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This is Christmas card is as shiny as a bright new penny. It has so much shiny gold & sivler it’s almost blinding in real life. It will really catch your eye! Except for the stenciled & heat embossed background, it’s entirely die cut. All you need is 4 dies, a stencil & some silver & gold embossing powder. And some bright shiny mirror gold cardstock to make it come alive.

It’s my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge IC1031 & we are visiting West Elm & their Pinterest Boards. I was inspired by THIS pillow. The pattern reminded me of this geometric tree stencil & the card just grew from there.

I will mention this card is a little hard to photograph..the camera has hard time with all the mirror gold. To make my card, I started with a piece of vanilla card stock, placed the geometric tree stencil on top & used the detail blending brushes to apply the silver ink. Then it was embossed w/ silver powder. The stencil was turned upside down & this process was repeated w/ gold ink & gold powder. I like to use the same color ink as powder because to me, it gives a richer look. The best metallic ink I’ve found is the Encore Ultimate Metallic by Tsukineko. Then the outer frame & inner diamond frame were cut out of mirror gold w/ the one piece die.  I used a couple of stitched squares to cut the diamond centers out of gold & ivory shimmer. The Merry Christmas was also cut out of gold & the shadow out of vanilla.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:  (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Rectangle Combo #4 die 5217D	Square Sm. Stitch dies 5011D	Merry Christmas Script dies 5826-01D	Geometric Trees stencil 4409	Detail Blending Brushes
Ultimate Metallic Ink	Ranger Embossing Powder	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Mirror Board
Scotch ATG

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