Vogue Times Four

Hello crafters, Kirsten here. Is everyone getting back to normal after the Christmas & New Year festivities? Strangely, it seems a long time ago already. I’ve got four quick cards to show you today, all made with the new Craftwork Cards collection, Vogue (still 10% off).

 

I cut & scored a piece of acetate for the front of this card, putting the sentiment on the acetate & adding a die cut circle of matching paper on the reverse to hide the dst.

An offcut of patterned paper on black card & edged with gold diamond mesh. I added some gold liquid pearls as accents.

This is a kraft card blank. I die cut the frame & dry embossed the top layer, then I decided to cut another frame, leaving it plain. I added some Platinum stickles to the peacock’s feathers.

I thought the black & gold papers in the collection would work for men’s cards, so I came up with this one, adding scraps of bakers’ twine to the buttons & some faux stitching around the borders.

            

        (There's still 10% off many items on the website, if you haven't already seen the offers.)

With these collections I find it quite difficult to add lots of layers & embellishments, which, given that I’m by nature a ‘throw everything & the kitchen sink at it’ crafter, is curious. I think it’s because I like the designs & images to speak for themselves. Anyway, thanks for looking, see you next time

 

Happy crafting.

 

Kirsten.

Happy New Year!

Good morning, Kirsten here, wishing each & everyone of you a very Happy New Year.  It’s time for a new challenge, the details of which are on the challenge page & here is the winner of the December challenge………..

Congratulations to Mags!

 

Please contact Lisa at lisabaker1@btinternet.com & she will organise your voucher code.

All the Christmas crafting items have been put away & I’ve finally had a chance to play with the new ‘Vogue’ collection from Craftwork Cards & very nice it is too. I used one of the full sheets for this calendar, matting it on to black card. The dress form is also from the Vogue collection, I added the gold mesh & a scrap of velvet ribbon that I found in my stash.

 

I cut the flowers from another piece of the paper & attached them with foam pads & added Platinum stickles in the centres.

 

The gold diamond mesh adds a lovely accent to pieces & I also used it as the chain to hang the calendar with.

 

I made a second calendar & you can see it on the challenge page.

 

 

     

 

Don't forget that many items on the website, including the CWC Vogue collection have 10% off at present.
 

A huge thank you to everyone who visited the blog & entered the challenges in 2013, we very much appreciate your support. We look forward to 2014 being even bigger & better & we hope you all have a wonderful year. Until next time, happy crafting.

 

Kirsten