CONTINUING WITH BLACK, WHITE, AND GOLD...

I wanted to continue playing with black, white, and gold and chose to participate with the current Just Us Girls CAS challenge "In a Circle" and Less is More - "D is for Deck the Halls". I chose to go with a square format, featuring a cut-out ornament image where you can see to the inside of the card, which is lined with a folded vellum panel.

I started with a square top-folded black card base out of which I die cut a circle. The ornament is die cut from gold card stock with a Hero Arts Lia Griffith die/stamp set and heat embossed with Stampendous "Pearl Lustre Peridot" embossing powder. I die cut two of the ornaments and stacked them for a bit more thickness and glued them over the slightly smaller circle cut into the front panel. I then cut it a third time in black and glued that to the back with just a bit of the image offset to add a slight outline. Then I lined the interior of the card with a white pearlized moiré vellum and tied on a gold ribbon and star charm. The final step was to add some of Tim Holtz's stars to the face from the same white vellum.

I might have pushed the CAS requirements a bit with the multiple layers and embellishments, but once I started, it was hard not to add just one more thing!

    

This card is being shared at Just Us Girls:

"Just Us Girls" Challenge: Just Us Girls #707 - CAS Week (justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com)

and Less is More:

"Less is More": Challenge #497 - D is for (simplylessismoore.blogspot.com)