Gold is back!
Back on trend & I love it!
For a while, silver seemed to reign but gold is back and just in time for the holidays. Autumn is such a golden time with the warm rich colors of harvest and it blends seamlessly into the golden sparkling time of Christmas.
Today's card project isn't holiday themed but I think gold is classic for all the year through. Feel free to take some of these ideas and change up the design to make it work for your holiday projects this year.
To create this project I started with a chipboard butterfly. It's not currently available in the shop so you can create your own by die cutting some chipboard with a die or using an alternate chipboard shape. This card is going to give you lots of ideas for adding gold into your projects and to coat the chipboard in a beautiful soft gold, I colored it with a Krylon Gold Leaf Paint Pen. These pens are easy and beautiful to use. Here's a few tips...
- shake pen well before starting to smooth out the paint inside
- depress the nib on scrap paper to prime the nib and get the paint flowing
- add color as desired...if nib gets dry, simply depress again to pump up the paint flow
- cap these pens tightly so they don't dry out
If you've been on Pinterest lately you'll notice that gold dipped is also a hot trend. Well...how about a double whammy of gold? Gold dipped with gold glitter. Yes please!!!
To apply the glitter smooth on some Glossy Accents over the area you want to adhere the glitter to. Sprinkle with gold glitter, remove excess and voila! It's soooo purdy!
Next...how about some gold inked edges. I haven't quite inked the edges yet in the above shot but the new Hero Arts Shadow Gold Ink is so lovely! After covering the chipboard tag with patterned paper, I simply brushed the edges of the tag with the ink pad, direct to paper.
Now while I'm chatting about the patterned paper, here's another quick thing to note: I started off with the two GORGEOUS patterns of paper from the Cosmo Cricket Creative Girl 8x8 paper pad. They are the ones on the BASE of the card. I needed a third print to cover that tag and darn...nothing else from that same pad was exactly what I was looking for. Going through my paper stash for something could have taken me FOREVER. Not what I had in mind. I wanted something now. So...where did I start looking? The same paper manufacturer of course! You'll find that a lot of paper manufacturers use similar styles and color hues throughout their different lines.
Did it work? Yes! The first pad I went through was the Cosmo Cricket Sweet Dispositioin pad and I found a print that was just the ticket immediately.
Onto my fourth way to add gold to this project...
How about a sweet little glass vial of gold glitter?! Just fill it and cork it!
I like to assemble all the embellishments I plan to use before I start gluing things down. They are so pretty, even just scattered on the desk.
And here they are adhered to the card front. You'll notice I added gold a fifth and final time by using these beautiful premade gold letters stickers. If you like things quick and easy with little mess, these are a great way to get that gold look.
Did this inspire you to add a little golden glow to your projects? Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful creative weekend!
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