Crafty As L

  Happy New Year! This week’s post is a card I made for my Mum’s birthday a couple of months ago.  It was inspired by this fabulous card I received for my birthday from a complete stranger!  I’m a member of a birthday club in a Facebook crafting group who are fans of Lavinia Stamps and this card was from one of the ladies (Kirsty) in that group.  I was super impressed by this card and felt very lucky that someone had spent so much time and effort making such a beautiful card.  I hadn’t heard of the Scene-Scape papers from Lavinia but decided to try some out.  This particular one is called Midnight Magic. To begin, I blended ink to make some hills onto the scene to give some sense of depth to the scene. Next, I stamped the scene.  I’m not usually into fairies but I liked Seren (she was on another card I received from the group) so I went out of my comfort zone and bought her.  I added a little yellow ink to give the lamp some ...

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 ...