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.

Second medallion sample card

Hurray!!!! I've just managed to finish off my second sample for club night on Wednesday. Again I have used a medallion stamp from Creative Stamping. This time I stuck to monotones of black and white; so black embossing powder on white card and white embossing powder on the black card. Again I raided my stash of Graphicus papers and found a matching black and white sheet. The sentiment is one I got from C&C and I used a ticket punch from Stampin Up for all the corners. Gems were then added as a final embellishment. Now - off to start on my animal card!!! LOL

Medallion Card

Hi everyone - well it seems such a long time since I posted but things have been really hectic over the last couple of weeks - first our two day art exhibition, then the following weekend I had a stall at a school fete and then yesterday we had our annual BBQ to raise funds for the local Neighbourhood Watch and catered for nearly 100 people............... don't think we'll be having another BBQ for quite a while!!! LOL.

I have managed to finish one medallion card sample for club night on Wednesday and will try to get another one done this afternoon but thought I would post this one first. For the main image I have used a Creative Stamping image and, for a change, have stamped onto patterned card (from my stash of Graphicus Guild goodies). There are actually 7 layers and I must admit it was quite difficult to cut out because of the pattern on the card. When I stamped it I embossed in copper. The sentiment is from a Stampin Up set as are the scalloped and oval punches. I then used DecoArt Paper Effects in copper as embellishments at the edge of the card.