Friday, October 19, 2018

Merry & Bright

The current challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown is to use silver on a holiday card. I decided to go all out, and use lots of silver on my card. It does make it hard to photograph, but it is really beautiful in real life!

I die cut the "Poinsettia Border" by Memory Box from some silver mirror cardstock. I had a little trouble with the design after this point, because the die cut is just shy of 5.5" long, but narrow. I finally decided to cut a panel of light blue cardstock to 3.75x5.5", to accommodate the die cut & my greeting. I had applied Stick It adhesive to the back of my silver cardstock before die cutting, so it was just a case of pop out the die cut and adhere it to my panel. Granted, some of the interior petal pieces came out on their own, and I had to set them aside to stick in when I'd adhered the rest of the die cut. But it wasn't too bad overall.

After I had adhered my die cut, I put the panel in my MISTI stamp positioner tool. I lined up the greeting, from Hero Arts' "Joy to the World" stamp set, so it sat in the crook between 2 of the flowers. I stamped it in Versamark ink, and heat embossed with Ranger Silver embossing powder.

I decided at that point that the upper left area looked really blank. I have a problem with leaving open "white" space, but I wasn't sure what to put there. I finally die cut a bit of the "Poinsettia Border" from more silver cardstock, and adhered it in the corner. Then the design looked unbalanced, so I die cut another bit and adhered it in the bottom left corner. That just seemed to help the flow a bit, and I'm happy now!

I cut 2 narrow strips of navy cardstock, and adhered them to a white A2 size card base. I left about a 3/16" border on either side. Finally, I adhered my main panel in place. I really like how this card came out--well worth the struggle with the design!

I'm also entering this in 613 Avenue Create's October Challenge, "Anything Goes." (not playing the twist)

12 comments:

  1. Gorgeus festive card you made :-)) I like how you use the silver colour.
    Thanks for joining us at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.

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  2. très joli design Andrea, l'argent se marrie merveilleusement avec le bleu pâle, merci de jouer avec nous chez 52CCT, biz

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  3. A gorgeous die which looks really beautiful in silver and against the blue. Great card. Thanks for joining in at 52CCT

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  4. Wow! The silver on this makes it so luxurious. love it!
    So glad you dropped by at 613 Avenue Create.
    Hugs Sheryl DT member xx

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  5. Very lovely card. Great use of silver. Thank you for taking part in our 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge - Myrna DT

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  6. I love this die and your creation! So glad I own it too! :D

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