Crafty As L

  Last month, my ‘little’ sister turned 50.   That made me feel old!   She is a huge cat fan so that was to be my theme.   When I first got Visible Image’s limited-edition Purr-fect Birthday stamp set, I immediately thought that the various images would be perfect for using on a triple step card, like the one I made here . Usually, I work in inches but, after reading my own blog post, I remembered that the card wouldn’t fit in the envelope so this time I used cm and cut a rectangle 22.5cm x 13.5cm and scored it at 4.5cm/2.25cm intervals .   I also added an extra element with the fold out card at the front, cutting a card base 4.5cm x 9cm and scoring in the centre.   To start, I cut and scored the card bases. Next, I cut all the mat and topper sections.   I cut the black mats 0.25cm smaller at   4.25cm/2cm square and the toppers 0.25cm smaller than the mats at 4cm/1.75cm.  It requires 2 large black, 3 large white and 7 each of the smaller squares (not 6 as shown here). I got s

The theme for this week’s Design Team posts is “Food & Drinks”.   For some reason it got me to thinking about the pandemic lockdown of 2020 and when people started to build their own bar in the garden when they couldn’t go to the pub.   We don’t have a garden bar but we do have a small, west-facing balcony where we like to partake of a sundowner - a glass of fizz or a G&T are our favourite tipples.   During a recent tidy-out of my craft room, I discovered some MDF door hangers that I’d bought many years ago at a craft fayre so the idea for some home décor was sown. To get things started, I painted the door hanger with black gesso as I didn’t fancy the brown background.   Of course, you can paint it whatever colour you fancy! Next, to add a bit of bling (and because I LOVE them!) I positioned the  Painted Grid stencil over the hanger and sprayed some Distress Spritz in Twisted Citron, Fossilized Amber, Uncharted Mariner and Barn Door.   On the reverse side, I reposition