Britomart

This is a photograph I took, of the amazing glass ceiling inside Britomart, the underground train station in Auckland City. It is enormous & I am about 4 storeys below, looking directly up at the ceiling. (Talk about bending over backwards - I was!!) I truly LOVE this ceiling & want one in my dining room!! It is absolutely huge & I think it is just so awesome. I always feel very little & very humble when I look up at it! I don't know why!

I have used my Nestabilities to 1st cut out the photo & 2nd to add the scallop border.

Nestabilities!

Ok so the BIG day arrived... my Nestabilities ARRIVED today & am I HAPPY or what?!!! So here's what I have done with them so far...

The hearts are just simple cards cut in two different sizes so they 'nest'. The butterflies are also nesties! How cute is that?!! The label thing could be used as a luggage label or a name label if you turn it on it's side & put the tab in the center. I have been 'waiting' for these to come & finally...here they are!! All of these were quick to make!

Paper Star Tutorial

Follow these simple steps to make this quick & easy paper star! Scroll down to see further instructions.

Cut a 6 x 6 inch square of paper - I used scrap book paper as it was nice & firm.

With your scor pal, score 5 lines at 1 inch.




Fan fold the paper & put a staple in the centre, @ 3 inches.



Use your scissors to cut from the end to the centre. Cut with the open edge (see photo) facing to the right. If you cut the other way, the star will not form.





Repeat on the other end of the fan fold.





This is the UNDERNEATH of the star. Following the photo as a guide, fold down each point of the star.







This is the TOPSIDE of the star. Keep folding the points until you get a full star.







Here is the finished star! To get the right star shape you may have to flatten some of the points. Play around with it until you get the right star shape!
Thanks to Dawn for this great idea!

Index cards

These are some little (4x4 inch) index cards I made today. I cut the card to size using my Dream Kuts & made the tags using my round tag punch from SU. I also cut out some white cards to fit in behind the index cards so I can write various things on them. I intend to decorate these coloured cards, just haven't quite got there yet! I have used Bazzill card for the index cards.

Balloons!

Here's another quick card! I used a piece of Old Olive card for the actual card & a piece of Pumpkin Pie card for the wavy piece, which I cut with my Creating Memories cutter. I stamped the flower & line using a Perfectly Clear stamp set from Stampendous. I punched out three balloons with my punch. I cut (using my Dream Kuts) 3 very thin strips of red & blue card & curled them around a pencil & then glued them to the balloons & the card. I got the idea for the balloon strings from the latest SU catalogue!

Christmas Bauble!

This was a very quick card to make, so quick I felt like I was 'cheating'! The only stamping was the words inside that say, "Very Merry Christmoose'! Here's how I made it. First I cut out a circle shape (4 inches) on my Cricut, using the mirror feature. I run it through the D'vine Swirls embossing folder (I did one side of the circle at a time) & punched out a gold tab using my NEW Round Tab punch from SU!! (I've only had it 24 hours & am having FUN with it) The tab is glued to the fold of the red card.

I stuck a reindeer Xmas tag I bought from a stationary shop on the front. He has a plastic bubble for his nose which is filled with tiny red beads! So if you shake him, the beads move all around! I punched a small hole in the ta & threaded some string through it to hang it with.

One card done in a few minutes or less!

Halloween Thing!

This Halloween thing" was made (by me!) by cutting a piece of firm card & literally wrapping it in a bandage! I added wobbly eye's and a safety pin! And a little tag that says "Boo!"

Layered onto black card, then red card, both with the corners of the cards punched using one of my fancy corner punches. Finally layered onto a piece of dark silvery grey card.

Quick & easy & a great way to use up those odd safety pins we find in "odd" places!