Tuesday, March 03, 2015

{Spotlight Project} Cornelia Likes Gold!



Hi, everyone! Cornelia here today.

I have a feeling that gold is going to be the next rage in card making and I thought I'll jump on that bandwagon with the schtuff I have in my stash....



Materials first: Washi tape, Sentiment Builders: Celebrate, Vignette: Artful Flutters

I started with a piece of white card stock and positioned the stamp where I wanted it to be. Marked that with pencil and cut the card stock into two pieces...



...minus the size of the stamp. I then positioned the card stock pieces on a second piece of card stock and again marked that with pencil.



Wiped the paper with my embossing buddy and heat embossed the sentiment in gold. Erased the pencil marks.



Taped washi tape at the edges.


Took a scrap piece of acetate (packaging material - upcycled....), wiped it with the embossing buddy, and heat embossed the butterfly on it. Now I had no idea if it would work, but you see it did. The plastic warps a bit , but if you heat emboss it against a flat surface, it's not too bad and you can also mold it as long as it is still hot.



I fussy cut the butterfly and put foam tape on the back of my two panels.



Put it all together (I used glossy accents to glue down the butterfly) - here is another look:




I hope you liked that - see you in two weeks!


Stamps Cornelia used in today's project:

  


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20 comments:

  1. hellerlittleTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 1:03:00 PM PST

    definitiv Gold ist das neue "was auch immer war"
    Cornelia deine Karte ist traumhaft schön
    klasse finde ich das es mit dem embossen beim Schmettie geklappt hat
    LG hellerlittle

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  2. CarolTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 1:24:00 PM PST

    This looks wonderful Cornelia....I used gold yesterday - must be ahead of the game lol! Carol x

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  3. JerrieTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 1:40:00 PM PST

    What a beautiful, elegant card. I love gold and you have done a fantastic job using it!!

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  4. SandyTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 3:27:00 PM PST

    Love how the butterfly came out. I will have to try this.

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  5. Kim MTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 3:50:00 PM PST

    Love what you did here, Cornelia! Loving all that gold and that butterfly turned out super cool! :-)

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  6. Brandi RTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 3:59:00 PM PST

    Beautiful! The butterfly is amazing!!

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  7. RahmatTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 4:41:00 PM PST

    Cornelia, this absolutely stunning, I really want tot CASE this card.

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  8. joyTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 4:53:00 PM PST

    Fabulous! I love the gold and the butterfly turned out beautifully.

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  9. SuchiTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 8:43:00 PM PST

    Loved it Cornelia!! I wana try this for sure! :D
    Cheers!
    Suchi xx

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  10. SD poojaTuesday, March 3, 2015 at 9:27:00 PM PST

    Wow,Elegant n Rich !! loved the butterfly most :)

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  11. New CreationsWednesday, March 4, 2015 at 4:39:00 AM PST

    The butterfly is stunning in gold, a cool creation in gold!!!

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  12. PamWednesday, March 4, 2015 at 11:25:00 AM PST

    This is stunning. I love your gold embossing and that butterfly is gorgeous.

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  13. AlisonCWednesday, March 4, 2015 at 12:01:00 PM PST

    The butterfly is lovely and even better that it's upcycled. I'll have a go at this.

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  14. Susanne VargasWednesday, March 4, 2015 at 1:51:00 PM PST

    This card wins the gold medal! Looks stunning! Learned something new again - embossing on acetate! Would have never thought that possible!

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  15. Kathy SchweinfurthThursday, March 5, 2015 at 4:45:00 PM PST

    Lovin your gold butterfly -- genius!!

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  16. JenniferEFriday, March 6, 2015 at 4:11:00 PM PST

    Beautiful! Love the gold on white.

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  17. ionabunnySaturday, March 7, 2015 at 5:51:00 AM PST

    Ooh bling. Love it. I used a lot of gold on a card the other day. Don't say I'm getting trendy in my oldish age. Hugz

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  18. Nora NollSaturday, March 7, 2015 at 10:32:00 AM PST

    This is so pretty!! I am loving all the fun gold elements on this!!

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  19. Taunya ButlerSaturday, March 7, 2015 at 6:11:00 PM PST

    That gold on this card is stunning and this card just made me exclaim WOW!!!! Love the trend of all the gold out there!!! So gorgeous and eye-catching on cards!! Thanks for sharing your tips!!!

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  20. Robyn OliverWednesday, March 11, 2015 at 8:11:00 PM PDT

    Excellent tutorial - will have to put this technique on my to do list. Thanks for sharing Cornelia, nice card

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