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Saturday 7 July 2012

Less is More - Week 75 - Colour........GOLD

Hi there everyone - are you all as wet as we are down here in rural Somerset????  We're expecting to get the dingy out later to go shopping!!!  lol  Not quite that bad but getting near.  We were going to the Seafood Festival in Weymouth today but didn't fancy soggy prawns!  Anyway, on to more pressing matters........ this week's Less is More challenge is 'Gold' and they say "It can be shiny or matt, but we'd like it to be unmistakably gold!"

I decided to use my Memory Box dies - Debutante Frame, Orchard Tree Frame and Spring Border.  I die cut the backing frame out of white card, the Orchard Tree out of gold mirri and the Spring border also out of gold mirri.  I then put the border through my machine again with the Orchard Tree frame so I could shape the bottom of the border so it fitted neatly.  The sentiments are Stampin Up Congrats and gold embossed.  I've used an A5 card blank and used my Cuttlebug Wicker Weave border embossing folder.  I've added some metal trim and some gems to finish off.

Thanks for stopping by - hope everyone is safe and dry.

29 comments:

  1. Lovely card, and I so like the sentiment.

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  2. Hola Karen, thank you for your lovely comment, i think you're a kind person:D, i hope to see you again.
    FANTASTIC CARD!!! Karen, i LOVE your Memory Box dies, amazing!, very delicate work, gorgeous Karen!.
    I hope a good seafood festival for you:D
    Hugs from the melted island

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  3. Lovely card Karen and I have spotted your new embossing folders..looks great

    Anne

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  4. Unmistakably gold - an elegant card. Clever use of the MB dies to combine them.

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  5. Very delicate die cut Karen, so pretty!
    Val xx

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  6. Such a lovely die cut and looks fab in gold. :)

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  7. This is beautiful - the die is quite stunning

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  8. This looks gorgeous!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  9. Beautiful! I love the Memory Box dies,and this one is a great one aswell. Your card is fab!

    Marrigje

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  10. Your card is beautiful - I love the gold frame, hugs x x

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  11. No joke: my dad was in Spain last week and as we're both linguists, he always brings back silly translations of things for me. Anyway, this time he sent me a menu with both Spanish and English on. The menu had clearly been run through Google Translate as there were so any corkers on there, but one of my favourites has to be that great culinary dish "Sweaty Prawns". Thought they might be a relation of your "Soggy Prawns"?
    Absolutely fantastic card. The die cuts look stunning cut out of gold!

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  12. Suck fab use of dies, Karen! Your card is really elegant!

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  13. Karen, I love that die! I've looked at it several times, but never bought it...I might need to rethink that! LOL! LOVE your card!

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  14. One challenges loss is another ones gainlol !!! Fantastic card those dies look amazing in gold , a fantastic design and the embossing is a lovely touch. Hope you don't have tomgetnyour dingy out and what a shame you missed out on those prawns.

    Marie

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  15. Hi Karen
    Of course you can come .... How long will it take in months.....
    Fabby card ... Love the Memory box Die
    Hugs sylvie xxx

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  16. Karen, so soft with the touch of elegance. Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving the sweet comments. Hugs

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  17. Hi Karen

    What a great card so delicate and pretty.

    Tina
    X

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  18. Gorgeous card! Great die too....!

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  19. Fab die Karen. That is a very smart, elegant card and great for the challenge.

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  20. This is a beautiful card -so delicate!

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  21. Hi Karen, Sorry to hear it's been so wet with you:{ I'm loving your card, that die is just lovely and I like the border embossing too, great card, Gay xxx

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  22. So delicate and very pretty Karen. Loveit!
    xx

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  23. Oh my, Karen, that is a heavenly card. So fragile and lovely!

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  24. unmistakably gold for sure! Well done Karen!
    G.
    Charlotte

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  25. Such a wonderful creation.
    http://carolescreativecritters.blogspot.com/

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