Yesterday I started sharing some of my Christmas cards from classes and today I’d thought I’d share another. This was my first chance playing with the Brushed Gold cardstock, and let me tell you, it is Fabulous!
I was playing with different ideas when I came up with this card, but in the end, I loved the simplicity of it with lots of pretty touches.
Tips for making this card:
- Die cut the larger star using the Star Framelits from Stampin’ Up directly from your card base. Then fill the hole by gluing a piece of pretty cardstock (like this Brushed Gold) to the inside of your card. It makes it pretty inside and out!
- Tie around some glitzy baker’s twine and then fray the edges after you knot it to give it a softer touch.
- Use the Bright & Beautiful stamp set to stamp and cut out with the Star Framelits, a central focus point to layer inside your star cutout in the card base.
- Add a simple rhinestone to the center of the star and color it with Blendabilities for some subtle sparkle that coordinates!
See, easy peasy! But lots of shimmer and sparkle. Oh, and I forgot to mention, the Brushed Gold cardstock is heavier weight than I was used to with cardstock, which makes it great as a layer or even a card base. Really adds some feel good heft to your cards!
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Happy Monday!
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Project Supplies Used:
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No joke, I am so digging the stars thing right now and when I finished this card, it was the first one from the set of display board projects that I really got excited about. So much so that I used it for our group swap where we picked on of our cards from the board to create and trade.
but you will have a better time getting an even edge around your images when you use the magnetic platform because it is strong enough to keep the framelit where you set it!
When I was doing this for a swap, I cut long strips for Whisper White cardstock (around 1.25” wide) and stamped my sentiment on the strip and then trimmed down with my snips to the narrower width. But this is a fun color combination, so grab some cardstock and give it a try with your projects. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
