1971, a classic year!!

Hi folks. I hope you all had a good Easter Weekend break? If, like me you were working then, just like buses there will be another long Bank Holiday Weekend along very soon. This weekend in fact, courtesy of the Royal Wedding on Friday and then the May Day Bank Holiday on Monday!!
Along with the wedding I have another celebration this weekend. Many of my friends are turning the BIG 4 Oh! in the coming Months, myself included!! And this weekend sees by best mate's Sisters' (tenuous link I know) 40th Birthday Bash...
I've had lots of ideas as to what I want to do for her card but I'm not sure whether to make it serious or comical. So over the next couple of post's I'll be sharing with you some of my ideas. And hopefully by the end of the week I will have made a decision!!
So here's the first one. A bit of 1970's retro!I started off by cutting out my silhouette image in Black Mirror card at 5" from the Forever Young Cricut Cartridge. I also cut the Trouser Suit at 5", remember the machine will size the other elements to the largest image. It's that clever!!!I then layered the two images together.Next I cut a plain circle and a scalloped circle using the Spellbinders Grand dies through the Grand Calibur machineand layered them together adding letters which I had cut at 1" using the Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge...For the base of the card I decided to make another twisted easel.
I found some brightly coloured card stock, ok not totally 70's but it's on its way!!I scored it in half and cut it to make a 5 3/4" square, then scored the front of the card from corner to cornerand folded it to form the twist!I then cut two triangles from a separate sheet of cardusing one to form the stopper for the easeland using the other one to cover one of the White side panels.I then added my image to see how the whole this was coming along.For my sentiment I printed the words in a 70's style font from my PC, matting and layering it using a plain circle and scalloped circle Nestabilitie and applied it to the card."Yeah Baby"! Sorry, couldn't resist!!!I made sure that the card would lay down flat and go into and envelope before finishing off the card. I've been caught out like that before!! Oh you have too!!!So, just to finish it off I added some pre made Prima Flowersto give the project a bit more of a 70's flourish...I hope if I decide to give this one to her that she gets the concept of the card, after all, 1971 was a classic year! It was the year I was born! And aren't we all grateful for that!? Answers on a post card... nah, forget it!
Thanks for checking us out and see you soon..
Andy..

The Power of Women & Blog Candy

Hi Blogland. Today's post is my first project for the Cuttlebug Blogspot Design Team. You may be aware that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? At some point in our lives I'm sure that we have all been touched by someone who has had to deal with the dreaded "C" word? This Month, and all year through, we celebrate you all!!!
Pop on over to the Cuttlebug Blogspot to see what all the other DT (Design Team) members have been up to, or check out their individual blogs located down the right hand side of your screen.So, here is the project I came up with. I wanted to portray a sense of freedom, lightness or even fun.I cut out some Bra shapes from the Forever Young Cricut cartridge. I didn't need the Bikini bottoms which which would also be cut out with this image, so using the contours button on my Gypsy Machine I hid the elements that I did not need to cut out, saving time and more importantly PAPER!!!!Each image was embossed through the Cuttlebug Machine using a great NEW Embossing Foldercalled Flutterby.I then cut out some Ribbon shapes from the Pink Journey Cricut Cartridge and embossed them with the Tim Holtz Cracked Embossing Folder.BLOG CANDY ALERT!!!!! As today we are "thinking pink" I have decided to give away some "pink blog candy", by way of a Pink Journey Cricut Cartridge. Check out the Blog Candy sidebar to see how you can win.
I put all of my cut and embossed images to one side and got on with my base card.This cloud card from Kanban has always been a firm fave of mine and was perfect for this project.
I punched 2 holes in the card, added an eyelet to each hole for strength and threaded some cord through the holes to form a washing line.From a separate piece of card I cut out some shapes from the New Nestabilities Labels Fourteen. To me, when the dies are on their side the look like clouds, which fitted in with my project perfectly.Once cut, I embossed the images using the Polka Dots Embossing Folder.I cut a few inspirational words from the Pink Journey Cartridge ( Believe, Courage & Survivor)and applied them to my cloud images.Adding some foam pads to the backs and applying them to the project.Before adding the embossed Bras,and finally the all important Pink Ribbons...The card has already gone to a good home and a deserved recipient, who herself has been through her own personal battle..
Have a great day everyone, and thanks for checking us out. Oh, and don't forget your Blog Candy...
See you soon
Andy.