The Great Fiskars Craft Off

Well, that was a lot of fun. I hope this video works - only a minute long, because my Flip video batteries ran out!

Here is my pal Dawny doing her thing....

and Barbara Gray.....

Joanna Sheen, who is the loveliest person - she has recently become a grandma for the first time, so we had a lovely granny boasting session......

and Rob who some of you will know as the MDF man, who was a hilarious compere.....

and me, looking totally stumped!

there was a BIG crowd watching it all......

and here is my totally unfinished card. Rob gave me the most points, but I think that was because he felt sorry for me, I was shaking with nerves. He also didn't know that when I hugged him, I had poured my coffee down his back, otherwise he may not have been so generous......

I must admit, I am loving this Fuse machine, I can't wait for mine to arrive, and plan a video or two to show you what it can do. The bottom layer on the (unfinished) card below was red felt, topped with quite a stiff plastic - it cut through them both like butter. The snowflake was letter pressed - it gives a great embossed result. The thing I liked most was that although the machine is big, is that it has an incredible sturdy feel, and you need hardly any effort to crank your materials through.....