Wednesday 22 August 2012

Gold! Always Believe in Your Soul!

We had some lovely cards last week at Addicted to Stamps for our 'Cards for Boys' challenge.  Don't forget to pop along later to see if you are a featured Addict this week!  We're back to a colour week today and we would like to see your 'gold' creations.

I made a wedding card this week:


The lovely script cake was stamped in VersaMark and embossed in sparkly gold powder, with three little flowers added (the Itty Bitty punches are ever so useful for things like this).  I had some gold thread rescued from a box of something or other, which I wrapped around the bottom and added a little heart on top.  The rest of the card was made up with some simple layering using some scraps of shiny gold card and some embossed white.

Here's a close-up of that scrummy cake:


Supplies
Stamps: Love & Laughter
Ink: VersaMark
Card: Whisper White, gold (recycled from a chocolate box!)
Other: gold thread (also recycled), Owl Punch (for the heart), Itty Bitty Shapes punches, rhinestones, BigShot, Perfect Polkadots embossing folder, gold sparkling embossing powder (non-SU), heat tool

Cats and a dog in today's picture: Edited to include a new picture. I inadvertently put on a picture from a couple of days ago.  Ah well, it can be a dog picture for my crime:


So pop over to the ATS blog for some golden inspiration, not that we need it here in the UK after our truly golden Olympics, and then show us what you make!

Thanks for stopping by,

20 comments:

  1. Wonderful wedding card Victoria, that stamp looks fab in gold! The little punched flowers are a perfect touch :) Silly dog putting his tongue out he might have got away with it otherwise!
    Val x

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  2. Absolutely stunning! You did a fabulous job with the challenge & I know it will be a hit! Love the embossed background too!

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  3. Very stylish card Victoria-I love the combination of the embossed card against the gold-very effective-love it ! :) x

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  4. I love that you recycled the gold from a chocky box. This card is beautiful, Victoria. The perfect gold card!

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  5. Stunning! Very elegant card.

    Claire x

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  6. Absolutely beautiful, Victoria. This is so elegant and the little gold flowers are a perfect finishing touch. Hugs, Sue x

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  7. How elegant! I love the embossing and the tiny flowers decorating that cake.

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  8. Gorgeous card Victoria. I love this stamp set but haven't managed to get an inkpad to mine yet. Also well done for the recycling!

    Karen x

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  9. Oh yes, I was a "frilly bloused" Spandau fan! A very elegant card Victoria. xx

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  10. Hi Victoria, what a beautiful wedding card the embossing is amazing tricky to do with so many words in the stamp, well it is for me any ways. Love the addition of the thread and the little flowers very sophisticated. As for your post title surely you are far too young to remember that golden oldie ! I will be singing that for the rest of the day now , thanks a bunch !

    Marie

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  11. Your wedding card is simply stunning! I love the gold so much! Even right down to the detail of how you repurposed a piece of gold thread--it really shows how we shouldn't throw these little bits of lovely things away!

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  12. I like !!! Evrythine is perfect ! Bravo !

    Hugs.
    Cath.

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  13. Gorgeous card, I do love this stamp and it looks great in gold :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  14. Beautiful card Victoria! Love the shimmery gold detail!

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  15. Very elegant Victoria, fab stamp.
    Pauline
    x

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  16. Gorgeous card there Victoria. Love that cake in gold. At first glance I thought the bitty flowers were bees!
    I have two wedding cards to make in the very near future, one for 1st September! Eek!

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  17. Is "scrummy" the same as yummy over here? Cause that cake looks very yummy and elegant and perfect for a wedding card! And way to go, recycling gold from a choco box!!

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  18. Beautiful card Victoria. Would be great for a golden anniversary. x

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  19. This is an idea I never thought of - chocolate wrappers, now I have to go eat some chocolate.

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  20. This is an idea I never thought of - chocolate wrappers, now I have to go eat some chocolate.

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