Hello Friends
Sorry it has been so long since I posted...but ...like most people I am finding this year is hurtling by at a rate of knots and time slips away from me. Thank you for joining me though..your love and time is so very much appreciated.
So first of all..a card.......
A Creative Expressions 6" x 6" embossing folder coloured with oxide inks and a finger dauber. The 70 was cut several times in white and layered...the top layer was cut from a piece of card that I had coloured with the same colours used on the folder, Finally the addition of some matching enamel dots.
Now for the cautionary tale......
I recently used, or should I say tried to use, a 3D embossing folder from Memory Box in my Gemini machine....now I know that these folders are thick...and plates have to be adjusted which was what I did ..right? The machine started to take the combination and then stopped...it wouldn't reverse...and was well and truly ..you guessed it Stuck!
I rang Crafters Companion...quite upset by this time...where was Alan when I needed him (late husband)...he used to be the official repair guy in the UK for Spellbinders and rescued many a stuck plate from a Grand Calibur. I know you would think I would know better...but it did start to accept the sandwich until it got to the really thick part.
Anyway Crafters Companion were brilliant and for £35 they collected my machine, rescued the contents and returned my machine and embossing folder. I had only one tiny piece of card in the folder just covering one flower.
SO......my cautionary tale is not to put 3D folders (other than Crafters Companion) in your Gemini...or if you do then double check the thickness of your sandwich. (not the one you ate for lunch!)......you probably are more sensible than me and already aware of this!
I have resorted to my old Big Shot with card shims and now am very wary...in fact quite scared to use my Gemini for anything other than cutting.
Crafters Companion also advised that Sizzix 3D folders would not go through the Gemini.
ON a last note a question for my blogging friends in America who MUST have these Magnolia 3D folders (so pretty) with dies from Memory Box...what machine do you use? and what is your sandwich?
My sons wedding is now less than 3 weeks away...outfit almost sorted! (It's been a nightmare) and I am looking forward to seeing my other son as he flies in from Australia soon. A shame the rest of his family will not be here, it would have been lovely to see the children too.
Thank you for staying with me, I hope you are all safe and well and hopefully I will be back soon.
October tomorrow!......not started Christmas yet!!
Love and crafty hugs
Carole xx
