Inspired by Svenja (1)

 

Hello

welcome to my little crafting place - where sadly, thanks to my ongoing cold I've had very little to share over the last few weeks. 

However, at last I've managed to finish my first card of the year, in fact I've made 2, but I'll add the second on a separate post!

A few weeks ago I was looking at my lovely friend Svenja's instagram
(millefeuille.eu) and spotted an arty project she'd been making.  I loved the layout and thought it would be great on a card - just having that thought is more 'crafty' than I've felt for ages and I wanted to act on it so checked with Svenja that it would be ok to use her LO. 

I really struggled to finish it and it lay on the desk for ages.  Not sure I'm really happy with it even yet but it seemed important to actually get a crafty project completed

Here's the pieces of Svenja's work that gave me the first inklings of a desire to craft

In Svenja's  honour (she being an Inky princess!) I made a couple of inky pieces to use for my card.  Once the ink was dry I added a bit of sheen by brushing over a coat of PVA

I thought I'd go with the sunset shades for the first card. 

I cut down a piece of the inked card to use, and also a piece of dark red card with a soft sheen effect

In place of the vertical element I decided to use one of the tulip wax seals I shared on a recent post

Instead of Svenja's calligraphy I used some die cut black squiggles

To finish I added a BetterPress sentiment which I hot-foiled in gold, and a few tiny punched circles of red, black and gold

 

 Materials

from Spellbinders:

 Distress Mix 3D Embossing Folder 

Tangled Threads Etched Dies 

Fancy Sentiment Strips Press Plate & Die Set 

card from Ruby Assorted Treasured Cardstock pack

 

Other:  

White card blank

White card for inking and embossing 

Gold and black card 

Handmade Wax Seal - see earlier post

 

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 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx