Tuesday 4 January 2022

Silver & Gold CAS Christmas

 


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



26 comments:

Linda said...

Cathy, your star die is so pretty in silver and gold. Beautiful card. Happy New Year!








Julia Aston said...

what 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

roffeycreations said...

A really lovely card Cathy Mxxx

Christine Alexander said...

Beautiful layering of Silver and Gold for your star and love the silver frame :)
I hope you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year

Pat said...

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

Claire said...

Yay, 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.

Happy New Year Cathy x

Marcia Hill said...

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!! 😊

Diane said...

Beautiful CAS card! Thank you for joining our challenge at Dies R Us!
Diane DRU DT {Nellies Nest}

JoAnn said...

Very pretty star in silver and gold. Love the hearts in the star and love your card.

Rajani Rehana said...

Beautiful blog. Happy new year 🎉

Rajani Rehana said...

Beautiful blog. Happy new year 🎉

Cat Craig said...

This might be a duplicate comment...Love how you chose where to put the gold touches on this silver and gold loveliness.

Mac Mable said...

Classy and elegant card and so very pretty. Here's to a Happy, Healthy and crafty 2022 Cathy x.

Barb Ghig said...

This 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

Bonnie said...

What a pretty star, Cathy! It works beautifully in silver and gold! I love that sparkly frame! Glad your surgery went well.

Lisa Elton said...

Love all of the sparkle, Cathy this is pretty!

Papercraft Boutique said...

I'm happy to hear that you almost fully recover from your surgery, Cathy!
Your 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

Loll said...

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

I Card Everyone said...

Stunning, Cathy!
=]

Brenda in IN said...

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.

nancy littrell said...

Beautiful silver and gold die cut star, Cathy. I LOVE your CAS design and the shine from your card design. TFS Love and Hugs...Nancy

Colleen said...

Beautiful 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!

Darnell said...

So 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

Trina P. said...

Beautiful! Amazing inking! I thought you used metallic papers.

Susan said...

Beautiful 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!

BożenA said...

Beautiful CAS card. The combination of gold and silver is so elegant and glamorous. Perfect for a Christmas card.
Thank you for joining our challenge at HLS CAS.
BożenA DT HLS CAS