Merry Monday - Red and Gold

I think I'm just barely squeaking in on the Merry Monday Challenge for this week.  The goal was to create a card with red and gold.  I didn't realize how difficult that would be.  I've struggled with it!!

The word Merry is a die cut from PTI and the word Christmas is from a Tim Holtz die set.  I cut both words from shiny gold paper.  The "merry" is inset into the red card base, and the "Christmas" is adhered on top of the red card base.  The swirl was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in gold.  I also rounded the right corners with a small corner chomper. I added some faux stitching to the edges of the card.  

Using some of the same shiny gold paper, I cut the word "merry" from the gold, then inserted the word I had cut from the card base of the previous card.  I added red and gold borders to the gold and cut around the letter "y" for a fun look.  The "Christmas" was from a PTI set, stamped in Versamark, and heat embossed in gold.  I used the deco corner chomper on the right corners.  I must say...photographing this shiny stuff is TOO difficult!

I almost didn't post this one, as I'm not to excited about how it turned out.  I cut the "joy" sentiment with my Cameo, from both gold and red.  It's difficult to see on this, but I off set the two pieces slightly, then adhered them to the card base.  The "wishing you" is from Winnie & Walter.  I added some dashed lines around the "joy" strip...I think I liked it better BEFORE I added the red dashes!

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One Layer Simplicity Challenge - A Multitude of Gratitude

This month's challenge at the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge is a Multitude of Gratitude: make thank-you or gratitude cards for any purpose or occasion.  Well, I've made a couple of cards, but I'm sure I'll need several more before the year is over.

I used this same stamp in the previous post for the "fire" challenge at Less is more, only this time I made it a one layer card.  I stamped the Hero Arts image on a white card base, colored it with Copics (Y17, YR18, R46 and R59) and added a touch of gold to the center of the big bloom.  The sentiment is from PTI.  I rounded the corners with a corner chomper.  This card is actually only 3.75 x 5 because I managed to get a giant smudge of ink on the top edge...so...I just made a smaller card!

The flowers on this card are from Flourishes.  Sadly, I don't believe they are in business any longer.  I colored the image with Copics.  The sentiment is from PTI.  I rounded the bottom corners with a corner chomper.

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LIM 249 - FIRE

This is the first Saturday of the month, so the challenge at Less is More is a color challenge. The challenge this week is FIRE.  We can use any colors that can be seen in fire with any additional shades being kept to neutral or metallic shades.  I made a couple of cards for this challenge.  Don't know which is my favorite...I really kinda like them both!

The stamp I used on this first card is from Hero Arts.  I stamped it in Memento black then colored it with Copics - Y17, YR18, R46 and R59.  I added just a touch of  the clear Wink of Stella to the petals. Then sentiment is from PTI.  I added Versamark to the edges of the front of the card base and heat embossed it in gold.  It would have been a quick card if I only colored a little faster! 

This is the card I thought of when I saw the challenge for this week.  I thought I had a large leaf die...and I did...it just had a stem connected to it that is part of the die and I couldn't figure out a way to cut the leaf and not the stem. It would have been perfect if the stem was attached to the leaf, but it wasn't.  This was a really old die from back in the Quikutz days!  So, I decided I could do basically the same thing with my Cameo.  I designed the card panel with the sentiment (from a quote I found on Pinterest) and leaf right where I wanted them, then I printed the sentiment on the card stock,  Once I printed the sentiment, I put the card stock through my Cameo and cut the large leaf.  I backed it with acetate, then created my shaker card using foam tape.  In retrospect, I should have used two layers of the foam tape, because the shaker items are a little snug.  I used some small leaves punched from several "fire" colors of card stock, then added a few clear beads.  The background for the leaf was made using spray mists in shades of yellow, red, and a touch of gold.  I made it large enough to also be a border around the white panel.  I adhered the panel to a white card base. 

Which card is your favorite?  Here's the sentiment I created if you'd like to use it.  You should be able to right click on the sentiment and copy the image.

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