... yesterday. Weather was lousy. Think it rained all day with no break but can't complain 'cos the rest of the country has had some horrendous weather this week while we've been bathed in sunshine so guess we had to take our share of it (the bad, that is) at some point. Sun is out again today though, although a wee bit on the chilly side! Supposed to be luvverly and warm tomorrow - bring it on! Anyway, I digress!
Good day yesterday - lol!! Had a day out with Cally and we made it a crafty day. We had hoped for a day of workshops at the Glitterpot but the morning class was full by the time I tried to book. Instead we paid a visit to the Craft Barn in the morning, lunch out and down to the Glitterpot for the afternoon class. I had a £5 voucher to spend at the Craft Barn. Spent that .... and some - lol!! Have to say that I would probably have spent more had the Inchies I wanted been in stock and had they sold Sugar Nellies (Daisy???). Amongst a few other things (well, you have to don't you?) I did buy a couple of the Go Kreate dies. Called 'Frame' they are similar to Nestabilities but cut larger shapes. I bought one of the square sets which cut as big as 6"x6" (a really useful size for those big cards) and an oblong one that cuts as big as 6"x4". Good sizes and can also be used as wraps, a card in their own right and matting and layering. Personally I think that calling them 'Frame' is very misleading 'cos they are so much more and I think that people will be put off of them thinking that they can only be used to make frames - which is sooooooooo wrong! Technically they're not supposed to emboss but, depending on how any one particular die has been cut, they will - as I found out when I used one to cut a fancy card from a pre-scored card blank - hehe! I'm after more designs now but they're new so hard to find right now.
Good day yesterday - lol!! Had a day out with Cally and we made it a crafty day. We had hoped for a day of workshops at the Glitterpot but the morning class was full by the time I tried to book. Instead we paid a visit to the Craft Barn in the morning, lunch out and down to the Glitterpot for the afternoon class. I had a £5 voucher to spend at the Craft Barn. Spent that .... and some - lol!! Have to say that I would probably have spent more had the Inchies I wanted been in stock and had they sold Sugar Nellies (Daisy???). Amongst a few other things (well, you have to don't you?) I did buy a couple of the Go Kreate dies. Called 'Frame' they are similar to Nestabilities but cut larger shapes. I bought one of the square sets which cut as big as 6"x6" (a really useful size for those big cards) and an oblong one that cuts as big as 6"x4". Good sizes and can also be used as wraps, a card in their own right and matting and layering. Personally I think that calling them 'Frame' is very misleading 'cos they are so much more and I think that people will be put off of them thinking that they can only be used to make frames - which is sooooooooo wrong! Technically they're not supposed to emboss but, depending on how any one particular die has been cut, they will - as I found out when I used one to cut a fancy card from a pre-scored card blank - hehe! I'm after more designs now but they're new so hard to find right now.
Lovely lunch and then off to the Glitterpot for a class using gold leaf with stamping, using a glue pad to stamp the image. More detail about this workshop can be found over on Crafty Bits. It was interesting - to say the least - LOL!!! A couple more purchases - but still no Sugar Nellie Daisy - and off home having driven 100 miles just for the day out .... LOL!
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1 comment:
Sounds like you both had a great time. Those new dies sound good & may have to be investigated LOL. Off to look at Crafty Bits x
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