Double Dragonflies

Hello bloggists, and welcome.

It’s often said that there are no mistakes in crafting, only changes of design direction.  Today’s card went through quite a few of those and the finished article is really rather different to the idea I had in my head when I started!

I plan my projects ahead of time, I honestly do.  If I’m making a kinetic card or a box I try it out ahead of time to make sure I know how it all works and to see if there are any tricky steps ahead of time.  However, if it’s a straightforward card, I usually just check out how the colours work together, that the balance looks OK and so on.

I prepare the items I need so that I don’t have to stop halfway to go and fetch something.  (I usually manage to forget something all the same, though!).  If you take a look at the video, you’ll see what I mean-

I still haven’t found the first dragonfly I cut.  

One day I'll be organised. Just not today!

What do you think - did it all work out in the end?  Let me know!

Crafty hugs,

Keren

Falling in Love

Hello bloggists, and welcome.

I love pretty boxes!  As I child, I’d take a plain box and cover it with pretty paper, then keep my treasures in it. When I grew up and began teaching it was a point of pride to have classroom supplies sorted and displayed attractively, and I spend many hours covering cut-down cereal boxes to hold worksheets and notebooks – and my family had to put up with using the margarine that came in the prettiest tub, because once finished it would be washed, taken to school, and used to hold counters.

I spotted a heart-shaped box in the new SU catalogue on page 50 and I knew that I wanted to make one.  Here’s my version –

Isn’t that paper SOOO pretty – and what about those embellishments? And the doilies?   Gorgeous! 

Looking closely at the original, I think it was made using the same size die for the lid and the base, which will give a very snug fit.  I made mine using different size dies, so the fit is looser.

Here’s how I did it.

Hope you liked it, and thank you so much for visiting.

See you again soon?

Crafty Hugs,

Keren