First off, Happy New Year!
I have made a couple of resolutions this year, one of which is to loose weight (around a stone & I will be content!). That one is going well, I've managed to loose 3lbs already, even with all of the chocolate in the house!
The other one isn't going as well... to blog more often! So far, I haven't. This will be my first post!
I posted a while back (last June!) and mentioned Humphrey's Corner, and how much I wanted the whole set. For my birthday, in September, I was given some money, so I ordered the entire Christmas Humphrey set (and the whole Snowman set, apart from the first cd rom) ready for my Christmas crafting. And I was not dissapointed! It is all absolutely adorable, everyone was even more pleased with their Christmas cards this year :)
Another item which made my Christmas cards even better this year was the Ultimate Pro - I bought the birthday kit back in October, and if anyone out there is wondering whether to buy it, you really should! It makes making all of your cards much easier: this year I had the ability to make so many different cards, without having to worry about having to find an envelope to fit them - I just made all of them with it too! I even used the Pro to embellish some cards.
The final item I would recommend is the Cuttlebug, an item which I bought along with the Pro, to improve my Christmas cards more. It is so easy to use and makes any card look more professional, and if you're selling your cards it will add extra value to them too!
Due to my overspending towards the end of last year, I'm not supposed to be spending much money on crafting for a while. But I already have a list of items I hope to get at some point this year:
- some of the spellbinders dies, especially nestabilities & fanciful flight
- some new Cricut cartridges, especially the Disney range
- the first Humphrey cd rom + the first 2 stamp sets
- the entire Strawberry Kisses range - I've already fallen in love with the cute pup & kitten and it hasn't even launched yet! Sally Hunter is such a talented lady
- the first Snowman cd rom
- the Enveloplus
- some more Popcorn Pals cds.
That's already getting to be quite a large list, hopefully there won't be too many amazing launches this year, or that list will continue to grow! I also need to complete my Papercraft Library set too.
All in all, this year I could probably do with winning a lot of money so I can just get everything at once & get busy experimenting!
I will have to upload some pics of my cards sometime soon, when I can find the time! And I will definitely try to stick to my resolutions...
Happy crafting! :) xx
