04 December 2015

12 Designers of Christmas -Designer # 2 Vicki Abrathat

hello there! 

This is a rare sight from me....  making my own Christmas cards, 
but with some many fabulous products in the shop
 it was difficult not to do some for close friends and family.

Keeping it simple and clean is the way forward for me.  

I have utterly fallen in love with these 
stitched snowflake dies from Lawn Fawn .    


The cards and the die cuts have all been made from my absolute favourite 
Its a really nice warm white and cuts beautifully. 



Merry & Joy (as shown below) are Hero Arts dies from their Stamp & Cut range, so you can add additional messages to your cards if you want to.  

To create the raised effect I have adhered 4 dies cuts together using Claudine Hellmuth matte multi medium. I keep a stash of the small bottles in my drawer.   I find this the best "glue" to do this. If there is any spillage I run round the edge a QuickStick Tool - it comes with a fab pointy-stick-thing 
(I know...very technical!) 






The raised panels are Lawn Fawn Stitch Squares, the tops ones are back with regular craft foam so they don't get squashed in the mail. 

I also have a bunch of snowflakes left over... they may well become table confetti.  

 By leaving a comment on all twelve of the designer blogs you could win yourself a fabulous prize of a mixed media kit so you don't want to miss out.


18 comments:

CraftingMum said...

What beautiful cards so simple but effective. You have inspired me to have a go at white cards. Louise

Pat Crossland said...

Love the die, am really 'into' snowflakes at the moment...great interpretation Vikki....

Pat Crossland said...

Spelt name wrong again...Vicki..not Vikki!!! Doh....

Craftyfield said...

White on white looks so elegant and restful! Great 3D effect with the several layers of die-cuts and foam mounting.

ForgedinPaper said...

These are lovely so wintery and clean.

Karen Petitt said...

Very classy cards the white on white is timeless and elegant. TFS Karen x

Glennis F said...

Love your cards - all white with texture is so elegant

pearshapedcrafting said...

Beautiful Wintery look to these cards - great inspiration!

Renee said...

Understated and elegant designs

Ann Bletcher said...

Very elegant and simply beautiful cards.

Jane said...

Gosh I love that stitched snowflake and your lovely cards. so elegant

Linda said...

Beautiful cards .... I love white on white, it always looks so elegant. xx

Julie S said...

Clean and simple - they're beautiful. I love white on white when it's well done.

Caroline said...

Oh My.... What a wonderful "white on white" theme. So stunning in the simplicity of one colour. Not so simple is your gorgeous design & great layering of die on die. Beautiful!

Giorgia Rossini said...

i love clean and simple and white on white... stunning cards!

Gems Inky antics said...

These are so elegant, I love them x

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Very classy monochromatic pieces. I forget how effective working with white really is ! Tracy x

Dawn Louise said...

Elegant, clean and beautiful. Lovely cards created here. X