Do you have any hobbies?

rish
rish Online Community Member Posts: 62 Contributor
edited June 2022 in Coffee lounge
I have a few but recently I bought a Cricut Maker. I used that to make this card :)

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  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    I have a couple, gardening and bass guitar. I rarely read books though. 🙂
  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    Wow, that looks great @rish! Very professional :) 
    I love making cards too. I have a Big Shot die cutting machine (not as posh as yours!). I do needle felting, glass cutting, Christmas wreaths and general paper crafts too.
    Do you have any other crafts you enjoy doing?
  • rish
    rish Online Community Member Posts: 62 Contributor
    leeCal That's very cool. The guitar is on my list to learn one day :)

    @starlingbird Thank you :) I did also consider getting the Big Shot machine too, as I love the embossing effect you can create with it. One day I will get one of those too. I did look into needle felting. What kind of things do you make? I have had a go at Crochet, knitting, making amigurami's, making cards, and even painting.
  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    Oh, I forgot to mention gardening too! What type of things does everyone like to grow? 

    @rish You sound like an enthusiastic multi-crafter :) I make animals and toadstools lol.
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    edited June 2022
    I like growing flowers mostly, gazanias, Californian poppies, Canterbury bells, anything pretty. I especially like freesias for their colour and perfume but I haven’t grown any for years since I don’t have a green house, you can grow them without one but I prefer to breathe in the lovely fragrances in a greenhouse. 

    @Starlingbird, animals are great!
  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    Thanks @leeCal :) I bet your garden is beautiful with all those flowers!

    Thanks @Teddybear12 :) Sounds like you have some great veg growing there! I'm growing veg this year, with varying degrees of success lol

    I have used some naturally-moulted feathers from my hens on the owl. I don't feel I'm very skilled at needle felting, but if you google 'needle felted animals' you will be amazed at what  people can do....some of the animals look real. 
  • rish
    rish Online Community Member Posts: 62 Contributor
    Starlingbird said:
    Oh, I forgot to mention gardening too! What type of things does everyone like to grow? 

    @rish You sound like an enthusiastic multi-crafter :) I make animals and toadstools lol.
    Those are amazing work! :)
  • rish
    rish Online Community Member Posts: 62 Contributor
    Biblioklept said:
    rish said:
    I have a few but recently I bought a Cricut Maker. I used that to make this card :)

    I love this! Are they difficult to use? 
    It took me a few days to get the hang of it. I use a software to design the card called Affinity Designer as the designing software it comes with is subscription based and I can't justify the cost.
  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    @rish Aww, thank you for your kind comment :)
    You sound more techie than I am! My Big Shot just has a handle to turn, like an old mangle lol.
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    Some great crafts going on here!

    I love my garden it's my go to place, i love my tree's hedges, flowers - all sorts i haven't got a green house but i use a plastic pop up one, which works well for me. I grow lots of different herbs, strawberry's, tomatoes, green beans. My grand daughters love the rose petals and make a great mush telling me it's perfume ha ha.

    I only do craft and arty stuff with the grand kids.
  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    @SueHeath Your garden sounds wonderful! Growing things to eat is so fulfilling. 
    Your story about your granddaughters mushing up the rose petals and calling it perfume made me laugh 😁
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
    The card looks fantastic @rish! 

    My partner and I had a go at felting recently. They're not quite as good as yours @Starlingbird... :D We had fun though, which is the important thing!

    two felted cacti
  • Starlingbird
    Starlingbird Online Community Member Posts: 168 Empowering
    @Tori_Scope Oh, they are great! What a fab idea to do cacti too👍
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
    Yes, it was a kit my mum got for me @Starlingbird :) I'd definitely give it another go, as we were getting the hang of it a bit more by the end. 

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