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the christmas card

I've spent most of today faffing about with my christmas card. They're now printed and I'm sitting down with a glass of mulled wine to write cheery messages. I wouldn't recommend making your cards at the last minute, it takes all the fun out of it and just piles on the pressure.

Inspired by Rob Ryan I ended up doing a papercut. It may look simple, but it's a slow, slow process. One slip of the scalpel and the design is instantly changed. The original was cut on white card, which I then sprayed with matt black paint - I needed to photocopy it so I could print the cards with my gocco. This is the original. The gocco printing has had mixed results. The charm of gocco is that each print is unique, and the ink coverage is rarely 100% even. However, the irregularities are really highlighted when printing with black (no photos of the actual cards yet, it's late, and too dark), so compared to the original I'm a little disappointed.

Right, back to writing those messages....
Posted by walter and me at 21:03 Labels: christmas, gocco, handmade, papercut 
They're very pretty, and very striking. When are you going to start selling your designs, Diana? They're lovely!

20 December 2009 at 22:16 
What an incredible design - I love it.

I have been very very bad about writing cards this year. Very.

20 December 2009 at 22:26 
i love this diana... looks very complicated cutting wise though .. hope you are enjoying your wine x

20 December 2009 at 23:09 
The papercut is very intricate Diana especially the ribbon part! I am glad you managed to make your cards after all. x

20 December 2009 at 23:22 snap + tumble said...

that looks kinda, really fantastic!

21 December 2009 at 03:26 
Goodness me you need a steady hand for that!
It's stunning.
Hope you enjoyed the mulled wine!

21 December 2009 at 08:34 
For one moment, I thought you were going to cut them all out!!! The design is so gorgeous - I love it. xxxx

21 December 2009 at 09:47 
How fabulous! So very impressed. K x

21 December 2009 at 10:02 
Fabulous card... very classy!

21 December 2009 at 17:56 
Oh they are beautiful, very striking.

21 December 2009 at 18:20 
That looks like a lot of work - and even more patience. Impressive!

17 December 2010 at 23:39