Focus on Holiday Sentiment

Hello! Jumping back to Christmas with a shiny and bright card that focuses on the Christmas sentiment from Gina K designs Merry & Bright stamp set.   I stamped the words with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold EP on GKD Red CS.  I did some dry embossing around the edges and highlighted the raised surfaces with Gold ink. I framed the sentiment with a frame cut from Gold Metallic CS using Spellbinders Label Dies. To finish, I attached this to a Gold Metallic card base.
Challenges to enter:
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #458 Anything Goes as long as It's Christmas with Optional Twist-Sentiment as the Focal Point
Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C 505 Focus on the Sentiment
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB #15 Anything Christmas Goes
Winter Wonderland: Merry and Bright Challenge

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Red and Gold for Christmas

Hello!  I am back with another Christmas card in July that was inspired by the sketch from the current challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  First I created a background for the card by stamping and heat embossing a Music Background stamp from Gina K Designs on Red Card stock with Gold EP. For the top of the card I stamped and gold embossed a GKD sentiment on a small panel of the same CS. I layered this sentiment on a Gold Metallic panel die cut with a Spellbinders Scalloped Rectangle die.  I assembled the card with a  Gold Metallic card base, a layer of Red CS, the embossed music background, strips of red velvet ribbon edged with gold, and finally the sentiment. I always love the dramatic look of red and gold. 

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #512 shown below

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Make Your Own Background

Happy Little Stampers: July Christmas Challenge-Anything Goes + Optional Sparkle

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: 477 Anything Goes Christmas -Optional Theme: Use die cut or punch

Die Cuttin Divas: Challenge #429 Embossing. Used Spellbinder Rectangle Dies and Heat Embossing

ModSquad Challenge: Christmas In July

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Christmas Angel

Before I added the sentiment.

 Hello!  Today I have a CAS card using Gold Metallic and White Washi Tape and a Black strip that I heat embossed with Black EP on Scor-Tape.  The angel was stamped and heat embossed with Gold Metallic EP and then fussy cut to attach to card.  This stamp was from a magazine freebie. Finished with a Gold Embossed "Alleluia" using an old Flourishes Stamp.
Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash:#382 Washi-Washi-Washi
CAS on Friday: Challenge #146 Use Washi Tape on your card.
TIME OUT Challenges: #123 Black + White  + one Color (Used gold)
CAS(E) this Sketch: #298 Shown below.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa