Crafty As L

  Our Visible Image DT theme this week is “Gratitude & Reflection” and it’s been a tough one for me to do.   Our little girly cat went missing almost 3 weeks ago and despite all our efforts, there has been no news.     She was a real home body so this behaviour is most out of character.   My husband and I are very worried and it’s been a distressing time.   So, my inspiration for my art journal page was to try and get myself into a more positive mindset with a calm, misty mountain scene. A muted colour scheme seemed appropriate so I selected Distress Inks in Stormy Sky and Weathered Wood and blended them onto the sky area before spritzing with Lost Shadow Distress Spray Stain and Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Spray. Using a torn paper mask and the smallest fir tree from Christmas Eve , I spritzed the page with water and then stamped the trees in Bundled Sage and Iced Spruce Distress Inks, using second generation stamping for some more distant trees. ...

“Just Because” is our Design Team theme this week and my brief was for a non-card project.   My friend has just begun chemo and immunotherapy treatment after being diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer so I had her in mind to make this for.   She’s a complete chocoholic so thought I’d take her some Freddos at my next visit and thought they’d look great in a little gift box-bag.   After debating which products to use, I spotted the ladybird and leaf on the chocolate wrapper so that decided it: Little Ladybirds stamp set and  Leafy stencil. The beauty of this box-bag is that you can make whatever size you need, although it might be necessary to join two pieces of card together for a large one.   Just decide what width and depth of bag is required, add up all the sides and add ½” for the tab.   For the height, add whatever depth you’ve chosen minus ¼” plus the desired height of the bag.   I find it helpful to make a little sketch to visualise all t...