Cream and Gold for an Anniversary Card

 Today I made a card for the latest Color Hues Challenge.

I found it to be a tricky combination!  

I was die cutting all kinds of images and going through all my metallic and cream papers, matching this, changing that until I finally felt like this was a good combination.

Very difficult to photograph with the metallic gold papers though!

I embossed the base of Vintage Cream card stock using the Plaster Embossing folder from Spellbinders that gave it a nice depth.  I die cut the Flower Jar from Gina Marie Designs out of Kraft Metallic Gold paper from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.  The strip of gold/cream DP is from an older 12"x 12"paper pad Cotton Fields by DCWV.  I gold embossed the stamped sentiment.

This shows the shine of the metallic gold papers and gold embossed sentiment a bit better.

Also sending my card to:

Just Us Girls

Found the 'not used for years' Flower Jar die in my box of floral dies

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Alphabet Challenge

E is for Embossing wet or dry

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Stamps: Damask Designs - PTI (retired)
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Vintage Cream - Papertrey Ink, Kraft Stock Metallic Gold - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, DP - 12"x12"pad Cotton Fields -DCWV.
Other Supplies: Flower Jar Die - Gina Marie Designs, Plaster Embossing Folder - Spellbinders, Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder - Ranger, heat tool, foam dots.

Birthday Beer for Ron

 A friend asked me to make a card for her husband for his 70th birthday coming up in September - she said "maybe have fireworks or balloons on it?"    I asked her if he liked beer as I had a new die set that I was dying to try out - she said "yes" - and so this is the card I created.

I sponged through a Brick Wall Stencil from Sweet Poppy for the background.  I used The Greetery pinwheel stencils and dies as well as her Shiplap Builder dies., I punched the circle and tag, and die cut the beer tap and mug from Gina Marie Designs.

To make the mug look like a frosty glass, I die cut the mug 3 times out of vellum and inked the three mug pieces with Aqua Alcohol ink and let them dry (it was quick being AI!) I glued two of the mugs together and glued a rectangle of Summer Sunrise cardstock (the beer) in the center of the top mug and then glued the final vellum mug over that.  I white embossed the foam piece and adhered that on top of the mug.  The mug is popped up on foam dots as is one of the pinwheels.

I'm linking my card to The Paper Players

I used the middle row across - Birthday - Die Cut/Punch - Masculine

Seize the Birthday

Stamps:  Pinwheel Party - The Greetery, Haunted Headstones Sentiments - PTI.

Paper:  Fine Linen, Vellum, Summer Sunrise - PTI, Brushed Silver - SU, Brown Coredinations.

Ink:  True Black - PTI, Pumice Stone, Gathered Twigs, Salty Ocean, Festive Berries - Ranger Distress, Versamark, Aqua Alcohol Ink - Ranger.

Accessories:  Brick Wall Backplate Stencil - Sweet Poppy, Beer Tap and Mug Dies - Gina Marie Designs, Pinwheel Party Dies and Stencils,  Ship Lap Builder dies - The Greetery, Alphanumeric Tiny Type Upper Dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, heat tool, White Wonder Molten Dimensions Embossing Powder - Eileen Hull/Emerald Creek, Blender Brush, foam dots, Enamel Dots - Altenew