Saturday 27 March 2010

Happy Birthday Lyn..

Hi Blogland, Today is a very special friends (cough, cough)'th Birthday.. She loves her crafting so I thought I would make her a Craft Room card..
As is sometimes the case, my project head thinks faster than my practical head.. and the card ended up a tad bigger than I first thought.. Any hoo this is it!Firstly the outside..And when you open it up... viola!!
I'm pleased with how it turned out, but I've never seen any craft room like it! Certainly not mine.. No way would mine be this tidy!!! I enjoy making nice, neat and tidy cards, but to be honest the process of getting them there is anything but!! Hands up who agrees??So, I started off by cutting out a desk from the Sentimentals cartridges @ 7". This also included the draws.I then used my Gypsy to cut out Two more desks. I wanted the desk the same height as the first desk, but not as wide as they were going on the side of the card and needed to be narrower to fit..This is something I knew the Gypsy would come in handy for as I was able to make them narrower without loosing the height, something the Cricut machine is unable to do on it's own.I took an A3 piece of card and covered the top half in Patterned paper and the bottom half in stripped paper. As I was using 12" x 12" paper this was too short to cover the A3 card stock in one go so I had to use 2 pieces. I have even managed to line up the patters so you can bearly see the join, a bit like wall paper..My Dad would be so proud!!!Next step was to cut out the chair, a crafter has to have somewhere to set for all those long crafting hours after all.This again was cut from Sentimentals at 7"
Lyn is as fanatical about her Cricut machine as much as I am about mine! So what is the ultimate Cricut machine??That's right a Gold one, oh and while I'm at it what about a Gold Cuttlebug to match!! These were cut from Store Front..And what would a Cricut be without cartridges? I cut a small piece of card 3" x 3 3/4" and masked off a line at the bottom and a larger line at the top and rubbed blue chalk in these areas to create the branding on a Cricut cartridge box. I also cut out little Cricut heads using Store front. Finally adding the name of a few cartridges with Black Peel Offs..Lyn is also a big CDROM crafter.. So I cut out a computer from Cursive 101and printed off my homepage from Pinnacle Crafts as a screen saver..Do crafters really care what time it is? I suspect not. If you are anything like me then you can loose literally hours when you are crafting. Remembering to eat when your tummy starts rumbling, not because it is dinner time!! How many cups of tea have you let go cold, because you are in the flow?? I cut this clock from Designer's Calendar Cartridge.
So all the prep work done it's time to move in I guess..First the heavy furniture.. Tables & Chair..The Cricut & Cartridges.And the Cuttlebug.. I also added a few scraps of Ribbon and paper to make it a more lived in craft room.
Last but not least the cover of the card.
Sentimentals has quite a few crafty items on it, such as a sewing Machine, Ink, Quill and also the most amazing ornate Scissors.These were cut out at 7" in shadow and the basic imageand then stuck together.I covered the front of the card with some foiled paper and tied a ribbon around the whole card finally placing the Scissors on the front.And once the bow is un done, in you go..
Happy Birthday Lyn.. Have a great day from all of us at Pinnacles..xxx
Thanks for checking us out.
See you soon.
Pinnacles.

18 comments:

  1. That card is Awesome! I love your cards.

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  2. Lovely gift. A lot of love went into this card!

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  3. WOW! This card really shows a labor of love. The details are out of this world. She is lucky to have you for a friend. Tell her Happy Birthda for me.

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  4. Oh my, what a birthday card. Love the furniture...although not too sure how comfy the chair would be for long periods LOL

    Toni :o)

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  5. This one almost brought tears to my eyes Andy, when you showed me. The thought and planning that you have put into it, let alone the finished article and I'm sure Lyn will be absolutely blown away. In Lyn's own phrase this ' is stunning' !! The photos do not do this one justice at all, it is fabulous. Well done, is not praise enough but but I'm sure you will have made a certain lady's day with this.

    Renee x.

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  6. Wow, this is amazing. What a wonderful idea. This idea would work for some many themes, spa day, trip, for sewers, etc. Thanks for the ideas. I agree, I can do so much more with the Gypsy than I imagined. Thanks

    Cynthia
    ladybugstamper@msn.com

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  7. That card is extraordinary!!! So thoughtful and, dare I say it, a bit time consuming. You did a magnificent job on it. Lyn is one lucky lady! TFS Pam

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  8. I came from the Cricut MB to see all of this card...it is amazing...and such an creation of love...and it shows... this is amazing...and you have offically made me what the store front cartridge.... this is grand and amazing...I just love love it...wonderful job...just wonderful... you do the most amazing work!!...because of that when I get a comment from you it just means so so much.... again this card is just amazing...wonderful job...just wonderful.

    Hugs
    Jeannie

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  9. That is the most awesome card I have ever seen! What a lucky birthday girl!
    Carrie

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  10. Oh Andy what can I say you have captured my craft to to the letter. Well in my dreams I suppose. You clever little crafter my card is stunning stunning stunning, thank you so much.

    Loads of love Lyn xxx

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  11. this card is so cool! love it, tfs!

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  12. I swear I would move in straight away!! What a fabulous card!! All the detail that has gone in it, it blows my mind away!

    Thank you so much for sharing Andy!

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  13. beautiful card, wish my craft room was that neat lol

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  14. WOW!!! Look at you go LOL!!! This is so generous and very outside the box.I love scenery cards and this one is just my kind of card.Great work i'm sure your friend was beyond happy.♥RubyM:)

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  15. Wowsers! this room card is incredible. I've never seen anything like it anywhere. Super job!

    Sharon

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  16. That is just simply amazing! How clever you are!! I'm sure she'll absolutely LOVE it. How could she not???!! TFS!! :-)

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  17. This is stunning. I wish my friends liked me as much (picture sad tears)...Seriously, LOVE IT!

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  18. WOW! You put in some time making this and it's spectacular! You are an amazing crafter.

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