Christmas Deco Paper Cut

I made a few of these little christmas hangers to send to friends at Christmas

Space Bunnies in the Giggly Goat, Norwich

My paper cut Space Bunnies is for sale in the Giggly Goat in Norwich. 

Craft Night!

My friend came round and we had a fantastic craft night together! She made birthday cards with letter stamps and paper collages, and I made this patterned heart cutout card as a sympathy card for friends (a couple) at a very sad time. It felt very nourishing to share this evening with a friend.  

Mum's birthday 2015

Mum's surprise birthday treat was a trip to Coronation Street. Using the cobbles as inspiration, I made her card based on this pattern: 

I also wanted to make a necklace based on a design we had seen in a high street store. 

I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

Babushka doll Paper Cut

I designed and cut a Babushka doll to congratulate a friend on her pregnancy.   

Fish Card

The theme for my dad's birthday card this year was fish, as my parents recently got some rose minnows for their pond. 

Family Tree of Love

I completed a family tree papercut commission which was a perfect gift to a father of a loving family.

Check out the timelapse film…

All You Need Is Love from Charlotte Vogel on Vimeo.

Sunset papercut

I hadn't considered doing a layered landscape papercut before. I'm pleased with how it turned out, and it was fun to do!

Happy Birthday Claire

My friend Claire loves nature so I made her a birthday card with the theme of the great outdoors.

Father's Day 2015

This year my dad gets my 'Fab Dad' papercut card.

I also made some raw chocolate-fruit-nut balls. He loved them.

Tracy & Rochelle's First Wedding Anniversary Paper Cut

I was asked to make a paper cut for a friend to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.

The colour scheme of their wedding was red and white. I was shown their amazing wedding cake for inspiration:   

I made a quick sketch with their specific words, dates and initials. They loved it straight away, and suggested to include more song lyrics. 

 

 I drew it up at full size and cut it out:

I mounted it on red with foam sticky tabs behind the cut so that it raised it from the backing slightly: 

I also did a timelapse of it being cut:The Cutting of 'To The Stars And Back' from Charlotte Vogel on Vimeo.

Birthday Card

A new birthday card design which is fun to cut out:

Wine bottle dressing

To make a crate of wine a more special and unique gift, I dressed each bottle with a neck theme and 'Drink me when…' lable. They had themes such as 'to celebrate', 'when it's sunny' and 'when in the mood'. 

Swimmer

I did a swimathon and raised money for Marie Curie. I made a paper cut swimmer to place on my collection pot at work.

Mother's Day 2015

Bottle gift

I have a friend who collects Isle of Wight memorabilia. I found an IOW sand bottle in a charity shop and dressed it up a bit, adding some charms and paper cut initials of her and her husband.   

Place settings

You know you're a special guest in my house when the Rob Ryan plates come out. I even hand cut the first initial of my guests names to dress their napkins.  

Mother and Daughter silhouette papercut

I made a paper-cut portrait for a friend and her daughter. I thought it was such a sweet photo I had to try it out in silhouette. I left it unframed so that it was easy to post to America. 

Mother and Daughter silhouette papercut

I made a paper-cut portrait for a friend and her daughter. I thought it was such a sweet photo I had to try it out in silhouette.  

Paper cut for Persephone on her first birthday

During Quiet January (as it is known in my world) I took on a special commission to create an artwork for a friend's baby based on her name, Persephone – the Greek Goddess of Spring and harvest.

I took inspiration from the Pomegranate mentioned in her story, and surrounded it with a celebration of meadow flowers. 

I also felt inspired to try it in two layers. The top (white) layer being outlines and defining shapes, with infills of gold beneath, mounted on mint / turquoise. 

Here are my printed templates…

I started by cutting out the top layer…

…and removed the template…

…to reveal the white top layer…

…then cut out the gold…

…and finally mounted it on the turquoise…

I wrapped it in purple tissue and bubble wrap and finished it off with a little 3-layer swing tag…

I also made a timelapse film of myself cutting out the piece…