More Merry Metallic Christmas Cards

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Hi Stamping Friends!

I'm loving the metallics trend so much this holiday season, and I'm excited to see that it's going to continue into the new year! There are so many fun silver & gold items in the new Occasions Catalog coming on January 3! Can't wait to try some awesome new metallic things!

Today, I have a couple more holiday cards that really embrace the metallics theme!

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CASEd from Mary Fish at StampinPretty.com.

Mixed Metallics Leaf Wreath Card

I saw this beautiful mixed metallics card, originally created by Mary Fish, and I knew I had to CASE it! While it's certainly not a card that is easy to mail, it is perfect for hand-delivery, and it's so gorgeous in real life! Shiny, glitter and oh, so elegant!

Background Basics—I stamped the Hearts Come Home sentiment in VersaMark ink onto the bottom of a 3-3/4" x 5" Whisper White piece, then heat-embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder. I layered it onto a 4" x 5-1/4" layer of Copper Foil, then tied a White/Silver Metallic-Edge Ribbon around the layers and tied it into a double-knot. It's layered onto a Whisper White Thick card stock base.

Leaf Wreath—The wreath is created with 16 Leaf Punch shapes: four each of Gold Foil, Copper Foil, Silver Foil and Gold Glimmer punches. TIP: If you're really efficient, you can punch your Copper Foil leaves from the background Copper Foil layer before adhering it to the embossed layer.

I used my Bone Folder to gently curve each of the leaves. Using Glue Dots, I started by positioning the Gold Foil Leaves at the 12, 3, 6, and 9 "clock" positions to provide a symmetrical starting point for the wreath. The stems are all pointing "clockwise" around the circle. Then, I layered the other leaves, alternating the different metals. Talk about a special, and very fancy, holiday card!

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Janet's Golden Christmas Quilt Card

Janet Shinn used a very similar card layout for her awesome golden card!

Background Basics—Janet stamped the Christmas Quilt greeting in VersaMark onto the bottom of a 3-5/8" x 4-7/8" Whisper White card stock, then heat-embossed it with Gold Embossing Powder. It's mounted onto a 4" x 5-1/4" Gold Foil, then tied with a 1/8" Gold Ribbon before adhering it to a Whisper White Thick cardstock.

Quilted Star—Janet used the Quilt Builder Framelits to create the quilt pattern star. She embossed a 3×3" piece of Year of Cheer Designer Series Paper and a 3×3" piece of Gold Foil with the Quilt Top embossing folder first. Next, she die-cut both pieces with the Quilt Builder dies. Then, she reconstructed the pieces onto a 3×3" piece of Whisper White to re-create the star shape. She could use the remaining pieces to create another opposite version, too! Janet matted the quilted layer onto a Gold Foil scallop square die-cut with the Layering Squares Framelits, and popped it up with Dimensionals.

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