Crafty As L

This past week has been about remembering those who served and, sadly are still serving, in the various wars.   We were delighted to have our dear friend, Dougie, a WW2 veteran, staying with us for a few days and we had some lovely trips out together.  My crocheted poppy  wreath  was also dug out of storage and hung on the front door. On Monday, it was my Visible Image DT post which remembered the role of animals during conflicts.   I go to a local art group on a Monday morning and I didn’t have anything sketched so I had a go at copying a painting I saw on Facebook which accompanied a very poignant poem called “One Thousand Men Are Walking”.   I can’t credit the artist as I can't find the name anywhere.  Anyway, here is my version. On 11 th , Project 71, the veteran’s group where I volunteer, were invited by the Royal Navy to a remembrance service followed by a lunch in the wardroom at HMS Excellent on Whale Island.   One of the ve...

  This week, I learned that a technique that I’ve been using for years actually has a name!  It’s called the Faux Torn technique, as the finished card looks like it has a torn strip of patterned paper stuck to the card when it’s actually an inked panel.  It’s very simple to do and a change of the inked colours or stamped images completely alters the look. To begin, I tore the edges off the sticky edge of a post-it note although torn copier paper will do just fine too. Next, I blended two or three complementary colours into the torn gap, followed by some simple stamping. Lastly, I added a greeting and mounted the card on layers to match the blended colours. This is another version done in different colours and stamp. For this card, rather than just simple stamping, I heat embossed the design and then used the Subtle embossing folder for some texture. My last card was a card for my in-laws’ 40 th wedding anniversary.  I repeated the torn panel to cover more of th...