Craftwork cards

I have an ever-growing collection of Craftwork Cards as I love their contemporary designs and versatility (it also helps that they are great value for money!). I have also joined the Facebook Craft…

Hope you've all had a good break over Christmas and New Year! I had a lovely time up in the north with my family enjoying such delights as a Santa Steam Train special trip, including visits from elves, magicians and a brass band... This New Year there are some wonderful new goodies from Stampin' Up! There is a new Occasions catalogue with products covering Valentines, Mother's Day, Easter, and lots of spring/summer themed things. Then we have the Sale-A-Bration promotion that runs from…

Good evening, today’s card is the first from my class last week using acetate. There are several types/thickness of acetate. Just make sure if you want to use embossing powder on some it’s heat resistant ( it should say on package ). This acetate was quite thick and I wanted to emboss it with a embossing folder. It worked really well, the folder was Falling Snow from Creative Expressions and it’s 8”x8” so you need an A4 machine . Crafts too do a smaller Snow embossing folder if you don’t…

Another in the series of fun folds and today's card is a concertina one , when this folds in it will fit in a 6" envelope. It's slightly different in that it as three folds down the side. It stands up really well and you could cut it down some of the height if you wanted to make it smaller. I used a piece of 10"x 6" white card. On the long side score are 2", 2.5", 3" and 3.5" then turn it around and do the same at other end. The patterned paper mats are 5 3/4" x 1 3/4" you need 2 one for…

Another in the series of fun folds and today's card is a concertina one , when this folds in it will fit in a 6" envelope. It's slightly different in that it as three folds down the side. It stands up really well and you could cut it down some of the height if you wanted to make it smaller. I used a piece of 10"x 6" white card. On the long side score are 2", 2.5", 3" and 3.5" then turn it around and do the same at other end. The patterned paper mats are 5 3/4" x 1 3/4" you need 2 one for…

Challenge yourself and keep it simple using cardstock only for your cardmaking, it's fun. Also a great idea if you're a beginner crafter.