DE-SIGNS MADE BY ME!

Off to a Wedding!

2012-01-14T14:03:00.000+11:00

Hi all,

We are off to a Wedding today! It's so long since we have attended anyone's Wedding.

I made this to give to the Bride on her way back down the aisle.

I used my BlackCat Cougar for all of the die-cuts and my BlackCat Foil-Master for the text.

Car Signwriting

2012-01-06T17:09:00.001+11:00

Hi Blog Friends,

I ended up having to come home early due to our little dog have a little injury.

Anyways, I was stuck at home, so decided to update my car signwriting, using, you guessed it - my Cougar!

I'm really pleased with the results!

Cheers
Alisa

Snowman Gift Boxes

2011-12-27T17:22:00.001+11:00

I decided at about 9.00pm on Christmas Eve to give everyone at our Christmas Lunch a little Snowman Gift Box.

I purchased the file from Wanda at Luv2craft4udesigns. Click here for her website.

She has some lovely files.

Anyways, I used my freehand method and I have to say, all of them turned out
really well.

Wanna drive someone nuts at Christmas?????

2011-12-23T18:44:00.001+11:00

We are giving our son and his girlfriend a Rally Driving voucher for Christmas. Just to drive them nuts, I printed out the vouchers, laminated them and then got my Cougar to cut them into a Puzzle.

This'll keep them quiet. I'm not giving them the actual Vouchers until the put the puzzle together.

Gosh I'm mean LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

BlackCat does it again!!

2011-12-18T11:38:00.000+11:00

TopTen Reviews.com name BlackCat Cougar its 2012 maximum 4 Star Gold Award winner for Top Die-Cutter.

This follows our 2011 4 Star Gold Award for Top Die-Cutter.

Kiss Me, it's Christmas

2011-12-17T17:44:00.000+11:00

I'm running out of time!!!!!

It's 5.42pm on Saturday 17.12.11. No Christmas shopping done, no housework done, no gardening done, but all's good in the world because I managed to get two, yes two, Christmas cards done.

Love!

2011-12-17T17:11:00.000+11:00

After spending a month in Thailand, I'm hopelessly behind in my card swap group. The first theme was 'Love' and quite frankly, I'm not feeling it. I messed around for ages and thankfully the Foil-Master turned up.

I made my own paper using a combination of Craft Artist and Funtime. Once printed with my black laser printer, I then used Gold Matchmaker foil to create the gold pattern, using my Foil-Master. Once done, I then cut out the bag with my BlackCat Cougar.

The tag was created in Craft Artist, exported to Funtime and then cut out using the Cougar. I foiled the words 'for you with love!'.

It's filled with chocolate goodies and it's in the mail, on it's way to my card swap partner. I hope she 'Love's' it.

BlackCat Foil Master video

2011-12-08T10:26:00.000+11:00

My shipment of BlackCat Foil Master machines have arrived.

Yesterday, my son and I spent all day making a demonstration video.

Click here to view the video.

White Challenge

2011-11-19T16:52:00.000+11:00

Boy, getting my Blog up to date is taking longer than I thought!

Recently I was involved in a Challenge where we were only allowed to use white cardstock, glue and one other medium.

I chose embossing powder. This is what I came up with.

we wish you a merry christmas

2011-11-19T14:26:00.000+11:00

I needed to make a file that I could share with others that have electronic die-cutting machines. This is my first Christmas card for 2011.

It is a simple file and is ideal for those just starting out.

If you have a die-cutting machine, and you'd like the file, please let me know and I'll send it through to you. I will need to know which die-cutting machine you have also. Please email me at: info@de-signsmadebyme.com.au.

Sweet Wishes

2011-11-19T12:37:00.001+11:00

Hi everyone,

It's our first Saturday back from OS. We've walked into grass up to our ear holes, not one, but two toilets that are on the blink and my DS advising me that we had a bird in the house for three (3) days. Uhhhhhh!!!!

Anyways, I had a couple of special occasions straight up. This is for my cousin's birthday.

Introducing the BlackCat Foil Master

2011-11-16T13:09:00.006+11:00

Hi again,

I've just received my BlackCat Foil Master and all I can say is Wow, Wow, Wow. I'm so excited about the projects I can make using this great gadget. There are over 20 different colours of foil available and it's so easy to use.

I've done a couple of projects using the Foil Master, and will upload them shortly. At long last, you can add Gold, Silver, Copper as well as a heap of different foils directly onto your card projects.

I'm back!!!

2011-11-16T12:16:00.001+11:00

Hello everyone,

I'm back from holidays and keen to jump back in to the card making pool. Just in time for Christmas too.

I have made a couple of bits and pieces, which I have added to this post.

New Yahoo Group for Australian Blackcat Cougar owners!

2011-08-05T17:43:00.000+10:00

Calling all BlackCat Cougar owners in Australia. I have started a new Yahoo Support Group. This Group will offer support, tips, tricks, files, fonts, challenges and general discussion. It's in it's infancy, but the more the merrier.

Here is the link: http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/blackcatcougarinoz/?yguid=470538577

Cheers
Alisa

Quick Card

2011-08-03T12:02:00.001+10:00

I gave myself a challenge to make a card in under 30 minutes from 'go to whoa'. When I say, make a card, I mean, open my Funtime software, create my template, create my embellishments, print my template with my logo on the back, print and cut and embellishments, cut out all layers, add ribbons, chalks, inks etc.

