Rejoice!

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Simple elegance is how I would describe this card we made at my October stamp class. Easy to put together yet the use of gold made it sparkle. I fear the color didn't come through as well as I would have like it.  Believe it or not, the card and the background for the gold embossed words is Crumb Cake, even though it looks like gray.  I embossed the Berry Burst card stock using the Tin Tile Dybnamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and then smeared Gold Shimmer Paint all over the surface using a sponge dauber, although it barely shows on this picture. The rest is self-explanatory. If you saw yesterday's post, you also saw a variation of this card.

Before assembling this card, the gold foil leaves were cut from the piece that backed our greeting. Saves paper, which also saves money. And no one would ever know unless they take the card apart.

I have a group of ladies from church who come to my house once a month to make birthday cards for church family. But this month, we made personal cards.  Because they are inexperienced ladies, I choose simple designs and discontinued dsp and colors as much as possible. My "assembly line cards" were actually designed for them to copy, but the designs came in handy for stamping a couple dozen more cards.

Products Used:
His Light rubber stamp set (4); W 147739, $21.00; C 147736, $16.00
Crumb Cake 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 120953, $8.50
Berry Burst 8-1/2" x 11" card stock (24), 144243, $8.50
Gold 12" x 12" Foil Sheets (2), 132622, $4.00
Gold 12" x 12" Glimmer Paper (2), 146958, $5.00
In the Woods Framelits Dies (11), 407919, $33.00
Embossing Buddy, 103083, $6.00
Versamark Pad, 102283, $9.00
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder (1/2 oz.), 109129, $5.00
Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 147906, $10.00
Vegas Gold Shimmer Paint (1/2 fl. oz.), 146886

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