Crafty As L

  Hello and welcome to my Halloween inspiration DT post for this week.   I usually do a Monday post but Rachel and I swapped so, for this week, here I am on a Friday instead! I had a ball creating this interactive card, using lots of different sets and trying out a technique I’d seen on this blog to make a spooky Halloween moon. For the focal image, I was thinking of a scarecrow with a pumpkin head so I stamped the Christmas Jumper and small pumpkin from Happy Halloween onto scraps of Tomorrow’s Memories Paper Pad and clear heat embossed. The jumper was decorated using the Knitted stamp. These were glued onto scraps of black card, fussy cut and set aside. For the moon background, I used the large circle mask from Bubbles & Fizz on a half sheet of A4 card and sprayed over liberally with Crushed Olive, Dusty Concord & Black Soot Distress Spray Stains and Black Soot Distress Oxide Spray.   I carefully lifted off the mask (keep it inky for later!), blotted s...

I was fortunate enough to be sent a load of goodies by Arden Creative Studios a few weeks ago.   It was a mix of stuff, some festive, including things that I don’t usually use such as rub-ons and ephemera, so I thought it about time I had a play with them. On an A4 piece of card, I stamped the Wispy Stems using Versafine Clair Morning Mist, using 2 nd generation stamping to create some tonal variation. I added some splatter using gold metallic watercolour paint and Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Spray. After chopping the card into four to make backgrounds for A6 sized cards, I used Iced Spruce Distress Oxide and the Maker’s Marks, stamping randomly.   I used a different mark on each panel. For the next layer, I used Botanical Clusters 01 and black ink.   I also edged each panel with the gold watercolour paint too. Using the ephemera pack and Page Starters Rub-On Transfer sheet, I created the various toppers, adding Season of Joy enamel dots to some.  Each panel ...

Our DT theme this week celebrates the new Tomorrow’s Memories release and for my CAS make, I’m taking advantage of the beautiful Tomorrow's Memories  paper pad and a few of the other new goodies.   Have you had a chance to check them out yet? To begin, I stamped and clear heat-embossed the butterfly clock from Counting Moments  on a piece of orange paper.   I love how Mark's done all the hard work creating an interesting background for you – perfect for a quick make! After trimming the panel to 4¾” square, I used the number column stamp to add some interest around the edges, again heat-embossing with clear powder. The sentiment is from Present Times  and, after a liberal dusting with an anti-static tool, I stamped with Versamark and heat set with white embossing powder.   To add a bit of interest to the card blank, I tore a strip of Destination Anywhere PET tape  in half and adhered one of the strips to the front edge.   I’d made the front...

Since Mikey Mouse put in appearance here , I’ve been having a great time with the Spellbinders Say Cheese Classic Mouse sets.   I made this card for another friend who is sadly starting treatment for cancer.   I rearranged the arms, attempting to make it look like Mr Mouse is flexing his bicep!   The background was decorated with Arden’s Maker’s Marks. There is also a lady Mouse in the set so I’ve been combining the two to make wedding and anniversary cards.   The anniversary card was just a straight die-cutting exercise – the most challenging bit was getting all the letters onto the card front!   For the wedding cards, I made her skirt from real silk by using double sided adhesive sheet to adhere the fabric to thin card.    It needed a few passes through the Big Shot but worked fine.   The adhesive sheet also helped prevent the fabric fraying at the cut edges.   To get the mice to hold hands, I had to chop and change the arms a bit. ...