Christmas Elegance in Gold

Using gold in card making is ever so elegant, especially at Christmas time when creating cards for friends and family. Here is the card I made with that thought in mind.

For my base I used gold card stock and created a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 base card. In the next step I cut a 5x5 inch panel in white. Using one of the Spellbinder Heirloom Ornament 2011 dies I cut out the die shape in the middle of that panel. This panel was then embossed with a Nellie Snellen Christmas Round-1 embossing folder.

I prepared another white panel, just slightly smaller than the embossed one and adhered it to the base card. Next, I die cut an ornament using the Memory Box Snowflake Ornament die and embossed it in gold. The bow was cut with a die from Memory Box Crisp Bows and also embossed in gold. I cut off the bottom part of the bow. The gold embossed ornament was adhered to the white panel. The embossed panel was popped onto the white panel, the gold ornament showing through the cut out, and the bow adhered at the top.

For the sentiment, I stamped it in Versamark using GKD's Sentimental Holiday stamp set and embossed it in gold. Then it was cut with one of the dies from Spellbinders Grommet Tags. To give the card a finished look, I cut some pine sprigs with Impressions Obsession Pine Sprigs Cluster dies, embossed them in gold and attached them to the sentiment tag.

I hope you enjoyed this post and are well on your way to creating your Christmas cards. It won't be long before the snow flies!


This card was entered into the following challenge(s):
2 Sisters Challenge Blog  -  Challenge #165 - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday  -  Challenge #101 - Anything Goes
Sister Act  -  Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create  -  Challenge #41 - Anything Goes