Golden Friends
Were any of you Girls Scouts? I was thinking about the song that goes "Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other's gold." And so I translated that into a gold card for a good friend. Stampin' Up! has lots and lots of gold and silver accessories right now, so this card came together in a jiff. But this card presented a different sort of challenge – it was super hard to get a good photo of it! It looks much better "in person"!
- Just Very Vanilla cardstock used here! The flowers from So Very Grateful look really elegant when stamped in VersaMark Ink and heat embossed using Gold Embossing Powder. I rounded the corners using my Envelope Punch Board – best darned corner rounder ever!
- Gold Baker's Twine is wrapped around three times and tied in a pretty bow. Love this stuff!
- There's a Gold Vellum overlay on about 2/3rds of the card, then a strip of Gold Foil Sheet. To successful attach the Gold Vellum to the Very Vanilla cardstock, I used a Glue Dot in each of the four corners. It shows ever so slightly but is nice and neat.
- "My Friend" comes from the Six-Sided Sampler stamp set and is also heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder, punched out with the 1-1/4" Circle Punch.
- I added a gold flower using the Boho Flower Punch and Gold Foil Sheet then slipped in a Jumbo Pearl for the center.
Do you have a special "golden friend"? Why not try out an all-gold card. it would be great for a golden anniversary, too.
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