The Heart of Christmas - Week 11
August 09, 2017
Hi there
Welcome to week 11 of Christmas inspiration from the Art with Heart Stampin' Up! team. This week, I have an elegant monochrome card with a deluxe feel in vanilla and gold. My fling with this colour combo has been enabled by the gorgeous metallic edge ribbon and the Bundle of Love vanilla and gold foil specialty designer paper.
I have used the cluster of trees from the 'Lovely as a Tree' stamp set heat embossed in gold, as a back drop to the sparkly gold sleigh from Santa's Sleigh Thinlits. The top section has been dry embossed with my favourite 'Softly Falling' embossing folder and trimmed at the bottom with a strip of the gorgeous foil design from the Bundle of Love paper pack.
I always like to cover the white core on die cut pieces. I know I'm a bit anal, but it really does add to the finish, when it looks solid gold. I've tried a few gold markers (including a Sharpie and a retired SU gold marker), but they don't really give a good result. My new go-to for colouring the edges of gold foil and gold glimmer die cuts is a Crushed Curry Stampin' Write marker. It goes on easily and it really looks fabulous - give it a try for yourself. You can see in the close-up above, that I've added a touch of snow to the ground and some of the tree branches with a glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter. Isn't that metallic edge ribbon gorgeous? It is lovely and soft to work with too.
For the inside I have continued the luxe feel with a mat of gold foil under the writing panel. At the base I have used 2 washi designs from the 'Year of Cheer Specialty Washi' set coming in the new Holiday Catalogue. Doesn't the wider design match the Bundle of Love designer paper really well? The greeting comes from the lovely 'Hearts Come Home' stamp set, also new in the Holiday Catalogue.
Finally, here is a view from the top.
All of the products used in this card (except the new Holiday Catalogue items) are now available in my Online Store.
| Project Details | |
| Stamps | Lovely as a Tree, Santa's Sleigh, Hearts Come Home |
| Card stock & Papers | Very Vanilla, Gold Foil, Gold Glimmer, Bundle of Love DSP |
| Ink | Versamark |
| Accessories | Vanilla Metallic Edge Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Metallic Enamel Shapes, Year of Cheer Specialty Washi |
| Tools | Santa's Sleigh Thinlits, Layering Oval Framelits, Softly Falling EF, Big Shot, Gold EP, Heat gun, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Tombow glue, Glue pen, Crushed Curry marker |
I've enjoyed revisiting some of my existing Christmas themed products over the past few weeks. Next week, I hope to bring you a sneak peak of some of the goodies from my Holiday Catalogue pre-order.
If you would like to see more Christmas inspiration, hop over to Claire's blog to see who else is participating this week
Thanks for visiting today!
Love your card. It is beautiful. All your cards are!
Posted by: Anne Lewis | November 13, 2017 at 04:53 AM
This is fabulous Judy! Love the classic colour combination of Gold and Very Vanilla and all your lovely details.
Posted by: ClaireDaly | August 14, 2017 at 09:52 AM
Wow! Judy another beautiful stunning card, I love the gold and white certainly a very luxurious card. xx
Posted by: monika o'neill | August 13, 2017 at 11:15 PM
Your card is stunning, Judy - it definitely screams luxe to me!
Posted by: Tina Gillespie | August 13, 2017 at 04:23 PM
Loving this colour combination Judy and another stunning card. Thanks so much for the tip with the Crushed Curry marker... who would have thought?!!!!
Posted by: Kate Morgan | August 12, 2017 at 08:22 PM
The gold is awesome on this one. Beautiful!!!
Posted by: marlene | August 11, 2017 at 05:58 AM
Judy your cards are always so professional and classy...another stunner!
Posted by: Catherine Proctor | August 10, 2017 at 09:34 AM
Oh Judy, this is so beautiful. So very, very elegant! So much inspiration - this card is going to be shown everywhere.
Posted by: Mary Kelly | August 10, 2017 at 07:51 AM
Judy, another beautiful card yet again. It is really stunning. Thank you for the tip on using the marker to run around the edge of the die cut of the foil - great idea! :)
Posted by: Caroline | August 09, 2017 at 09:27 PM
Perfectly lovely, Judy! I am a big fan of that ribbon, too, and just love the luxurious look of all the gold and vanilla elements on your card.
Posted by: Christine Blain | August 09, 2017 at 02:25 PM
Stunning card Judy, inside and out!
Posted by: Rachel | August 09, 2017 at 01:02 PM
Such a stunning card Judy, just gorgeous!
Posted by: Sharon Davern | August 09, 2017 at 12:21 PM