I was away on holiday for a few days last week and so this is my first chance to continue with the dictionary challenge at
The Craft Barn. This time we were given the letter L and as an addition (which on this occasion I didn't forget - remember the chaos with the heart!) we had to include a definition of the word we chose.
Luckily I found an old small dictionary which wouldn't mind being cut up and carefully tore around the definition of the word 'leaf'. After digging out all my possible leaf stamps I planned out my page and then put the tiny definition on one side - a dangerous move with such a tiny piece of paper in a craft room full of paper.
I drew around my chosen word and then stamped leaves in two shades of green all around the page and then inked the edges. I punched out three large leaves out of vellum, added embossed veins and inked these too before adding to the page. At this point I should confess that there was a mad scramble including checking the rubbish bin for the tiny torn definition that wasn't in such a safe place after all! Luckily I found it and was able to ink the edges and add it to my page.
Saved by the skin of my teeth and happy to have created a completed page for the letter L and the word leaf which in Italian is una foglia.
So far we have completed...
- F - fish - un pesce
- B - baby - un bimbo / una bimba
- L - leaf - un foglia
I wonder what the next letter will be.
Additional challenges...
Thanks for looking and leaving such lovely comments. I'm really enjoying checking out what others are creating for their dictionary challenge. Wow I'm spotting some amazing pages. There are a lot of clever people out there in blogland.
See you soon.
Annie xxx
