Friday, September 9, 2016

Happy Christmas


The theme this week at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge Blog is to create a Christmas card using only white, black, & gold. I'm not in any way accustomed to using this color palette for anything--much less holiday cards! So this was a true challenge for me. This is the first card I came up with.


I used the tree from Hero Arts' "Swirl Christmas" digital stamp set. I printed it on black paper with my laser printer, and die cut it with the largest of the "Tags a Lot" set from Mama Elephant, I then foiled it with gold foil and my Heidi Swapp Mini Minc machine.

For the greeting, I used one each of "happy" & "Christmas" from Simon Says Stamp's "Christmas" mini set (apparently discontinued). I used the banner die from "Tags a Lot" as a guide to help me curve the stamps correctly on my MISTI. Then I stamped the greeting on vellum with Versamark ink, and heat embossed it with Ranger Super Fine Detail White embossing powder. I die cut that and another piece of vellum with my banner die. I ran both pieces through my Xyron Sticker Maker, to apply adhesive to the backs. Then I adhered them together, to give just a bit more opacity to the banner. Finally, I layered that over my tree.

I cut a piece of gold glitter cardstock to 4.25x5.5", and glued my tag to it with Perfect Paper Adhesive Matte. (Adhering anything to a glittery surface with a dry adhesive can be difficult, hence the liquid glue.) I adhered that to a white A2 card base, and finished by adding some "ornaments" to the tree with Gold Stickles & White Opal Liquid Pearls.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

a2z Scrapbooking's September Challenge: "Make It a Tag"
A Blog Named Hero's challenge: "Texture" (I hope the gold glitter counts as texture!)
Through the Craft Room Door: "Anything Goes"

30 comments:

  1. That is a challenge for me also. That is nice what you came up with!

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  2. Lovely, lovely card Andrea...just beautifully done! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Merry Mondays! :0)

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  3. Lovely card Andrea. Love that foiled tree Thanks for joining us this week at Merry Monday.

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  4. Gorgeous, I love the swirly tree so pretty against the black. x

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  5. Wow! This is so elegant, Andrea! Thanks for sharing it with us at Merry Monday!

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  6. Even if the colours wasn't your cup of tea you managed to do a fantastic card. Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
    Regards,
    Ann-Marie
    TTCRD DT
    Annemi {My Blog}
    Through The Craft Room Door
    ttcrd.blogspot.com

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  7. What a beautiful and elegant Christmas card. Thank You for playing along with us at a2z Scrapbooking September Challenge!

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  8. Beautiful take from the inspiration photo. Thanks for playing with us at a2z.

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  9. Lovely Christmas card; great job at creating a card which fit so many card challenges. Thanks for joining us at a2z

    sue n.

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  10. Beautifully done Andrea. Thanks for joining us at A2Z this month.

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  11. What a beauty. So glad you joined us at A2Z Scrapbooking.

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  12. Beautiful job - this card is really gorgeous! Love all those shiny swirls! Thanks for joining in the fun over at a2z!

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  13. What a great card; the gold tree really POPS off the card!

    Thank you for joining us at a2z Scrapbooking & A Blog Named Hero!

    ~Michele, DT

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  14. I love the gold tree on the black background, beautiful card!
    <-Monica M-> DT

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  15. Beautiful card Andrea! Thanks for joining us at A Blog Named Hero!

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