Stamp With Belinda

Shimmery Simple Grace

I had planned on using one of the black cards for a swap I'm in... but decided against those. I wanted something simpler... not only in the interest of time... well, ok, it was mostly in the interest of time! lol!

Anyway, I began thinking that I could emboss the Gold Encore... that would keep it from smearing so easily while I mass-produced, and it would certainly be faster than using the heat gun to simply dry the Gold Encore ink. I came up with the Vanilla-White-Gold combo (well, ok, I didn't come up with it... but I saw it so many places that I knew it would be perfect) and then embossed with clear. Well, it turned out that my clear had a bit of Iridescent Ice in it, which made the piece I embossed sparkle just a tiny bit, which got me wondering how it would look done *totally* in Iridescent Ice. While it's difficult to see the sparkle in the pictures, I must say it's GAWJUS in real life! The Iridescent Ice (I've misspelled that each time I've typed it so far! lol!) makes the gold ink match the gold card stock sooo much better-- that brushed gold has a LOT of shimmer in it. Anyway, here's my card... enjoy!

Shimmery Simple Grace

Images © 1990–2008 Stampin’ Up!

Supplies...
Stamp Sets: Season of Simple Grace
Ink: Gold Encore Ink Pad
Paper: Very Vanilla card stock, Whisper White card stock, Brushed Gold card stock
Accessories: Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, Scallop Edge punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Stampin' Dimensionals.

To order any of the products used to make this project, email me at  belindaking@stampwithbelinda.com or go to my Stampin' Up! website and click on "SHOP NOW" in the top right corner.

BKCC#7... My cards

I knew when I saw the photo I picked that the colors would be so elegant... I was right! (pats self on back) I love how my cards turned out... even if Gold Encore ink is a pain in the patootie to work with. You see, it doesn't like to dry very easily. I blasted it with my heat gun, and that helped quite a bit.

The first card is a simple tri-fold (though I'm not quite sure it's called a "tri" fold when there are clearly two folds... lol!). First score your 5-1/2 x 8-1/2" cardstock at 4-1/4", then score again at 2-1/8". I placed the inside layer first (Mary and Joseph) then carefully placed the Wise Men layer on top so that when the card is closed, it's "hiding" the inside layer.

Follow the Star

Images © 1990–2008 Stampin’ Up!

Supplies...
Stamp Sets: Season of Simple Grace, Snow Swirled
Ink: Gold Encore Ink Pad
Paper: Basic Black card stock, Brushed Gold card stock, Whisper White card stock
Accessories: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

I love the gold on black! *grin* But I wasn't quite pleased with this card. So I looked around the galleries on Splitcoast and found a card that used Cami's Trifold design (see the tutorial by Beate Johns).

Christ's Birth

Images © 1990–2008 Stampin’ Up!

Supplies...
Stamp Sets: Season of Simple Grace, Snow Swirled
Ink: Gold Encore Ink Pad
Paper: Basic Black card stock, Brushed Gold card stock, Whisper White card stock
Accessories: White taffeta ribbon ribbon, Slit punch, 1/8" circle punch, 1-1/4" circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

I adore this card! The only thing I would change would be to leave the snowflakes off the front-- just have them on the middle panel.

To order any of the products used to make this project, email me at  belindaking@stampwithbelinda.com or go to my Stampin' Up! website and click on "SHOP NOW" in the top right corner.

BKCC#7... Sumission

Sharon participated in this challenge (and caught up on some missed challenges, too). Click on the picture of her card to go to her post. Thanks so much for participating! *grin*

Sharon

Some Images © 1990–2008 Stampin’ Up!

Be sure to check out Sharon's other post with missed color challenges HERE<----. She did a great job on all of her cards! *grin*