Uploaded for Louise

A lady called Louise Phoned Gordon up today and asked him if we would put the scrapbook page of Rome ( that i took on T.V with me ) up on the blog.

Well Louise here it is (sorry its a bit wobbly)

It was made using one of the JustRite Square Decorative Frames, Special Occasions Uppercase Font set, Nestabilities Classic Squares (small and large)

and a transparancy of the domes of Rome which i did on the computer using Paint Shop Pro x2

I am making a Gallery of all the things that have been made for our television shows and the shop using the JustRite stamps and Nestabilities, so keep watching the blog as i will put a message up as soon as im finished.

Smiles Robert, Gordon and Harry xxx

DL Size Magnetic Aperture Mat and JustRite Card Making Kit now on Web Shop

The NEW DL sized magnetic aperture mat is now for sale on the web shop.

It is already proving to be a great hit with people and it was designed because you asked us for it.

Now you can make professional DL aperture cards of your own with procision and accuracy and whatever size and shape you like with your Spellbinders dies.

This Magnetic aperture mat works with the Wizard machine, cuttlebug and sizzzix big shot and instructions for all three machines are included.

The NEW Custom Design Card Making Kit from JustRite has also been put on and this is a must have for card makers and scrapbookers of all levels.

It comes with a two inch wooden stamper, ten borders and centres, large and medium alphabet sets to personalise your centres and a 15 point alphabet set for personalising your border. They really have thought of everything you will need and this set sold out in minutes on Ideal World on Tuesday

Happy Sh0pping.

Smiles Rob, Gordon and Harry.

All New Dies and Justrite Stamps now on Web Shop

Hi everyone.
I have now got all the new Spellbinders dies and new Justrite stamps up on the web shop and i thought i would show you the two latest stamp sets to arrive here.

First is Romantic Sentiments which are just in time for Valentines.




The next is the Loving Thoughts set which again could be used for Valentines.



I think they are really lovely sentiments and are sure to be a hit.
smiles Rob, Gordon and Harry xxx

New Spellbinders Dies Day 7

Well here are the last of the new dies which will be available from us mid February.
I will start putting them up on the web shop tomorrow so that you can pre-order your favorites so that you can make sure you are first to get them.
I just know that today's dies will be very popular.

LABELS 11

I think this is going to be a fave of mine




LABELS 12

This is the one that i have been waiting for




LABELS 13

How gorgeous is this


Well that's the end of the seven days of new dies and i hope you like them.
I don't know if they forgot labels 10 out or forgot to put it up but i will inquire and find out.
Thanks for dropping by and speak again soon.
Smiles Rob, Gordon and Harry.

New Spellbinders Dies Day 6 and Ideal World.

Hi all
Had a great day today although i woke up with my cold streaming again (had to happen today) but by the time we had reached Ideal World i was feeling a lot better.
I was with Nigel today and we got on really well and he is great fun to work with he had me laughing all the time.The show was very successful with three items selling out in the hour i was on and a few more almost gone.

Everyone was really impressed with our samples and once again i would like to say thanks to our design team who are.
Di, Jean, Sandra, Michelle, Karen, Pauline and Julie.
I dont know what i would do without you girls you are just the best and we love you all dearly.

So here are todays new Spellbinder dies with a nice Summer time theme.

SURFS UP

How fab for holiday layouts and summer cards.





NESTED ICE CREAM CONES

Dont you just love these






SEASCAPE IMPRESSABILITIES

This will be fabulous embossed and stencilled for fabby summertime backgrounds.



SWEET TREATS

Four more little dies for summertime layouts and cards.



Well one day left to go and then i will put them up on the web shop for you to Pre order for mid February delivery.
Have fun deciding.
Smiles Rob, Gordon and Harry

New Spellbinders Dies Day 5

Hello again, im blogging from a Hotel in Peterborough tonight as i am on Create and Craft tomorrow at 10.00 am with a new set of just rite stamps for you to see and with the weather so horrible we thought it would be better to come down tonight. Im really glad as i wont have to get up so early now haha.

So here are todays new dies and they are very fruity.


CHERRY PICKIN FRAMEABILITIES

Two frames and a cherry and leaf motif to use together or seperately in your papercrafts.



ASSORTED FRUIT.

Six pretty little dies which i think will prove very popular, I love the jar by the way.



NESTED APPLES.

Three nested apples make up the trio of new fruity dies for today.



Well thats it for day five and i will post the next ones tomorrow.
Im going to have a coffee now and then check i have remembered everything for tomorrow cos you know how dizzy i am haha.
Smiles Rob Gordon and Harry.

