My favourite thing...

Hi everyone... well how time flies hey... its feb already one month gone in the new year...so hows your resolutions going if you made any... Me well i dont bother cause i know they will never last LOL...

So today is my turn to update the blog and today i tought i would share with you all my new favourite things to use in my scrapping and the diffrent things you can do with it....

So my all time Favourite thing at the moment is my Cuttlebug Machine... i think that this would have to be my best purchase and i have used it alot in my scrapping both with making cards and my pages....

One of the best things about the cuttlebug machine is that you can use lots of other diffrent dies i find that Spellbinders Nestabilities are such great value for money and come in many diffrent sizes and shapes...
(I store my spellbinders Nestabilities in CD cases with a little bit of double sided tape to hold the larger ones in place)

Using the Spellbinders Nestabilities you can cut many diffrent types of materials such as paper, thin chipboard and felt... here is a little tutorial on how to cut out felt using the cuttlebug and the spellbinders...

as you can see the dies have a raised bit in the middle this bit is the cutting edge so this is the actual size that you will cut out.

to cut out using the spellbinders dies you must use the following plates A plate on the bottom, C plate and one B plate. Place the die with the cutting edge facing up and lay your chosen material on top of the die. I am using a woolen felt.

Once you have your layers roll the plates through your machine to cut it out... sometimes with a thicker material you may need to roll it through a couple of times to get a clean cut. This is the result you will get :

With the spellbinders its quite easy to make frames from these dies.

take 2 diffrent sized dies and place together. I usually use a bit of tape to keep them straight.

again using the same plate combo as before run this through your cuttlebug machine this is what it will look like once it has cut.
this is the page i made using these 2 die cuts:

see so many possibilities with these dies and they are also good for other die cut machines too just go to the spellbinders website to see which machines are compatible.

Hope you all enjoy your week. Dont forget to check out all the new yummy goodies coming into the store....

take care

Sheree