Crafty As L

These cards were borne from the leftovers from the die-cut windows from my Beary Good blog post from 28 May.   To make them look like tags, I punched a small hole into the corner of each one.   The Sizzix Framelits Tags Collection has three small tag dies so I cut a few of these to supplement the rectangles. Looking through my stash for sets with small images, I first settled on Mama Eelephant’s Cat’s Meow and stamped an image onto each tag. The next suitable set I found was Lawn Fawn’s Love Letters set. After some simple colouring using alcohol markers, I added a few white highlights using a white Posca pen.   Each tag was adhered to a craft card blank using thin foam tape and the sentiment stamped at the bottom. The second card was assembled the same way but I added a pink tassel to the top tag.

My creative mojo seems to have deserted me 😧.  I am feeling rather unsettled due to the uncertainty caused by the Coronavirus outbreak although I’m lucky that I have no family or friends that are infected.  Whether it’s this or something else entirely, I don’t know but I can’t seem to get my creative juices flowing and think of anything new.  So, this week’s mother's day cards are a remake of an oldie; the eclipse card but with new papers. I used the Magnolia Lane and Parisian Blossoms DSP for these cards with coordinating mat layers and card base.  I make 2 cards; one each for my lovely Mum and lovely Mum-in-law. I began by decorating the card liner and envelope using the strip trimmed off the front piece of DSP and stamped with the sentiment from Tea Together. Next, I used the (retired) large letter framelits to cut out MU. Once this was done, I replaced the M and cut that out and then glued the DSP onto the mat layer. I adhered foam strips onto the back ...

Back in November, my Mum reached a milestone birthday which warranted an extra special card.  For some time, I’ve been meaning to try out an easel card and also to create a floral wreath using the Jar of Love so I decided to combine the two. For this project, I used: Stampin’ Up! Jar of Love stamp set SU! Everyday Jars framelits SU! Large Letters Framelits & Letters For You stamps SU! Number of Years and Large Numbers framelits (sadly retired) 11½” x 5¾” Blackberry Bliss card scored at 5¾” and again at 2⅞” on one half 5¾” x 5¾” Blackberry Bliss card 5¼” x 5¼” Whisper White card 5½” x 5½” and 5” x 2” pieces of Always Artichoke (retired but I love it!) A couple of pieces of Smoky Slate card Silver embossing powder SU! Inks in Blackberry Bliss, Blushing Bride, Old Olive, Garden Green A 5½” x 2⅝” strip of DSP (I used one of the Frosted Florals pack) A scrap of silver glimmer paper Layered Leaves Embossing folder I started off by stamping ‘MUM’ in Blackberry Bliss ...