A Golden Birthday

Have you ever heard of a "Golden Birthday"?  I hadn't, but recently became aware of it when my granddaughter explained that she would be having her special day on the 12th--turning 12!  As she mentioned it MANY times, I got the hint (I'm only a little dense!) and knew just what I had to do to celebrate her once-in-a-lifetime occasion
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I built an entire card front out of gold papers, mounted on a base of Whisper White.  The first layer is the beautiful Gold Foil Sheets, on top of which I highlighted four beautiful gold Specialty Papers:  Fancy Foil Designer Vellum (the polka dots and the hearts) and Gold Soiree (the stripes and the leaves). 

In order for the vellum papers to show their full effects, I mounted them on a same-size piece of Whisper White card stock.  This gave me the coordinated gold/white look that I wanted, going well with the white accents in the Gold Soiree papers.

I cut a circle of gold using my Circle Framelits, and then ran it through the Big Shot using the numbers from the File Tabs Edgelits.  This was popped up, using Dimensionals, on another piece of Gold Foil Sheet underneath, and a string of Gold Sequins were hung below.

I finished up with a knot of Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon and some Gold Sequins randomly placed.  Shiny?  You bet!  But pretty and sophisticated too.

Needless to say, my granddaughter LOVED it and said she'd keep it forever!  So I think I did good! 

And of course, a matching envelope, adding a piece of the vellum to the flap of my Whisper White envelope. 

What do you think?  Won't you leave me a comment and let me know?

All items can be purchased here.

And let's get creating!

Gold Foil Sheets

$3.95

Gold Fancy Designer Vellum Foil

$10.95

Gold Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper

$12.95

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

$8.50

Whisper White Medium Envelopes

$6.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

$3.95

Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon

$6.95

File Tabs Edgelits Die

$10.95

Circles Collection Framelits Die

$26.95

Gold Sequin Trim

$4.95

A Purple Birthday

I think I have mentioned that March is a crazy month for birthdays in my family!  Six family members were born in March, so I spend a lot of time making birthday cards this month.  Here's another:

My granddaughter LOVES purple!  So I just had to make a purple card for her special day.  This one uses the starburst technique.  I started with an Elegant Eggplant card base, cut 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", and scored at 4-1/4".  To this I adhered a smaller layer of Wisteria Wonder. 

I cut 4 rectangles, 2 Wisteria Wonder and 2 of the Fancy Foil Designer Vellum in Silver; these were cut in half on the diagonal, and then the Wisteria Wonder pieces were run through my Big Shot with different embossing folders (Chevron, Sophisticated Stripes, Fancy Fan and Decorative Dots--a FREE Sale-A-Bration folder available only through Monday!), and they were all adhered to a piece of scrap paper in a fan design. 

A beautiful piece of Silver Foil cardstock was attached to the bottom, and a strip of (vintage) Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon was tied in a knot around the card.

There's a little silver thread, pulled from the Silver Bakers Twine twisted through the ribbon--gives it a little sparkle.

Oh Happy Day, from Starburst Sayings, was embossed with Silver Embossing Powder on Whisper White cardstock; I sponged Elegant Eggplant ink over it all and then cut it out with the Starburst Framelits.  This was adhered to a circle in Eggplant and popped up on front.

What a happy card!

All items used can be purchased here.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing you all a lovely Valentine's Day--I hope you are spending it with someone you LOVE!

Another mish-mash Valentine's Day card, using everything but the kitchen sink!  Popular at my February Card Club!

This one uses En Francais, stamped in Versamark, heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder, and trimmed with an edgelit along the right side.  It's then mounted on a piece of Basic Black cardstock.  The Real Red card base was embossed with the Sophisticated Stripes embossing folder and the Big Shot, and a 2" layer of the Fancy Foil Designer Vellum (with the gold hearts) was added.  Then came the layer with En Francais, and a few strips of Watercolor Wonder Designer Washi Tape helps hold the vellum in place.

"pssst..." from Happy Watercolor was embossed in gold, and was cut out with one of the Word Bubbles framelits, then popped up on Dimensionals.  "i {heart} you" is a design in the Label Thinlets Card Die, and is cut in Gold Foil Sheets with the Big Shot, then added to another Word Bubble.  A red heart was punched from Red Glimmer Paper and adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.

Finally some random gold sequins were pulled from the the Gold Sequin Trim and adhered with the Two-Way Glue Pen. 

i {heart} you!  Thanks for visiting!

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A Special Valentine

For my January Card Club, I wanted to showcase a Valentine's Day card, but really wanted something different.  I had seen a black and gold card, and it got the old creative juices flowing.  Before I knew it, a card was born:

I started with a Basic Black card base.  The "skid marks" from Gorgeous Grunge was stamped using Versamark, as was Off the Grid.  These were then heat embossed using Gold Embossing Powder.  Then the fun began!

I added an "arrow" using the beautiful new Fancy Foil Designer Vellum (comes with three patterns--gold stripes, gold polka dots and gold hearts--it also comes in Silver) and a strip of the Watercolor Wonder Washi Tape.  Then I heat embossed the heart from Language of Love on Basic Black cardstock, again in Gold embossing powder, and punched out with my Heart Punch. 

I also punched two Gold Foil hearts, embossing one with the Stripes Embossing Folder and the other with the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and the Big Shot.  These were popped up with Dimensionals.

Finally the stamp from Happy Watercolor, "psst..." was stamped in Black Staz On on Very Vanilla, cut into a banner shape and popped up with Dimensionals.

The inside is very simple:

From Express Yourself. 

This one is for my husby--I know he'll like it!

Let's get creating!