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Monday 18 August 2014

MY New Toy

The day before my birthday  ( last Saturday) My Bigshot started to get a bit cranky and hard to use,  I was gutted, especially as I had asked for dies for birthday presents. 
How could I try out the new dies without a my Bigshot.

Out came my old spellbinder wizard......Ummm I had forgotten just how much hard work that machine is.
I had also forgotten that the cutting plates tend to fly out very fast and always managed to hit my pubic bone with some force as they do.
(Yes, you're smiling to yourself now,aren't you)
I can tell you it's not that funny, Especially when you've had to cut 
out the alphabet a dozen times and been hit by these brutish flying plates a few times you start to feels a bit bruised and uncomfortable.

So I decided to order the Bigshot Pro with the hope it will last longer than three years. Which is exactly how old my last one was when it died.

So here is my new Bigshot Pro in situ, I don't mind telling you this thing is the weight of a small child at 44lb. 
I have to say, I had some concerns when I read how heavy it is and wondered if the craft room floor could sustain the extra weight. 
I found myself subconsciously scanning the craft room looking for stuff I could get rid of that would add up to a total of 44LB.
So while waiting for the arrival of this beasty,  I had a bit of a clear out to make space for it and the extra desk. (That's why my room is looking relatively tidy)
I have only had a little play with it  so I am still learning all the different sandwiches.

One thing that surprised me about buying the Bigshot pro is that it doesn't come with the platforms for cutting the thinner dies or for using embossing folders. You have to buy the solo pack to go with it or you can't use  any of the thin dies or embossing folders.
Basically all you can use are the Bigz dies unless you buy the  extra plates. So if you are considering  upgrading to one of these remember to buy the Solo Platform kit too.
The advantage with this is , that I can still use all the cutting plates and accessories I had with the smaller bigshot so none of my spare plates will go to waste.... BONUS!








Saturday 4 June 2011

Relentless Can Brooch

I had a lovely visit from Sharon another S.U
demonstrator, we sat in the garden eating chocolate muffins and
drinking coffee and generally
putting the worlds to rights.
Sharon brought along some things to show me she had made at a class, amongst her goodies were some brooches, which I immediately fell in love with .
They were gorgeous and I just had to have ago at making them. I had everything I needed to them apart from the drinks cans.
So off I trotted to the shop to buy some drinks cans. I took a fancy to the relentless energy drink cans because they come in green and purple, two of my favourite colours and they are a little Gothic looking and I love Gothic stuff. Trouble is I really can't stand the drink that comes in these cans. But I forced myself and Hubby to drink it. I really don't like wasting things so I couldn't just pour it down the sink.
Here is the brooch I made from the green can.
Using the daisy die, the big shot and a hot glue gun. It took me fifteen minutes to make, but that time included looking for my hot glue gun and waiting for it to heat up and doing a couple of other things too.
The second brooch I made was from Mirri card, which I stamped with black Stazon ink before cutting it out.
This time I added a button to the centre. I really want to make this using a Guiness can, I think the black and cream cans will look fabulous.

I wore both of these to Angie's workshop last night and the ladies loved them.
I think they would make good bracelets or hair band decorations or something to jazz up a tired looking handbag or just to embellish a gift box.