Crafty As L

  Hello and welcome to my fortnightly Visible Image design team inspiration blog post and this week I’m focusing on the  Splash of Whisky stamps and  co-ordinating dies but giving them a Christmas twist by adding in the  Christmas Eve stamp set.   You've still got time to get your hands on a 30% discount off the Christmas category with code CC30 until the end of October 2023. My plan was a Christmas tipple in a cozy log cabin so f or the log cabin, I stamped the shelf from the Splash of Whisky multiple times using Verafine Clair Pinecone ink pad then water-coloured using Distress Ink Vintage Photo ink.   I die cut one (for the sentiment from Christmas Wishes ) and fussy cut the rest. I originally gold embossed the sentiment but redid it in white so it showed up more. I added a thin stripe of glue along one edge of each plank and adhered the next plank to create wood panelling. Some side pieces were added and I trimmed the bottom off the wood ...

Have you made all your Christmas cards yet? Every year, I think I’ll make a few each month so that by December, I can just write and send.  It never works out like that. I did make two in January but then didn’t make any more until October or November and ended up ‘panic crafting’ in December.  The trouble with that is, it’s not always much fun.  Maybe I’ll do better next year…? In the Black Friday sale, I purchased a few cutting files to use with my Cricut Maker machine to create some Christmas cards so I have not one, but six, cards to share with you this week.  To begin, here’s a card I made last year when I didn’t know much about cutting files!  I used the Cricut to write the skinny letters and draw the holly and cut out the big words in metallic vinyl. This next one was a free download called minimalist trees.  I switched the stars from the original as I prefer 5-pointed stars.  The infills made a bonus tag! My sister loves th...