Design Team Competition

Ok I am putting together a design team to help me make samples. I was doing it all by my ownsome but time is always against me. The samples will be used to demonstrate my craft CDs on Create and Craft TV. Imagine seeing your work on our favorite craft channel. If you have a blog and you are interested then please put 2 of the best cards you have made on your blog with the title Crafty Catz Design Team Competition and put a link back to my blog. Once you have done this email me and let me know why you want to join the design team. Once I have narrowed it down I will ask for 2 samples that you have made to be sent by post to me.

You can email me at craftycatzmail@googlemail.com
website www.craftycatz.co.uk

I look forward to hearing from you.
Pamela
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The Happy Hoppers CD was released on Create and Craft TV. I offered this as a multibuy with the Alpha Bears CD. It has been extremely popular. For the last show I had Leonie who was sweet but felt there wasn't enough time to show everything on the disk. I tried to put a video on here but it doesn't work but there is one on the Crafty Catz website showing the images from the disk. To the left is a collage of some of the images available. The multibuy offer is still available on the Crafty Catz website.

Craft CD debut on Create and Craft

Well the new CD was launched on Create and Craft yesterday 29th October 2009 on Create and Craft TV. I had the lovely Martyn, he was super to work with. I am so glad that the show went well and even happier that my hands didn't shake like crazy. I met Sara from Crafters Companion, and was so amazed at how lovely and down to earth she was. You might have expected someone who has had the phenomenal success that she has had over the past 4 years that she would have been different but what a top girl. She even gave me a few good pieces of advice for the show, I really appreciated that who wouldn't she is such a pro. Christine from Pinflair was there, I already met her at my screen test and again she was very lovely, a really nice lady. The day went by so quickly and the hour long show seemed to pass in a flash. The only down side was the 6 hour drive home and watching the show back how utterly fat I looked. They say a camera adds 10lbs but oh dear might need to get to a gym lol.
Alpha Bears Now available http://www.craftycatz.co.uk/

All went well

Well the screen test went really well. I got Howard who is lovely. It seemed a bit daunting but everyone was brilliant. It was a very long day though travelling from Scotland and back. I met Christine from Pinflair and she was a really nice lady too, very friendly and down to earth. It made waiting a pleasure. Thanks to Cheryl for your kind words Pamela x

Screen Test

Going for my screen test for Create and Craft tomorrow. I am getting really nervous an I have hrs on the train to think more about it. I'm sure it will be fine but it is facing the unknown aggrrrr who needs laxative when the nerves are there. Wish me luck

Pamela
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Some Alpha Bears

I managed to get round to making a few Alpha Bears samples. Going to enrol the help of my Pazzles for shapes to mount my images on. It really is brilliant, cuts through everything I have thrown at it with 1 pass. I even managed a template of a side step card, I must admit I am too lazy to do all that measuring each time. Mind you kept getting it slightly out size wise to do it on a complete A4 size so had to ask my engineer hubby to work out the sizes. Anyway here are a few of the cards I have made. Head over to http://www.craftycatz.co.uk to find out more about the CD for more.

Alpha Bears CD finished

WAHOO!!!!!
My CD is finally finished and I am so proud of it. It would have been finished ages ago but I didn't want to just chuck it out in folders. I wanted it presented professionally and easy to use. So it has landed, an easy to navigate menu with interactive features to let people edit inserts and greetings tiles. I have started working on my next one as Create and Craft want to air it, just need to get my finger out regarding samples etc. Mind you they say the camera adds 10lbs might be a good time to get cracking on the diet and hope only 1 camera points at me at a time.
Check out my website more samples will be added when I get time to post them http://www.craftycatz.co.uk/

Love Word book on the pazzles

I did this word book on my pazzles, I had designed it ages ago for the Craft Robo, but used a converter to change it over for the Pazzles software. Bound it with my Bind it all, I had to use it for something, I bought it ages ago and must hang my head in shame as it has hardly been used.

Flippin Bookie

I made this card for my dads birthday. I still love the La Pashe Flipping range. I made the apperture card on the pazzles to mount the Flipping Men decoupage on. I used 3 pieces of A4 card. I cut 2 with appertures and a dashed line to fold which was used to join the apperture part to the plain piece of A4. on the second piece of A4 card the dashed piece was cut off then both appertures were stuck together with acetate in the middle. Oh I hope that makes sense. I cut out dad in mirri board along with corners on the Pazzles. Any way the finished result is the card below. He loved it as he does like a bit of a flutter

Pazzles Arrived

After having a love affair with my Craft Robo for 18months or so I decided although I did love him I wanted something with a bit more oomph!!! I searched the Internet and read all about various machines. I fancied a Bosscut Gazelle but they aren't available in the UK unless you ship them in yourself from the US. Not ideal as if something goes wrong, it can be a pain. Then after looking in to the pazzles I made my mind up that this was the one I wanted. After a carry on to get it from a UK supplier (who will remain unnamed) I am tempted to name and shame but I won't. My lovely pazzles arrived. She is quite a bit bigger than my robo but by goodness is she quieter. And boy does she do as she is told. I have cut fun foam thick and thin on it to make finger puppets and a mask for my little boy, glitter card, thick card and mirri board all cut like butter. She cuts bigger, better and I know exactly where she will cut. Love her to bits. Not tried embossing with her but I do have the tool for it but might need the mat. I think I will keep my Robo for print and cut projects, I have heard that the Pazzles does a print and cut but it doesn't have an optical eye . Will look into it further when I have time.