Crafty As L

When I saw the Breaking Glass stencil, it immediately occurred to me to pair it with the Time To Par-tee stamps, with a golf ball breaking the glass.   I’m no golfer but I am partial to a round of crazy golf! I started by making a background using Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio and Broken China Distress Spray Stains. Once the background was dry, I stamped the golfer and the flag on it.   On a separate piece of card, I stamped and clear heat-embossed the large golf ball and the words. My tip when using stencils with very fine details is to apply a temporary adhesive to the back of them first.   This will stop the stencil lifting from the card and letting the paste seep under.   I use Crafter’s Companion Stick and Spray and let it dry for a couple of minutes before using the stencil.   I then used a translucent stencil paste and removed the stencil.  Don't forget to wash the stencil immediately in hot, soapy water! I added white iridescent glitter, tapped off the exces

The Waffle Flower Cattitude stamp set was still out on my desk from one of my previous posts so when I needed a card for a cat-lover, that was the 'purr-fect' set to use.   To start with, I made my background using Distress Stains in Lumberjack Plaid, Mustard Seed and Broken China plus plenty of water.   I was lucky enough to win a set of 12 Ranger Distress Spritz   sprays in a Facebook competition organised by Country View Crafts and so I tried the Weathered Wood out on my background.   Wow! The amount of shimmer and sparkle is amazing!   Unfortunately, the camera doesn’t pick it up but in real life, it’s gorgeous. I stamped the sentiment from Newton’s Nook Cat-itude in the bottom corner first.   Whilst I usually work in inches, when I’m making DL cards, I use cm instead.   The main panel is 9cm x 20cm and the black backing is 0.5cm bigger.   This made the next step quite simple as I cut a 3cm strip of white card and positioned it in the centre of the background.   I di

Welcome to my latest Visible Image Design Team post.   Last month was the 4th birthday of 2 of our 4 cats, a pair who were a foster-fail from when we fostered 5 kittens for my friend’s rescue charity during the pandemic.   Scooby and his ‘brother’ Dill (who was actually from a different litter but all his siblings died) stole our hearts and a permanent place on our sofa.   I made these cards to say thank you to a couple of friends that have helped me out during a tough time in recent weeks. For quick backgrounds, I blended various Distress Inks onto 4” squares of card and spritzed them with water to blend the colours and lift off some spots. Using the Curious Cats stamp, I stamped the large cat’s face and whiskers onto each panel using Versafine Claire Nocturne ink. To make the eyes really pop, I coloured them using metallic and glitter markers.   Once they had dried, I used a white Posca marker for the highlights.   The noses were coloured using alcohol markers. The senti