Maybe that is the paint underneath, or the distress ink.