Gold Metallic is a hot trend for card making and the Stampin’ Up! Season of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) finds its magic with chic, golden accents. I used it on today’s Christmas card and the envelope flap for a coordinated presentation. The Season of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Peaceful Season bundle (stamp set and dies used on the card, too) are part of the Season of Elegance Suite of products and one of My Favorite Things.
gold metallic Christmas cards – easy with Season of Elegance DSP
WHAT I LOVE! Another hot trend (and a personal favorite) are bold, die cut words. I can’t get enough of them! I used the Peaceful Season “Christmas” dies to crop the background (Pretty Peacock) and more detailed (gold) sentiment. They’re gorgeous when layered but don’t miss the little dot on the “i.” Mine went MIA the first time I used it since I didn’t realize it was a separate piece.
3 tips when using gold metallic products:
- Gold Foil Sheets: Mix and match with Gold-Foiled Specialty Designer Series Papers. See a card idea here.
- Gold Metallic WOW! Embossing Powder: Check out my 8 Simple Steps for Impeccable Heat Embossing
- Gold Textured Metallic Specialty Paper: Dry Emboss it for a big “Impression”! See it in action here.
Product Spotlight: Peaceful Season Bundle
The Peaceful Season Bundle includes the Peaceful Season Stamp Set and the Peaceful Season Dies. Create stunning and refined Christmas crafts this season by combining heartfelt holiday greetings with elegant banners and die-cut labels. Perfect companion to Gold Metallic Christmas Cards!
card tutorial: gold metallic Christmas card
how to cut your cardstock & dimensions
- Pretty Peacock Card Stock:
- Card Base – 5 1/ 2 x 8 1/4, scored at 4 1/4(top)
- Die-Cut Sentiment Backdrop – 4 1/2 x 1 1/2 (before die-cutting)
- Basic White Card Stock:
- Layer – 5 1/4 x 4
- Stamped & Die-Cut Sentiment – 2 3/4 x 1 (before die-cutting)
- Gold Foil Sheets:
- Layer – 3 1/2 x 4
- Layer – 4 1/2 x 1 7/8
- Die-Cut Sentiment – 4 1/4 x 1 1/4 (before die-cutting)
- Graceful Greenery Vellum (white, dotted pattern)
- Punched Boughs – 4 x 3 1/2 (before punching)
- Season of Elegance Designer Series Paper:
- Layer – 3 1/4 x 3 3/4
- Envelope Flap – 5 3/4 x 2 1/2 (before trimming)
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how to make this gold metallic Christmas card
- Burnish the fold of the Pretty Peacock card base with a Bone Folder
- Layer and adhere the 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 Designer Series Paper, 3 1/2 x 4 Gold Foil and 5 1/4 x 4 Basic White layer together and to the card base as shown with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
- Wrap the left side of the 4 1/2 x 1 7/8 Gold Foil layer with the Pretty Peacock & Gold 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon.
- Crop the Graceful Greenery Vellum layer with the Bough Punch.
- Adhere as shown with Mini Glue Dots.
- Adhere the layer to the card as shown with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Use a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) to crop the Pretty Peacock and Gold Foil layers with the “Christmas” Peaceful Season dies.
- Adhere together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue and to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Use a Mini MISTI stamp tool to position and stamp the sentiment (Peaceful Season Stamp Set) in Pretty Peacock Classic Ink onto the Basic White layer. Watch my 1 Minute to WOW video: The Magic of the Mini MISTI for a quick product demonstration here.
- Crop a Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (Standard or Mini) and the coordinating Peaceful Season die.
- Adhere to the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
- POP OF PERSONALITY! Embellish with 3 medium Gold Textured Adhesive-Backed Dots.
- PERFECT POLISH! Adhere the 5 3/4 x 2 1/2 Designer Series Paper to the Basic White Medium envelope flap with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. PRETTY TIP! Add glue to the flap. Flip to the inside of the flap and carefully snip away the excess with Paper Snips. Watch my 1 Minute to WOW Video Tutorial to learn how here.
NEED SKETCH INSPIRATION? The layout of today’s beautiful card was inspired by the newest addition to my Stampin’ Pretty Sketchbook, Card Sketch #101 shown above!
Enjoy FREE sketch ideas with coordinating project tutorials in my Stampin’ Pretty Sketchbook here.
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oh, so pretty ideas!
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Mary, this card is gorgeous using your pretty sketch with gold foil and beautiful Season of Elegance paper. It is a double WOW! Enjoy your day!