Gears and Glass Kraft Card

In this mad rush to get everything sorted for Christmas and the New Year celebrations I'm trying to keep my head down and get all my jobs done. It may seem that I'm neglecting a lot of things, including blogging, but I have been busy, honest! Just to prove my point here is a card I made for a friend's birthday earlier this month.

I used Kraft card to back a couple of G45 papers and a Docrafts one and scruffed the edges before arranging on an 8"x 8" base with a length of lace. I die cut the image and matting layer with Spellbinder's dies. The sentiment is from an old Docrafts kit.

I got this gorgeous image from Sweet Pea Stamps. It's by Meredith Dillman and is called 'Gears and Glass'. It's available as a rubber stamp or in digi format. I coloured her with Polychromos in some of my favourite colours on watercolour paper.

I went to town with the embellishments. I die cut some cogs from brown card and sprinkled them with lots of Frantage. I added a metal corner, some large faux pearls and a few die-cut flourishes.

I tied a bow using a wide silk ribbon and added a large button to the centre. I fixed this to a small tag that I'd Frantaged and clipped a small peg to the top.

Now I'd better get back to work as there is still so much I want to get done.
 There is a Sweet Pea Stamps Facebook group. Ask to join and share your stamped artwork.

I'd like to add this card to the following challenges:

http://artisttradingpost.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/lets-celebrate.html
http://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/decembers-creative-challenge-anything.html
http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/welcome-to-challenge-20-use-bling.html
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/2014/12/challenge-21-anything-goes.html
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/challenge-60-winners-58.html
http://thestampingchef.com/Challenges/2014/12/17/challenge-60-anything-goes/