Sunday 21 December 2008

TRADITIONAL GOLD & SILVER.....

...is the requirement this week over at DCM. The one thing i had forgotten is how difficult it is to get a good photo of traditional embossing with powder! Gosh! how many did i have to take to get these two that are still only half decent!!!!.........Anyway.....here is my design for the dare!

After all the picture taking......i've noticed that the image isn't quite level! Grrrr!!

The image is an old stamp by PSX, which i've embossed with metallic silver E.P. onto white card. This has then been mounted onto some matt metallic gold card, and i've used my Fiskars 'Threading Water' punch at the base and threaded fine silver organza through the holes!

The silver background paper is in fact wallpaper.....something that i used to do lots of when i first started cardmaking........a very inexpensive alternative to Designer Paper! (most DIY shops will still allow you to have pieces from their sample rolls!) The card base is A6.

Thanks for your time today......see you soon ;-D

Hugs
Carol x

9 comments:

  1. Wow this is just beautiful Carol!
    Love the ribbon detail and such a fantastic stamp!

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  2. Love the elegance of the gold and silver, fabulous card.

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  3. Hehehe! I still have oddments of wallpaper from doing the very same thing! Beautiful stamp too!

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  4. What a gorgeous card carol, it really is something special

    thanks for sharing it with us - wishing you a very Happy Christmas

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  5. What a beautiful card Carol.
    The embossing looks great and I love that PFX stamp that you’ve used. I think the ribbon threaded along the bottom really finishes your card perfectly.

    Thanks for supporting the DCM’s throughout the year and I hope that you and your family have a great Christmas
    Love
    Sue
    x x x

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  6. A very gorgeous card and I love how you did the ribbon on the bottom. Very elegant~

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  7. I just love this card, Gorgeous!!!
    Have a wonderful Christmas, Carol.
    Hugs,
    Peet

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  8. Lovely card Carol. Its not easy to stamp and emboss an image of that size without a problem but you have done a great job and I love how you threaded the ribbon. Hope you had a lovely Christmas, I'd love to pop over again soon.
    Jen

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Thanks for your visit today :) I appreciate your time and your comments and i'd love to come over and visit you too! ;-D
Hugs
Carol x