Monday, January 17, 2022

CAS Christmas January Reminder

Hi everyone.  Back with a reminder card for this month's CAS Christmas Challenge - Silver and Gold, hosted by Julia.

I'm loving the elegant look of this colour combination.  The card above started with die-cuts, Pine Needle Sprigs and Pine Cones (both from Gina Marie Designs).  The pieces were cut from scraps of leftover white card stock, pressed into a versamark pad and heat embossed in either silver or silver tinsel, and princess gold or gold tinsel embossing powders (Ranger).  It's hard to see the difference in the photo, but they definitely give a different look, one shine and one glittery.

The pieces are arranged into a swag and adhered to the front of the card.  Joy (retired sentiment) is stamped and heat embossed in Princess Gold embossing powder to finish.  Easy and quick CAS design.

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I hope you'll check out the challenge blog to see the reminder cards from our Designers.  If you haven't played along yet, hope you'll join us.  Making Christmas cards throughout the year makes it so much easier when the busy time of November / December rolls around.

Another two NBUS from my stash (pinecone and pine sprig dies), so heading over to enter this card into NBUS Challenge #34.

And because I used snippets for everything except the card base, I'm over to visit Di and Dudley at the Snippets Playground Challenge #419 ... where the sun is always shining!! :)




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Stamps:  Art Deco Celebrate Christmas - retired (Poppy Stamps)
Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:   Versamark
Accessories:   Pine Needle Sprigs dies (Gina Marie Designs); Pine Cones dies (Gina Marie Designs); Embossing powder:  Princess Gold, Gold Tinsel, Silver, Silver Tinsel (Ranger); heat tool

Challenges:
CAS Christmas January Reminder - Silver & Gold


30 comments:

Colleen said...

WOW WOW WOW! The pine sprigs and cones are stunning in silver and gold ! What an elegant and beautiful card, Loll!

Linda said...

Loll, this is so perfect with the silver leaves and the gold pine cones. Beautiful card.

Leslie Miller said...

Gosh, it's reminder time already? It speeds by so fast, especially most recently. Such a gorgeous creation with these awesome dies and the distinctly different silver and gold textures.

Barb Ghig said...

I love how you showcased the gold and silver color palette on this card, Loll! All that sparkle and shine is so pretty and I love all the dimension! Once again, you've really outdone yourself, my friend ~ xx

Bobby said...

Beautifully CAS, Loll. I love the idea of two different 'shades' of silver and gold.

nancy littrell said...

Yes, elegant and gorgeous die cut and heat embossed pinecones and pine sprigs in silver and gold. Love how you used your EB powders in regular and tinsel to give shiny and glitter die cut images, Lolly. So clever of you. TFS Love and Hugs...Nancy

Chris Dring said...

Wow! Absolutely gorgeous!

Sarn said...

Your gold and silver snippets are beautiful on this Christmas card Loll.

Lovely to see you in the Playground. Come up to the treehouse to lounge around in the comfy chairs and swig some sherry!!!!
PS : great job on the Snippets Playground redesign & new home.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Bonnie said...

I love the contrasting textures from using the matte & glitter embossing powder, Lolly! What a great idea!

Pat said...

This is gorgeous Loll and the pine branches and cones are fabulous in the gold and silver and finished simply but perfectly with the single word sentiment. x

Darnell said...

This is my new favorite design of yours, Lolly! It is stunning ... so perfectly composed and balanced! Pinning! Thank you so much for inspiring everyone at NBUS! Love, Dolly

Lisa Elton said...

This is CAS prettiness, Loll!

Christine Alexander said...

wonderfully elegant and also love the use of the EP to create the silver and gold foliage and pine cone :)

TK said...

SOOOO PRETTY! Love the simple design and letting those beautiful dies shine, literally!

Brenda said...

What a beautiful card Loll, loving the gold and silver together. You got shine/shimmer and sparkle! Just gorgeous! Hugs, Brenda

Brenda in IN said...

Oh my, I love those silver branches and gold pinecones. What a great combination and a stunning card!

Ros Crawford said...

Oh this is so lovely! Who would have thought to use gold and silver for those die cuts, it works so beautifully. Thank you so much for your lovely birthday card that arrived today. I love that pretty heart of roses. Have a wonderful day!

Julia Aston said...

So beautiful Loll! I love the silver pine and gold pinecones and the simple JOY sentiment - so CAS but elegant! xx

Mac Mable said...

The combination of the embossing powders and the embossing tinsel looks so pretty and adds so much interest and texture Loll x. Love the grouping of the swag and the simple 'Joy' sentiment. A real beauty of a card Loll x.

HilaryJane said...

Just look at that shine, gorgeous xx

Papercraft Boutique said...

This card is so CAS, gorgeous, and impactful, Loll! I can see the difference between the smooth metallic surface and the glittery surface, and I think this kind of attention to detail makes your cards stand out!
Hideko xx

Marcia Hill said...

WOW!! Never even thought of using two different golds (or silvers) of embossing powders for different shades, but it totally works and is absolutely GORGEOUS Loll!! This is one stunning card my friend...love it!! Hugs. ❤❤❤

Robyn Oliver said...

Great design for the combination of the gold and silver theme.. lovely card, Loll.

Karen Dunbrook said...

beautiful cas
xx Karen

Di said...

Wow Loll - this is so elegant - a perfect Christmas card! But then. what would I expect for a lady of your talents. Still deeply grateful for the new Snippets Playground!

Hugs

Di xx

Daria Z. said...

Simply gorgeous!!

Susan said...

Love the way you used leftover white cs and then heat embossed in gold and silver - that's a brilliant use for all those little snippets! Fabulous arrangement of the pieces - a gorgeous CAS card!

Trina P. said...

Another beauty using these metallic colours, Loll. Fabulous heat embossing… I thought you used metallic / foil cardstock. Amazing photography work to capture the shine.

BożenA said...

A brilliant combination of colors and patterns, Loll. Golden cones on silver twigs !!! As if I saw frosted twigs with cones. Such an amazing card !!
xx

Cathy said...

Can definitely see the different embossing Loll, it's a gorgeous effect. Beautiful CAS design, Cathy x