Signing on to a new adventure!

Last week I run a little impromptu competition on my Instagram (I do post giveaways there quite regularly... and without much forethought!) where I asked if you could guess which Design Team I've just joined. It was so fun reading your different answers and it took a couple of hours but eventually the lucky Michelle guessed that I've joined Sizzix!!!

 

This will be quite new and different for me and I'm coming on board as a video blogger. Now you all know I'm a big fan of die cuts so that part's not going to be hard at all! And oh man.... you should see the haul they've sent me to work with. Including a brand new Big Shot Plus machine! That thing is huge and has so much potential for cutting out large dies. I'm so excited!

My girls are pretty excited too. No less because my very first project was to make something for both of them! There's a sneak peek of it in this photo ;-) You know they love getting involved in my videos and crafty adventures so I hope Sizzix knows they've actually just signed up 3 new designers!

Meanwhile, I have to admit I haven't been all that familiar with the Sizzix website in the past but now I'm such a fan. They've got so many project ideas that cover all sorts of crafting genres, instructional videos, blog posts, freebies, and so much more. This week the featured video is going to take you through a rustic wedding bunting project (which is great timing for me as we're in the midst of gearing up for my brother's wedding later this year!)

There's also a video tutorial on how to use your die cuts as stencils with some really awesome projects to be made - complete with downloadable instructions! You can see that here.

And one more thing you need to know about is the FREE paper archive they have. Yep, you heard that right... FREE digital papers for you to download and print for future use! Check it out here.

 

I'll be sure to let you know when my first post goes live, but in the meantime go and be inspired by all the awesomeness already on the blog.