Hi everyone, I hope you had a happy and safe festive season.
We had a very quiet time, which was good. I'm almost fully recovered from my surgery and all appears well so bring it on in 2022 lol!
It's time for the first CAS Christmas Challenge of 2022 and Julia has chosen the theme of silver and gold.
Lisa is our guest this month and she and the team have some wonderful cards to inspire you, so I hope you can play along.
I diecut 2 of the stars and layered them up, then coloured the pieces with delicata gold and silver inks using a finger dauber. The sentiment was inked with a gold ink and embossed with gold powder.
The silver glitter frame is really sparkly in real life. Here's a closer look.
I'm linking up to these challenges:
Since this is a new die for me, Darnell's NBUS Challenge
Dies R Us, anything goes, I've used a Memory Box die.
Supplies:
Dies:Memory Box Holiday Heart star; Crafts 4 U stitched rectangle
Other: Tsukineko metallic inks; Joyful Holly sentiment by Stampin Up; Wow metallic gold rich superfine ep; Couture Creations silver glitter card; linen card base.
Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x
Cathy, your star die is so pretty in silver and gold. Beautiful card. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeletewhat a gorgeous star die with the hearts and beautiful center star Cathy - so pretty with the sparkle framing and embossed sentiment! A beautiful card for my challenge! xx
ReplyDeleteA really lovely card Cathy Mxxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful layering of Silver and Gold for your star and love the silver frame :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year
Such a beautiful silver filigree star with the gold inset centre Cathy and looks wonderful on the white stitched rectangular matted onto the pretty silver glitter card, and I love the gold embossed sentiment to finish. Hope you had a good Christmas and wishing you a very Happy New Year, and so pleased that you have recovered well from your surgery. x
ReplyDeleteYay, glad to hear you're nearly recovered and ready to take on 2022! I bet your card is so sparkly in real life, I love the star inlaid in contrasting gold, not an easy challenge using both gold and silver... very glitzy. Nice inspiration using the two colours and still keeping it clean.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Cathy x
That star die is gorgeous Cathy, and I love how you used the Delicata inks on it!! Loving your sparkly silver frame too! Lovely, lovely card, and glad to hear you are on the mend! Happy New Year!! 😊
ReplyDeleteBeautiful CAS card! Thank you for joining our challenge at Dies R Us!
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Very pretty star in silver and gold. Love the hearts in the star and love your card.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog. Happy new year 🎉
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog. Happy new year 🎉
ReplyDeleteThis might be a duplicate comment...Love how you chose where to put the gold touches on this silver and gold loveliness.
ReplyDeleteClassy and elegant card and so very pretty. Here's to a Happy, Healthy and crafty 2022 Cathy x.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty Christmas card, Cathy! I love the gold center of your silver star and how you framed your focal point with sparkly silver...so elegant and lovely ~ xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty star, Cathy! It works beautifully in silver and gold! I love that sparkly frame! Glad your surgery went well.
ReplyDeleteLove all of the sparkle, Cathy this is pretty!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to hear that you almost fully recover from your surgery, Cathy!
ReplyDeleteYour star die-cut with the hearts is so beautiful, and you colored the die-cuts so well that I thought you used silver and gold paper. The sparkle and shine of the matte and the sentiment is so pretty too.
Hideko xx
Beautiful dies with the mix of silver and gold, Cathy. Love the added sparkle with the glittery silver framing. Great work!! So happy to hear you are feeling good and recovered from your surgery. YAY! xx
ReplyDeleteStunning, Cathy!
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It's so great to see you back again and I hope you are feeling and doing well. This is a beautiful card and that frame just sparkles. The coloring is so pretty, I thought it was mirror paper.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful silver and gold die cut star, Cathy. I LOVE your CAS design and the shine from your card design. TFS Love and Hugs...Nancy
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! the silver and gold are so striking with this die cut and the added sparkle of silver around the frame. I am so happy to read that you are on the mend, Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear your recovery is going well and you are almost good, Cathy! Your talent didn't suffer one bit! This CASlicious design packs a lot of festiveness with all the silver and gold schparkle! Thank you for inspiring everyone at NBUS! Happy New Year! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Amazing inking! I thought you used metallic papers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! I love the gold and silver star (I always love stars as a theme on Christmas cards), and the way you framed it - a fabulous CAS card! So glad you're recovering well!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful CAS card. The combination of gold and silver is so elegant and glamorous. Perfect for a Christmas card.
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