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Thursday 2 February 2012

Nellie Snellen at Frankfurt

One of my favourite stands at Frankfurt was Nellie Snellen - those of you in the UK will be familiar with her lovely dies, I have a few sets, and she also does lovely stamps, which I didn't know. The card below uses one of her new dies, the circle is cut out with one die, it has slits in it, and you slot the punched shapes into the slits, surprisingly quick to do, and very, very effective, so they have gone on to my 'must have' list 



Here I am (on the right) with the lady herself, she is Dutch, and the most delightful person you could wish to meet, modest and unassuming, just lovely........


I took photos of all her samples, which were lovely, bright and with a great use of colour.....



When I  admired one of the cards, she took it off the wall and gave it to me, so sweet......





The fairy stamps are called Elin, after one of her little granddaughters




She has a new range of punches, which make these lovely flowers.....



They come in pairs, you punch a flower, then pop it in the embossing punch and press, out comes a beautiful leaf or flower with embossed detail. They come in lots of different sizes so you can layer them. Very quick and easy to do.....



She had a range of pre cut aperture cards with net in the apertures, very dainty.....













So there you go, still loads of photos to show you, I'll be back tomorrow with more


24 comments:

  1. Oooh Enfys - aren't you the lucky one!! Thanks for showing all these lovely cards

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  2. Thanks for this. I love her stamps and these dies and punches look fab too.

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  3. Oh! Think I have just fallen in love all over again, you sure know how to get us crafters to spend our pennies Enfys..lol..
    You are such a lucky person,getting to such places... can't wait to see the rest of your pics....
    hugz Kath...xx...

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  4. Just beautiful...
    http://iwycd.blogspot.com/

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  5. Wow Enfys, the cards are gorgeous. Imagine having a line of stamps named after you... too much! I wonder if we will see her new punches here in Canada... do you know? You look great on your pic. Can't wait for tomorrow.
    Hugs
    Claire

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  6. I was not familiar with this woman, wow, her products are amazing! Thanks so much for all the pictures.

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  7. Ooohhh you are a lucky so and so . . not jealous . .. MUCH!

    Lou
    x

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  8. I've wondered about her dies! Those cards are fabulous! Which card did she give you? I think I'm going to need a couple of her stamps. Thanks

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  9. What a talented lady - and thank you for sharing your trip! You always have such interesting, and often, funny posts - my morning smile!

    Jackie

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  10. Thank you for showing the cards they are wonderful, oh i can't wait to get those punches and new dies they will be on my wish list too. You're very lucky to get a lovely card. i am looking forward to seeing more of your photos. Lou x

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  11. Those are gorgeous Enfys! I love the dies and the flowers are awesome!

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  12. these cards luck awesome, lucky you to get up close for a peek, ike the look of those punches for the flowers
    hugs

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  13. Ooooh, how pretty! Since my SIL lives in Holland, I've asked her to look for some of Nellie's things for me. Nice to have connections :) Thanks for sharing these beautiful things.

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  14. Wow! Incredible! Does she have a shop, or an online one? If a shop, how can I find it when I am visiting the Netherlands?

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  15. Wow, there must have been such a lot to see, I'm surprised you didn't have craft overload! I'm a big fan of Nellie Snellen and have several of her punches and dies. I can't live without her tiny leaf one. Fab cards, aren't they?

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  16. I am really enjoying your photos. Looking forward to tomorrow.

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  17. Wonderful pics, Enfys! The samples are terrific. I'll have to start saving for those punches. My husband just got back from the Netherlands. Now I know what souvenirs he should have brought back >.< ha ha ;- ) Looking forward to seeing your other great finds. How sweet of her to just take down a card and give it to you too.

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  18. Sounds like a wonderful set of dies and punches that she has. I love the card with the netting in the opening, very pretty, I'm thinking I might try to make something like that myself.
    Your card came out beautiful. I'm not quite getting how it goes together though. I'm sure as you use these, I'' figure it out though. Very nice.

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  19. Me again! Just went back and enlarged the picture to see it a little closer and I get it now, what a great idea!

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  20. Hi Enfys thank you for sharing all the lovely cards. I too have nellie sneddon dies and I love them. Will look out for some of these. Take care. Hugs x ChrisB

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  21. Oh Wow this is amazing! It looks like a whole new way to die cut and punch paper. Very interesting and wonderful creations.
    My Yoga teacher is Dutch and a wonderful person also.

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  22. You just can't put a price on meeting wonderful people with wonderful projects...she sound's like a real gem!!!!

    Hugs,
    Patty

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  23. You have outdone yourself with these pictures. I sure wish I could have been there. I love her stamps and the dies and punch sound fun. I am staying tuned to see more pictures.

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  24. oooooh boy.....how thrill to receive a signed card!!!! and those punches are to drool over..
    waiting for more pics..

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I love reading your comments, thank you for taking the time
Enfys x