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Friday 17 October 2014

Colouring white die cuts

I'm still having fun with this new machine, and I've been doing one of the things I love doing most with die cuts - cutting them in white then colouring them with my ProMarkers.....



and I am really sorry but I have forgotten which cartridge this cut came from - I think it was a mothers day cartridge. I have a two week trial which gives me access to all the available cartridges so I am like a kid in a candy shop. Anyway, the flower, butterfly and the hello word were all cut in white then coloured with lime and lilac markers. I added a bit of wink of stella clear glitter pen for a bit of sparkle, and the gems were also coloured with the markers. I like the effect, it looks like one of those exotic orchid type plants that posh florists use in giant displays in hotel foyers...


My foray into the world of charity shops was a bit of a damp squib this week, they have had a big clear out/clean up session so there was literally very little for me to do and I just hung around for an hour then went home. When I was straightening the clothes on the hanging rails and generally mooching around, a community police officer came in, she wandered around a bit, looked me up and down, then asked the twelve year old  young manager (poised behind the till so that I wouldn't get my hands on it and send it into meltdown again) "Any problems here? Any suspicious people hanging around?".....I swear she shot a meaningful look in my direction. I was wearing designer jeans and cashmere for goodness sake, suspicious people aren't grandmas wearing stuff that's been ironed are they?

So I went into town and bought a pack of Papermania Christmas papers to cheer myself up

and a 2015 planner. More, much more on this tomorrow...

If you follow the Craftwork Cards blog, you will have seen that I have decided to step down from the team after many years of happy crafting with them. Lots of tight deadlines, mad dashes to the post office, and waiting with bated breath for the postman to arrive with the stuff to make samples with! Some of the other team members have also left this month, I have loved working with them, I used to see what they had produced and think 'now why didn't I think of that!' so I wish Georgina Ford, Lisa Pearce, Kim Robertson, and of course my very best crafting buddy Kath Stewart the very best of luck with the next steps of our respective crafting journeys...

See you tomorrow x 

19 comments:

  1. NO...you should not have looked suspicious!!! What's the world coming to?? I'm so glad you went & made yourself feel better buying a paper pack! Sometimes the best intentioned charity events are so poorly coordinated...and that's not your fault. Keep carrying on Enfys!!

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  2. Love this Enfy, How you die cut your own flowers and butterfly. Love coloring, fab creation!

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  3. This is a very pretty card Enfys!!!
    I love that paper, it is very pretty.
    I must try this cutting out something and then color it. TFS

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  4. Lovely card. Your comments about the charity shop made me laugh out loud!

    Michele.

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  5. Very beautriful card. Love the colors of the die cut flower and butterfly.
    Gr Elly

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  6. Great card!!! and I like the idea of cutting images out of white paper and coloring them as you when you need them...what size would you cut the images at??? I'm sad to hear you are stepping down from the DT.....but I understand the amount of pressure and tight schedule it requires....
    your story made me laugh...do suspicious characters browse in charity shops? hope the pretty helped...

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  7. Your coloring is amazing Enfys! I love how you take a blank pallet and turn it into a work of art, absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

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  8. Fab card - the colours are so pretty.

    It always makes me laugh when you refer to the manager as the 12 year old. My experience of charity work is that people will steal anything - I have had stuff stolen from stalls when I do fundraising and when I use to help out at a local jumble sale we always use to have the same couple who would try and get out without paying for armfuls of stuff!!

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  9. What a stunning card. Love your choice of colors.

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  10. Glad you're having a good time with your Explore ! I'm dreaming of one day finding one as well. Love your new papers ! That's a good way to cheer me up as well. Well, . . . any crafty supplies. :)
    Anna N.

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  11. What gorgeous flowers - beautifully coloured. That machine looks a cracker! Pat x

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  12. Oh wow, what will you do with all your spare time? ;) I used to think I'd like to belong to a design team. But then I remembered, I never liked deadlines. They tend to make me nervous and even sometimes rebellious. Like being back at school! Lol ah well, there are lots of folks out there who do love a deadline.;) So I just do it for the fun of it. Love that showy flower! Big hugs,Jess

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  13. Beautiful creations! I haven't thought of coloring the cuts like this, I don't do a lot of flowers etc. I'll have to try it out.
    As for that police officer, maybe she just thought you looked to nice to be in the charity shop, guess she doesn't know the great things you can find there.
    I've just resigned from the team I was on too. Was on it for 4 years and just found it is time for a change. Best of luck in whatever you do next.

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  14. I love your colouring and I love the tales from the charity shop :)

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  15. That planning lark looks like hard work to me. Just go with the flow and see what transpires is my philosophy! glad you liked the card. I printed the centre strip using Publisher. The two stamps are Thanks So Much by Stampin Up and a little clear stamp "Thank You" that I don't know the make of. I used Faded Jeans and Festive Berries to stamp them. Pat x

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  16. I always love how you use your white die-cuts...lovely card.
    Toni xx

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  17. Fab card, the colours are so pretty.
    hugs, Helena

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  18. Love this card! Wish I could color as pretty....

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Enfys x