Crafty As L

I just can’t stop making cards using the new Love of Nature release and for this week’s Design Team post, I’ve made a shaker card using the Brighter Days stamp set. To make the pond, I sprayed a half A4 piece of card using Cracked Pistachio, Chipped Sapphire and Salty Ocean Distress Spray Stains together with Peacock Feathers and Uncharted Mariner Distress Spritz.   I stamped the circles using Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide and then spattered some metallic chameleon watercolour for a little sparkle. After trimming the panel to 5¼” square, I blended Uncharted Mariner around the edges. Next, I used a craft knife to cut a freeform shape.   After attaching heat resistant acetate to the back of the hole, I white heat-embossed the circles. I glued the back of the pond to a piece of navy card and applied foam tape to the back of the top piece.   After adding sequins onto the back piece, the top section was stuck in place.   The navy card was then trimmed to size...

It’s nearly time for the big day, so our Design Team post theme this week is, appropriately, ‘Celebrate’.   Whilst it might be a bit late for crafting this project for Christmas Day, it’s a great little project if you’re having a celebration for New Year, or indeed anytime. First, I made the base to hold the gift.   For my miniature, I needed a box 2¼” square and 1” deep so I cut a strip of thick black card 2¼” wide and 8½” long and scored it at 2¼”, 3¼”, 5½” and 6½”.   I cut a circle from the middle square for the bottle. I reinforced all the fold lines before folding the box, adhering the 2” tab to the inside of the base.    The aperture was slightly too small for the bottle so I cut a series of tiny slits all the way around the edge to widen the opening but ensuring a snug fit. Next, I cut two 2¼” strips of heat-resistant acetate.   It MUST be heat-resistant acetate, otherwise it will just melt, like this… Each piece was scored at 2¼” and then ...