Crafty As L

Mr L and I have just celebrated our 10 th wedding anniversary.  I wanted to make him an extra special card for the day so it had to be a fun-fold.   A few years ago, I made a twist ‘n’ pop card from Sam Calcott’s YouTube tutorial so I decided another one of those would be perfect.   I had lots of requests for a video tutorial for my last card so I finally got around to making one to go with this; you can find it here or watch it at the bottom of this post.   This mechanism works for a vertical pop panel in a standard card style or a horizontal pop panel in a tent fold card, like I made here . I started by making a proforma that I could keep for a future reminder of the process and I wrote my notes inside too.   If making the actual card, decorate the pop panel before assembling as it doesn’t lie flat afterwards.   I used a 5¾” square card blank, although a 6” one will also work if that’s what you have.   The other two pieces of card required ar...

Last week, we celebrated our 8 th wedding anniversary.   My card starred the Stampin’ Up Love Cats set.   I love the simple cat designs and they’re easy to fussy cut.   It was also my first go at a spinner card, which was inspired by the “head over heels” sentiment. Since they’re silhouette style images, I got the best results using a stamping platform so I could repeat stamp to get a good, solid colour.   I wanted the card to have a shaped front so stamped the first cat at the top of the card blank, the plan being to cut around him later. To make the wall, I used a brickwork stencil from Inkylicious and blended a little grey ink before adding a few splatters for extra texture. For the spinner panel, I die-cut the top using Lawn Fawn Grassy Border before marking a line where I wanted the channel to be.   I used an old Stampin’ Up punch but this could easily be done with a die or craft knife. The video I watched said that the card needed to be thick to...