February 2, 2014

FF #24 and MM #93

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I have a card to share for the current Festive Friday Challenge and the current Merry Monday Challenge. I knew that I was going to use an ornament for the Merry Monday challenge and when I saw the inspiration photo at Festive Friday I immediately knew I was going to use gold.  Not sure if it was going to work at all I embossed my ornament in mat gold on cream glitter cardstock.  It actually worked and it looks gorgeous IRL. I adhered the die cut to a rustic cream card base and added a few red sequins--done. I kept the design very CAS and the whole card was done in 10 minutes.

Have a great Sunday!

Depending on the weather in the morning we may be making the trek to Sudbury to take Ben for lunch and see his completed ice fishing hut! Before Christmas the architecture students, working in small groups, had to design ice fishing huts! As soon as they got back from Christmas break they had to actually make them and then next week they will be auctioning off their huts to the local community. {insert proud mama moment here}


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Cardstock: Rustic Cream (Papertrey Ink)
Specialty Paper: Lily White Glitter (Doodlebug)
Stamps: Ornate ornaments (Waltzingmouse)
Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Dies: 2010 Heritage ornaments (Spellbinders)
other: red sequins

22 comments :

Claire said...

Love that set Tracey - I always find the big ornament quite difficult to use on a card but it looks lovely here, especially with the sequins!

Kristie Goulet said...

This ornament is gorgeous and I am sure even more gorgeous in real life. Love that you made it center stage on your card. CAS perfection. ♥ Thank you for joining us at Merry Monday!

Lynn said...

Absolutely stunning Tracey. So elegant and I am loving all the shimmer. So glad you could play with us at Festive Friday!

Bonnie said...

WOW! This is so elegant, Tracey! Perfect for both challenges! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Merry Monday!

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

Oh, this is gorgeous. Love the embossed ornament - it's stunning! Thanks so much for playing with us at Merry Monday!

~amy~ said...

so glittery and pretty Tracey!

Ice fishing hut? That's soooo cool...take pictures! Total proud momma moment!

Kay Miller said...

Oooooh Tracey that's gorgeous! Love the gold embossing and that ornament is so pretty! Ice fishing uts, that's neat! And I thought it was cold here!! haha! Thanks so much for joining us at Festive Friday! :)

Alanna said...

What a gorgeous card. If you're able to go see the ice fishing hut, have fun. Sounds fun.

Janet's Joy said...

Beautiful card Tracey! I hope you got to make the trip today.

Happy Dance said...

Stunning card, Tracey! CASimply elegant. The red sequins are the perfect compliment for the cream, gold, and shimmer. Just beautiful.
Very cool about the ice hut! If you've made it there today, be sure to post a photo - we'd love to see it! Bev

carol (krillsister) said...

Love how your ornament shimmers. A very pretty card.

Jen W. said...

This is gorgeous! That image has so much lovely detail that I'm glad you let it be the star. And whoop whoop to Ben! How cool to be bringing their designs from paper to real life!

Joyce said...

Tracey--this is just absolutely gorgeous. Even on the computer screen, I can see how pretty and shimmery it is.

Kim Heggins said...

Now talk about a gorgeous Christmas card! this is totally it...I love all the glitter and that sentiment, open me first is just too darn cute. I love it!

Annette Allen said...

very pretty...

Barb Ghig said...

What a gorgeous card, Tracey! I love the effect of the shimmer with your technique...Love how the ornament encompasses the whole card, too!

Lesley said...

Gorgeous!

Lisa Elton said...

Tracey your shimmery ornament is lovely! Ben's project sounds awesome! My fisherman son would love it LOL!!! Hope the weather was good for proud mama to make the trip ;)

Jill Norwood said...

Love your pretty gold ornament! I have never seen a nice fishing hut in person! What fun! Hope all went well! :)

cm said...

Pretty, pretty, pretty! Hope you made it to the ice-fishing hut; sounds intriguing!!
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Geri said...

Absolutely beautiful, Tracy! I don't think there's much prettier than simple silver or gold against a cream/neutral! Love it, and delighted you've played along with us at Festive Friday!

Meredith MacRitchie said...

I love that you used this very ornately patterned ornament (love these from WMS!) and paired it with a very CAS layout. It's stunning! Beautiful card, thanks for playing with FF Tracey!