Ok I have not crafted for ages using my Pazzles I am still waiting for Pazzles to produce software that I can use with my Apple iMac. but I have the software installed on a windows laptop so Ive had a bit of a play today.
The bird and swirl are a file I created some time ago I have used the bird on a quilt I made last year, so I made him bigger. I applied heat n bond ultra to my fabric and then cut out the design with my Pazzles I used the stiffened fabric setting in the control panel but I upped my pressure. All I had to do them was peel off the backing from the heat n bond and iron it onto the oven cloth. I used a blanket stitch setting on my sewing machine for decoration. They look different colours but the first one was taken when the sun was shining, the second one is the true colour.
So at weekend I spent some time cleaning out my sewing machine and today I decided I would clean one of my mats that I use with my Pazzles electronic cutting machine.
The first photo shows the mat before I had done anything to it.
The second photo shows the mat after I had sprayed it with Crafters Companion Stick Away, this products is great it loosens all the build up of gunk on the mat so that you can scrape it clean.
The final photo shows the mat with masking tape all around the edges and it has been sprayed with Crafters Companion Stick n Spray reposition-able adhesive, which has been left for a short while and once I remove the masking tape I will have a more or less new mat to start using again for my projects. Just look how clean and new it looks.
Dont think once your mat is old you have to throw it away just bring them back to life for a while longer.
I wanted to make a smash type book/junk journal for a friend for Christmas but she is into all things vintage and althought I like some of the old vintage things its not really my style so I had to take my time and choose my supplies carefully. I chose scrapbook paper from a K & Co stack, Ive added quotes, sayings, pockets and envelopes, velum and some plain paper. I have also used some of the Tim Holts distress inks to edge all of the papers.
I wanted to keep the front of my book fairly simple so I have added some dark brown ribbon an old key I had and I made a crochet flower from a you tube video as an embellishment. I cut the word Journal on my Pazzles inspiration cutter.
I have not done any crochet for many many years so I had to look on youtube for some help, I watched a few different videos so one of the photos shows my attempts but in the end I went with a 5 petal flower which can be found Here this was a recommendation from someone on a forum I use.