One day in Hobbycraft, I came across this little kit on sale.
It was only a couple of quid, it was a rabbit and it was a "new" craft, so I had to try it. By new craft I don't mean new, I remember these from when I was young(er), but I do mean they are something I haven't tried. Oh dear, I'm not very eloquent today, am I?
Anyway, on with the story. I got this out when I was ill last week. I thought it was something I could do whilst reclining on the sofa watching Hoarders and Flog It! (Don't judge, you have to watch the likes of Homes Under the Hammer and Dickinson's Real Deal when you're off sick, it's the law. And Hoarders is pure entertainment anyway).
I know this is billed as a kid's craft, but it's actually pretty tricky handling the scraper tool. Oh, by the way, this is called scrapper foil. It's a piece of black.... stuff that you scrape with a metal tool, this peels back the black surface to reveal silver underneath. I don't know if it was because the tool is so cheap or because I'm just crap with the whole hand-eye coordination thing, but I did struggle to stay on the lines and get the right line thickness at times.
I started off and thought I'd just do a little bit each day. I couldn't stop! I kept putting it down to take a break, then picking it up again a few minutes later. By the time Mr CA got home and A Place in the Sun was over, it was finished.
You know what? It's not exactly the most creative or artistic craft out there, but I enjoyed it! If the range of pictures wasn't so... animal based, I might take part in this more often!
As it is, this is WIP #34 done.
edited to add: I thought I had cholera last night, but I don't, so you can stop worrying about me, if you were. Mr CA came home and declared that the water no longer smelt of poo so we'd probably be alright.
