Friday, August 9, 2013

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - Color Challenge #20 (Red and Metallic Gold)

Hello dear friends and followers - so happy that you've stopped by to visit me today.  The second week of every month at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown (52CCT) is a color challenge. This month Sarah is our hostess and she has chosen this gorgeous color combo:
Here's my card to share with you this week using this elegant color scheme:
The ornaments in the photo really inspired me as well as the color.  I used some Dazzles stickers from my stash (I'm been really good lately about trying to use up what I have before buying more) - aren't they lovely? I made the larger ornaments first by placing them on a piece of red cardstock and cutting around them.  I found this to be a bit too tedious, so I just placed the smaller ornaments directly on the card base when I added them (can you image cutting around those little things? Not for me, thank you :o) ).  The scalloped layer was sitting on my desk (its hard for me to toss out those negative images).  I just jazzed it up a bit by running it through a snowflake embossing folder.  I'm a bit bummed that the sentiment didn't show up more. It was stamped with gold embossing ink,  but I didn't emboss it as it was very late and I didn't want to fire up my heat gun and wake everyone up.  So I just used some of that "hot air" of mine and huffed on it til I was out of breath and decided to go to bed and hope that it looked darked in the morning - lol.  In real life it does show up better than in this photo, but still not as dark as I would have liked.  Overall I'm really please with how this turned out - hope you like it too.

The other lovely ladies on the 52CCT DT have made some gorgeous creations to share with you as well. Please go visit them too - you'll be glad that you did :o)

I hope you will decide to play along with us this week.  Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

9 comments:

  1. Awesome card Danielle, the embossing sets of your golden ornaments so perfectly, happy that someone else used stickers too!

    Louise xx

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  2. These ornament stickers are perfect with this color combination! I also like the embossed frame you've used for this card. Very elegant and beautiful card!

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  3. Hi Danielle. Those ornaments are so pretty!!! Love the gold and red together - great color combo! Loll xx

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  4. This is beautiful! LOVE the gold embossing on the red--and the touch of texture is amazing! HUGS and happy weekend! :)

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  5. Wow, using only the red and gold is SO striking Danielle! I love how you used the negative scallop piece and the ornaments are so pretty! {{{{hugs}}}} Ruth x

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  6. Hi Danielle - your golden ornaments are beautiful and are framed perfectly on your card. Love the embossing too - Jacqueline xx

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  7. I really like your stickers and your embossing! It's a very elegant card!

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  8. I love the way you've used the negative die cut to frame the pretty baubles.
    The embossing looks lovely.

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  9. I had to chuckle when I read about you cutting around the ornaments. I don't mind fussy cutting, but I agree that doing that with small things gets tedious. Your ornaments look fabby - you did a great job with this card!

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