Thursday, November 8, 2012

Merry & Bright

Hello Friends & Followers!  I hope you are doing well.  I wanted to make a card for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge:
I decided to use their Seasons of Love - Tags set and some metallic paper by American Crafts to create this card:
(Holiday card count - 20, eek!  I usually have more like 100 by now!!  I better get crackin'!)  My card is actually red & silver, but for some reason a lot of folks think I used gold...  I think Martha Stewarts' holiday stars border punch coordinates so nicely with this stamp, don't you?  I will say, it is a little tricky trying to heat emboss on that metallic paper, it is really slippery and wants to curl when hit with the heat gun.  I know this is simple, but I like how it turned out.
     This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
     Thanks for looking!  I hope you have a good evening!

~ Crafty Math Chick

11 comments:

Pia S said...

The star patterned border works beautifully with your star image. The gold and red color scheme is so elegant and is perfect for a Christmas card. It's a fab clean design!

Edna Morrisedie said...

Love the edging you chose for this card, makes it very merry and bright indeed! Thanks for playing along with the Mischief Makers this week!

Kelly S. said...

Hi Meredith! So glad to see you at the challenge :) LOVE the star against that shimmering gold cardstock! The star border is a perfect fit! The tag looks gorgeous embossed to match. Thanks for your sweet note on Facebook ;)!!

Sandy Trefger said...

Beautiful! That metallic paper just makes that ornament stand out! Wonderful creation! Thank you for joining us for the Clear it Out Challenge!
~sandy
visit my blog @ sandy's crafty creations

Deborah Frings said...

Love the embossed star and gorgeous punched backing paper - so pretty!

I know what you mean about making cards - I'm behind too!

Jean Martin said...

Oh wow! Love the embossing! This is so elegant! Thanks for sharing this with us at WMSC!

coldwaters2 said...

Gorgeous card that gold panel and star look both classy and elegant super card, thank you for joining us at Whoopsie Daisy this week.
hugs
lorraine x

Unknown said...

Love this, it looks like foil blocking, very rich, and yep I did think it was gold too! but I can see how the house lights throw up a yellow cast, Cracking card though! Fabby to see you so playing along with our sketch!

Tracy Wray aka Trak said...

BEAUTIFUL card very well thoughtout beautiful colours ..Thank you for playing along at Card Mania Challenges!

Lynn's Place said...

Thanks for playing along at Clear It Out Tuesday...great take on the challenge hope to see you again...

Corrinne said...

Fantastic - oh, so shiny :) Thank you for joining us at Clear It Out Challenges!

I invite you to share with me at the ANYTHING GOES challenge here:
http://pinandtack.blogspot.com/2012/11/spark-your-creativity-now-challenge-3.html

Lots of joy,
Corrinne