New Spellbinders Dies Day 4

Another snowy day here and we are in for more apparently my cold seems to be going though and i will be back at work to help Gordon tomorrow hopefully.
So heres todays dies and they all have a baby theme.

NEW ARRIVAL

Five dies for baby cards and scrapbook pages and arent they cute.


IMPRESSABILITIES NEW ARRIVAL

An Impressabilities with the same characters to match the new arrival dies.



NESTED DUCKS

These are fun what a splashing idea.





BABY BORDERABILITIES

Really like these borders too.





NURSERY TIME FRAMEABILITIES

And the frames just finish it off nicely so come on which ones will you be choosing.

I will be back tomorrow with day fives selection and i cant wait to see them.
Smiles Rob Gordon and Harry.

New Spellbinders Dies Day 3

Well its snowing again here so here are four more dies to warm you up.

LOTUS PENDANTS

Anther stunning pendant design that will be going into my stash bag.

LOTUS BORDERABILITIES PETITE.

These will work beautifully with the Lotus pendants or as borders in their own right.

NESTED OWLS

Three differnt sized cute owl shapes for you to have fun with.

FAIR ISLE PENDANTS

Another fabulous pendant set to play with here.

FAIR ISLE BORDERABILITIES PETITE

Two pretty borders to use for your card making projects.

So there are todays new dies which will be avaiable here in Mid February. In a few days i will put them up on the web shop and you can then pre order to make sure you get them first.
I am off to have a hot toddy now as i have been full of a cold for the last three days,but thanks to lots of vitamin C and my home -made cold recipe i am almost over it now,( just hope i dont get a cough).
Smiles and Rob,Gordon and Harry.

New Spellbinders Dies Day 2

Heres four more die sets for you today and they have an Easter Theme but some of them can be used for all sorts of other paper crafting projects.

Enjoy.

CROSS COLLECTION

These are beautiful and can be used for all sorts of occasions cant wait to play.

NESTED EGGS

Wow i like these and can see hundreds of possibilities so not just for Easter.

EASTER BORDERS PETITE

These are sure to be a big hit for Easter and springtime cards

EASTER FUN

Five cute little dies to add to your Easter cards and Scrapbook pages.

Well i hope you like todays little collection and i will post some more tomorrow.

Smiles Rob Gordon and Harry.

A Week Of New Spellbinders Dies YIPPEEEEE

Well here we go again folks, Each day for a week i will be posting the new dies from Spellbinders. That means New Nestabilities,edgeabilities,borderabilities and lots more.

I will be putting them up on the shop pages when they are all revealed and then you can all make your choices.

Remember four sets of Nestabilities will be £60.00 and its always free postage.

I cant wait to see them all.

Heres the first lot

JUMBO SCALLOPED PETITE BORDERABILITIES.

Mmm THis one looks interesting im going to enjoy trying this one out.

BIG SCALLOP BORDER GRANDE.

I can see this coming in very useful too

BIG SCALLOP OVALS LARGE

Now i definately need this one

BIG SCALLOP OVALS SMALL

I think i may also need this one

So these are the first four little beauties , be sure to pop by tomorrow and see the next newbies that are coming.

They will be arriving here mid February so be sure to pre order to guarantee you get first choice.

Smiles Robert Gordon and Harry x

A Happy New Snowy Year

Hi all

Hope you all had a great Christmas and you got all the things you asked for off Santa, and a very happy new year to you all.The last two months have been very busy for us but we did manage to get a couple of mini breaks in ( one in Rome in November and one in Cologne in December ) but we never had time to relax as there was just too much to see and do.

We did have a really chilled out and relaxing Christmas though just getting all our energy back and of course eating watching loads of Christmas specials and lots of strolls with Harry.

The snow here is amazing i havnt seen it laying so thick for years and of course Harry loves it and we cant keep him in. As it was our day off today we have been out walking most of the day trying to make smowmen but Harry cant resist jumping on them before they have been built haha.

The pic at the top was him in the park today and as you can see he was slowly turning into a snowdog.

Im making some more samples at the moment for our next appearance on Ideal World which is on January 12 th at 10.00 am weather permitting.

Heres a pic of me with Leonie from the last show we did and it was fab to see her again and i really enjoyed it.

I am going to close now but will try and post at least two or three times a week from now on as we have a lot of things to share with you and its one of my resolutions for the year too.

Smiles and a happy new year from Rob, Gordon and Harry

Instructions for using our Universal Magnetic Mats With The Big Shot

Heres the sandwich you will need to use our aperture mats with your Big Shot machine.

Big Shot Multi-purpose platform with both tabs.

4 A4 sheets of cardstock folded in half.

An A5 or A6 greetings card blank

An A5 or A6 Universal Magnetic Aperture Mat.

Nestabilities die of your choice

Big Shot Cutting Mat

Big Shot Apurture Sandwich from bottom up.

Start with your multi-purpose platform with both tabs over the top of it.

Now stack your four sheets of folded A4 cardstock on top of the multi purpose platform (this will be your shim)

Next place your nestabilitie die (cutting edge up) onto the magnetic aperture mat and slide this in between your greetings card blank and place this on top of your shim.

Finish by placing the Big Shot Cutting Mat on top of your sandwich and it is all now ready to go through your Big Shot Machine.

And Voila you have made your own aperture card.

Instructions for using our Universal Magnetic Mats With The Cuttlebug

Here are the instructions for using our aperture mats in your Cuttlebug.

For the Cuttlebug sandwich you will need.

Cuttlebug A plate.
2 peices of A4 card folded in half (this will act as your shim)
A5 or A6 greeting card blank.
Universal Magnetic Aperture Mat ( A5 or A6)
Nestabilities Die of your choice.
2 Cuttlebug B plates.

Starting at the bottom of the sandwich first place your Cuttlebug A plate.
Now place the two folded peices of A4 card on top of the Cuttlebug A plate.
Place your Magnetic Aperture Mat inside the greeting card blank and then place the nestabilities Die (cutting edge upwards) onto the magnetic Aperture Mat (BLACK SIDE ) where you want the aperture to be. Once you have done this place your card with the aperture mat on top of the two peices of A4 card.
Now place your two Cuttlebug B plates on top of your greeting card blank and your sandwich is complete.
Run your sandwich through your Cuttlebug and you will have the perfect aperture card with hardly any or no mark on the back.

Smiles, Robert Gordon and Harry.

Sorry for the long gap in blogging folks.

Yep im really sorry for not blogging for ages but it has been a hectic time here what with weddings, funerals, stock taking, papercraft show season and going on the telly and all the stuff life chucks at you now and again to keep you on your toes we just havnt had a minute but we love it that way.

I thought i would throw on a couple of pics to let you catch up so here goes.

Here are some of the girls who come and play at the ATC club we hold on the last friday of the month. The club is free and you just bring all your own things with you and learn and share new ideas and techniques from each other and make new friends too.The next club get together is Friday 27th November and starts at 12.00 in the afternoon and finishes around 4.00ish. So if you would like to come along and have some fun and make some great friends you are more than welcome, OH and we also keep you supplied with tea coffee and biscuits throughout the afternoon too.

That same evening we went and called at my brother and sister in laws house to see how married life was treating them and they were having a halloween eve party (or were they haha). As you can see i never needed a costume i always look scarey.

That weekend was spent trying to get as many samples as possible ready for Ideal World on Monday 2nd November and can i just say another thank you to our design team girls who were just fab with getting as much done as they could in such a short time Di,Jean,Pauline,Sandra and Julie you are little stars and we love you Thank You All So Much.

After the TV it was time to get ready for the NEC and Thank you to everyone who came and bought from us we really do appreciate your support and were'nt Julies demonstrations fabulous. Harry and i looked after the shop while Gordon and the girls were at the NEC and we had a stock take and good clean up while we could.

Wednesday saw another one of my 3 dimensional nestabilities frame workshops and i dont think we stopped laughing all day i really enjoyed it girls and i must say you really all did so well and once you had got the first frames done there really was no stopping you all, even though four of you hadnt used wizards and cuttlebugs before and the frames you all made were stunning.

Today i have been experimenting with a new caught in crystal technique ive devised that isnt messy at all and looks fantastic i think better than the original method.

Heres a few pics but im afraid because of the glitzy quality of them the camera doesnt do them justice.

I call this caught in crystal technique the Klimpt Method because you work in triangles and other geometric shapes to build your layers up.

ordinary stamped image on right and Klimpt Method on left. It really does sparkle beautifully in real life.

Ordinary Stamped image on left and Klimpt Method image on the right It almost looks like stained glass.

And finally my newest rubber stamp design watercoloured on the left and Klimpt Method on the right.

Please tell me what you think of them and i will put others up as i make them and keep experimenting.

Smiles Robert Gordon and Harry