Loll is our host this month and she lists all the various types of glitter we can use. For today's card, I went with glitter cardstock - I have rather a lot of it in my stash so it was good to pull it out. Not that this card used much of it!
I find for die cutting I need to use the lighter weight glitter cs. I have some very heavy stuff that just won't die cut nicely. The blue and green came from Joann's (a craft store in the US), the white is SU's Dazzling Diamonds cs, and the gold is Tim Holtz's adhesive backed glitter paper.
I die cut all my pieces, glued the ornament together, punched a tiny hole in the top to thread some gold cord through, die cut another of the base ornament out of fun foam to give it dimension, and attached to ornament to the die cut pine bough. Then glued all the pieces to the top layer of white shimmer cs and finally popped that layer up on the white shimmer card base.
It was a far more fiddly card to make that I'd originally anticipated! And a real pain to photograph and get the glitter to sparkle!
Here's a close-up that hopefully shows the glitter better:
Please join us at CAS Christmas and make our gallery sparkle with glitter! There's lots of ideas from the Design Team and our fabulous Guest Designer, Michelle (of Seashell Creations).
I'm also linking up my card over at The 12 Months of Christmas challenge "Sparkle, Glitter, and Bling".
Wow - so much glitter in this beauty, Susan!! Especially love the soft blue of the ornament and your photo looks amazing!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and very sparkly card Susan! Lovely mix of different colours of glitter card stock. I love that gorgeous ornament hanging from the sparkly green branch. Fabulous! xx
ReplyDeleteI love all the sparkle on this. It's so festive! Those papers are so perfect for a Christmas card. Seeing this I am reminded that I have not done an ornament card this year yet. And I hear you about trying to die cut thick paper. Sometimes I really miss the Sizzix original dies. Gorgeous card!
ReplyDeleteHow in the world did you get all that sparkle to photograph without any blur! You are a magician! And what a beautiful, glittery card! Love the pine bough and the ornament as well as all the glitter background! Fantastic, my friend!
ReplyDeleteOMG..so much glorious glittery sparkle on your beautiful card, Susan. You went all out adding several glittery elements. TFS my friend. Hugs..Nancy
ReplyDeleteGorgeous glittery card Susan!
ReplyDeleteFabulous mix of colorful glittery die-cuts. I see no struggle of capturing all that gorgeous sparkle in your photos. Great job. xx
ReplyDeleteGood to know about the thinner glitter card stock, I've never had much luck die cutting. I love the mix of glitter colours, it looks so festive :)
ReplyDeleteWow, this card is made of 100% glittery & shimmery cs! The sparkles from the die-cuts are so pretty, Susan! Fabulous and festive CAS holiday card!
ReplyDeleteHideko xx
Glittery and fabulous and such a stunning card Susan x
ReplyDeleteLove the look of this card...pine bough and ornament dies are 2 of my faves to use on Christmas cards...gonna cut them from glitter paper for my next few. I agree with you that the secret is using lighter weight glitter paper.
ReplyDeleteSusan, hoe sparkly and a wonderful design. I love the die cuts. Thanks for joining us for the 12 Months of Christmas sparkle and glitter challenge!
ReplyDeleteWhat a very elegant card. The sparkle adds that touch of glamour. Thank you for joining in the challenge at 12 Months Of Christmas with optional twist of Sparkle, Glitter and Bling.
ReplyDeleteIf there's a prize for the most glittery card ever, you have surely won it Susan! And it is beautiful and CAS - a brilliant use of dies!
ReplyDeletePS Loving the pic of you with your spaniels :)