And talking of Giraffes.......

I seem to have been in a giraffe type of mood last week. Here is another big G card, made with another oldie and goodie stamp. Of course the stamp is in the USA and I am back home, so I can't remember the maker

I stamped him with memento tuxedo black ink, and coloured with Promarkers. More stitching - this time I used a straight stitch, then changed to zig zag, then back to straight. Looks interesting, or it would if it wasn't wobbly..........

The Cricut E2 caused a bit of a furore in Newark airport. I had it in my hand luggage, didn't trust the hold for such a precious bit of kit. It went through security with no problems in Tampa, but in Newark, alarm bells rang! It went through the x-ray machine THREE times, I watched them manhandling it with my heart in my mouth. Then a security officer came over....'what is this exactly?'

I explained.

'Well I do scrapbooking' she said ' and my friend has a Cricut, it looks nothing like this one'

Gulp

So I explained again, trying madly to remember the workings of the E2, which I haven't used yet...........

'Wait here please'

She made a call, we waited......

Then another security person turned up

'ooh, the new E2' she squealed ' I wanted to see one of these'

So after a friendly discussion on the best cartridges, I was free to go

After a red eye flight with only a little doze to keep me going, my eyes are closing as I write this, so see you all tomorrow. By the way, I am freezing, it was only about 62F (16C) today, a bit of a shock to the system