It's a simple card, but I thought it could be adapted to be for a male or female, by simply changing the ribbon for raffia, the box for twine, change the colour scheme, change the heart to a square/hexagon/circle and change the text, replace a button for a washer or similar and Voila! a masculine card.

I might even put my money where my mouth is and create a masculine version, just to prove it can be done!

Guess what?

2011-07-19T12:21:00.000+10:00

I'm now an Australian distributor for the Blackcat Cougar.

I'm so excited. My shipment is due in mid August. Lots to do, but if you'd like more information, click here.

It's been a while!

2011-07-04T17:06:00.002+10:00

Hi all,

I've been pretty busy and as such, although I've made a couple of things, I haven't had time to upload anything. So here's a couple of bits and pieces.

Card Swap

2011-04-30T13:08:00.000+10:00

I'm involved in a card swap at the moment. I, and others that have put their hands up have to produce one card a month to swap with someone else involved in the swap. We are given a theme for each month.

May is 'all things girlie' and June is 'the zoo'. I'm usually late getting mine together, but for once I'm on time (well for the first two anyway).

Neat gift idea

2011-04-30T12:56:00.000+10:00

My youngest son is coming up to 18 years old. Most of his friends have recently had birthday's and in the new flush of having a driving license. Sadly, my boy has to wait till September. It's nearly killing him (and us too!). We are buying gifts every five minutes. My son came up with this idea.

He removed the label from the bottle of plonk and then made a vinyl template using the Gazelle. He then got glass etching cream and applied it. Left it for 10 minutes and Voila! He did have to use white chalk to make the words stand out while the bottle is full.

Neat ha?

Thank goodness for long weekends

2011-03-14T20:52:00.000+11:00

I haven't posted for a little while. Things are just too hectic!!!!

This Labour Day weekend is actually the weekend that I got married on, 25 years ago. My DH presented me with a lovely silver bracelet which is beautiful and I'm thrilled to bits. As DH was working on Saturday, it gave me an opportunity to make a couple of things. Hope you like them.

This card actually has a Chupa Chup hidden inside. Quite ingenious. It uses the Print and Cut technique which I absolutely love. My Gazelle does it with ease and as you can see, it's pretty accurate.

The Treat Box also uses the Print and Cut technique. I've got a bit of an Owl theme going as you'll see with my next pic.

What a dear little Owl. I have to thank one of the ladies on the Australian Yahoo Support Group, Angie. She let me use her file. Such a sad little face.

And, last but not least, a card for my Mum's birthday.

I've finished this weekend off with some precious family time, Geocaching with my DH and DS. Don't know what Geocaching is? Do a Google. You just might find you'd like to try it.

One of the ones we found, I nearly wet myself laughing. I had already found it and had it in my hand. My DH and DS spent the next 10 minutes hunting around. I nearly exploded, I was laughing so much. Perhaps you had to be there LOL!

I hope to post more often, but I'm not making any promises. I'll be at the Picture to Page show in Burwood this weekend 20th & 21st March. I'd love to see you there. Catchya!

New Website

2011-02-16T17:16:00.000+11:00

My website crashed a couple of weeks ago, so I took the opportunity to start a completely new one. I mean, how hard can it be??????

It was off the air for the best of 10 days, but today, with a lot of help from Pat the Magnificent, it's back up again. It's still in the process of being built, but at least I have a presence and a shop again.

I have grand plans for how I want it to look at the end of this journey, but it all takes time.

I'd love to hear any feedback. Here's the link: www.de-signsmadebyme.com.au

Cheers
Alisa

Quick gift for my Mum

2010-12-27T14:18:00.000+11:00

Don't you hate it when you buy a gift and it's just not quite enough. I racked my brain as to what I could tuck in for my Mum that she would find useful. I came up with a gift box filled with gift cards and envelopes to cover most situations. She was rapt!

Bit of Fun

2010-12-27T14:12:00.000+11:00

We do a Kris Kringle which always goes out of control LOL! Anyways, I had to buy for my nephew. He is waiting for his new iPhone 4 to arrive and we were giving him a GPS App for it. I felt bad that he was not getting anything tactile for Christmas so I made a card that kinda gave him something.

The map is actually showing where he lives and then when you open the card, a gift card pops up.

Slack as!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-12-27T13:55:00.000+11:00

Hi all,

I got lost in Christmas and have only just caught up. I ended up doing quite a bit in the run-up to Christmas, but didn't get a chance to upload anything. Sooooooo, here are some projects that I got done:

This was a t-shirt that was made as a joke!

Rain, rain, go away!

2010-10-31T12:44:00.000+11:00

There's no pleasing some people. Having been in drought for probably close to 10 years, we've been wishing for a good spring. OK, enough already. We are awash. Our driveway has collapsed and will require major work. We now have 40,000 gallons of water in our tanks and they are over flowing. One has over flowed directly into my DH's precious shed and it's now a muddy mess.

I'm off to Penrith next Thursday, 04.11.10, for the PaperCraft Festival. It's my first interstate show and I'm really excited!! As such, all of my stock and crafting tools are on a truck somewhere between Melbourne and Sydney.

I've made this card with the bare essentials. It's simple, but pretty.