HEART OF CHRISTMAS WEEK 21: STAMPIN' UP! TWINKLING LIGHTS BLACK AND GOLD CARD

 

It's almost time for the last Heart of Christmas blog hop for the year ... next week will be the final share from our group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around Australia.  Sadly, tonight IS my final share for the year, as I am about to have ankle surgery.  The recovery period is pretty long, and I have to elevate my leg for several weeks, which means no playing in my craft room.

The card I am sharing is another in my series of Lights Aglow, and Twinkling Lights, cards.  It's unmistakeably a "Christine card", with the layout, but I stepped outside my usual colour comfort zone with this one.  I love the drama of the black papers in the Lights Aglow Designer Series Paper pack.  For tonight's card, I teamed two of the black patterns with Distressed Gold DSP, and Very Vanilla card.  It's a little hard to see in the photos, but in addition to the starry paper, I laid a wide strip of black bokeh-patterned paper across the card, in the bottom third of the front panel.

In this photo, you can better see the gorgeous shine and patina of the Distressed Gold DSP.  I cut the scalloped rectangle layer using Scalloped Contours Dies, and used the same lovely paper for the die-cut star atop the tree.

The embellishments added to the tree are Gold Festive Pearls, and Champagne Rhinestones coloured with a Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blends marker.

I gold heat-embossed the sentiment, from Christmas to Remember, on Very Vanilla card, and cut it out using a Stylish Shapes Die.  It's popped up on Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, across the tree that is die-cut from Very Vanilla card.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Caroline Manwaring.  If you click on the button below, you will be taken to her blog:

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a comprehensive list of all participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Sharon Davern's blog.  Sharon does a fantastic job of co-ordinating the Heart of Christmas blog hops every week, and I have thoroughly enjoyed taking part this year.  Please make sure you check out everyone else's blog posts next Monday night, the final shares for this year.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Christmas To Remember Cling Stamp Set (English) [156300] $41.00	Clear Block G [118489] $8.75	Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock [144238] $15.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $16.25	Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $18.00
Lights Aglow 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159535] $27.00	Distressed Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [159237] $8.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $53.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $218.00	Twinkling Lights Dies [159541] $49.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00	Festive Pearls [159963] $12.25	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $10.50
Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843] $15.75	Gold & Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Satin Edged Ribbon [159555] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $7.50
Mini Glue Dots [103683] $9.25