Kia ora Koutou
Gosh we are almost into August and I can’t believe how fast this year has gone. July is nearly done but I have one more Christmas card to share with you featuring the Amazing Paper Grace Gilded Vines Glimmer Plates from The Gilded Age collection by Becca Feeken. I have been watching The Gilded Age series on TV and it is just fabulous and I love looking at all the beautiful gilded decor, gold jewellery and stunning outfits. So this card has been inspired by all the lavish gilding on the walls and even the ceilings. I have kept my card fairly simple and added some Christmas embellishments from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif dies from the Seasonal Labels Motif dies collection.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.
My Project
My card base is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ made from white cardstock. I added a lovely texture to the top and bottom by die cutting a single decorative edge from the Amazing Paper Grace Infinity Link Border dies out of white cardstock and cutting it in half. I then foiled the background using the Amazing Paper Grace Gilded Vines Glimmer Plates using Aura foil and trimmed the card down and matted it with gold mirror card before adding it to the base card using some Fun Foam.
For the sentiment I used the sentiment from the Christmas Damask Jubilee Hot Foil Plate Set and foiled it on white cardstock before using the rectangle die from the Amazing Paper Grace All Occasions Stamp and Die set before adding it to the centre of the decorative background.
I die cut two frames using the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Rectangle die set – one from gold mirror cardstock and on from white cardstock. These were stacked together and added around the sentiment as shown.
I then made a range of Christmas embellishments using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif dies out using a variety of colours and also some accents in gold mirror cardstock. These embellishments were added to the top left and bottom right of the card as shown. I also added glossy accents to the berries for more dimension and shine.
To finish the card I added some gold pearls to the bottom left, top right and around the sentiment as shown.
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
Gilded Vines Glimmer Plates
Holiday Label Motif dies
Infinity Link Border dies
Elegant Twist Rectangles
Christmas Damask Jubilee Hot Foil Plate Set
All Occasions Stamp and Die set
Other Products Used:
Lawn Fawn Gold Mirror Cardstock
Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Fern
Spellbinders Colorwheel Cardstock – Rainforest
Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Ruby, Raspberry, Forest Green
Gina K Designs Cardstock – Chocolate Truffle
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 110 Ib cardstock
Spellbinders Foil – Aura
Glossy Accents
Copic Markers – YR16, YR23, Y08
Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls
Bearly Art Glue
My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press
Double sided tape
Foam Squares
Fun Foam
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Happy Crafting
Patricia