Crafty As L

As we say goodbye to 2023, I thought I'd look back over the past 12 months and pick out my favourite makes and moments.   I finished off my crafting this year with these tree ornaments from patterns by mmmcrafts , which I made for Christmas gifts. A blingy Mrs Claus, from the 'Twas The Night series.  I made Santa Claus for my friend last year. The first day from the 12 Days of Christmas ornaments One of the highlights of my year has been my new, extended craft room.   I’ve been busy moving my stuff in the past couple of weeks.   I’ve had a good clear out; chucked some things away, re-found others I’d forgotten that I bought(!) and given a load of things to the charity shop.   Still some work to do but I’m about 90% there.   I’m really looking forward to getting creative in there. I love that I’ve now got an area to display things too, as well as lots of lovely storage! My year started with a high when I went up to Practical Publishing HQ to meet the...

Well, it doesn’t seem like a year since I was creating an anniversary card for my parents’ golden wedding but clearly it is, so it’s also time to create another one!   I had in my mind a floral frame featuring dandelion silhouettes with some lettering on top.  It was clearly a job for the Cricut. I started in Design Space by adding various dandelion, floral and leaf elements and arranging and rearranging them into a square to create my background floral frame. Next, I added two cut out sections so that my letters would stand out more and then added the text.  I went for a bouncy alignment as this allowed the words to be cut as whole pieces (more or less!).  I then cut out the frame and two white versions of the sentiments. I also cut a purple version of the sentiment for the top layer. The reason for the white layers was to build up dimension so the sentiment stood proud of the frame.  I glued the two white sentiments onto the frame and then stuck the pu...