Tuesday, 2 September 2014

A Touch of Luxury!

Hello! 

I hope you have had sunshine today :)  Typically as the kids go back to school the sun makes a reappearance so I have spent the day in the garden wrestling with weeds!

Given all of my manual labour in the garden I thought that I deserved a touch of luxury....which came in the form of the current challenge over at Addicted to CAS.  Here's what I came up with:


What could be more of a luxury than diamonds?!  I used this fab stamp from Avery Elle and combined it with a sentiment from Hero Arts gold embossed on vellum.  For added luxury I used a Memory Box stencil with gilding flakes to create the rays from my diamond.  WoS on the diamond and a few sequins to finish.  I like the texture that the flakes add to the card. 

While I was feeling decadent I made a card for the current challenge over at Inkspirational.  The inspiration photo is gorgeous:


I love peacock feathers so have gone for a very literal interpretation:



I have inked through a dreamweaver stencil, tapped some gold and teal sprays on to the card and added a gold embossed sentiment from Altenew's Label Love.

I will also make one last link up to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge for Anything Goes.

I will be back tomorrow with another card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah x
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12 comments:

  1. sandie3 September 2014 at 07:00

    Wonderful card full of luxury, all that gold!! And the CAS take on the Ink photo is just perfect, I do like the double coloured border. Thanks for joining us at Ink and ATCAS

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  2. Shona Chambers3 September 2014 at 11:43

    Just posted my card on the ATC blog and saw your golden, shimmery card there. Its fantastic, have never seen gilding flakes before, they really do add a luxurious touch to the card. And you can never have a big enough diamond, love how you stenciled the rays of light bouncing off all those carats. Looks like a definite winner to me!!

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  3. Susanne Vargas3 September 2014 at 13:46

    That's a truly luxurious and gorgeous card! Love it! Also the second one! Great take on the inspiration picture!

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  4. ~amy~3 September 2014 at 15:54

    awesome cards...really love the first one!

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  5. Bobby4 September 2014 at 00:39

    Your diamond card really shines and I love that peacock feather.

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  6. stressfreestamping4 September 2014 at 02:27

    What a fun background! I love the diamond on top of it. So luxurious! lol Thanks for playing along at ATCAS. :)

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  7. Barb Ghig4 September 2014 at 06:08

    Two really gorgeous cards, Sarah! I love how you used the gilding flakes on the first card, and your feather is absolutely stunning! You did an amazing job on all these challenges!

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  8. Deepti5 September 2014 at 02:50

    These are amazing!! I love how u dressed up the BG on ur first card, pure luxury. Thank you for sharing with ATCAS !

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  9. cm5 September 2014 at 15:37

    Both your cards are luxurious! The first is absolutely stunning with that beautiful background; the second, elegant and classy, with the feather taking center stage! Thank you for sharing at Inkspirational Challenges!
    ~c

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  10. cm5 September 2014 at 15:37

    Both your cards are luxurious! The first is absolutely stunning with that beautiful background; the second, elegant and classy, with the feather taking center stage! Thank you for sharing at Inkspirational Challenges!
    ~c

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  11. Anonymous6 September 2014 at 21:39

    Wow... 2 beautiful cards! The color burst on the first card is so creative and I love the feather for the photo inspiration on the second one. Great feature piece! Thanks for playing with us at Inkspirational!
    - Shauna

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  12. cotnob8 September 2014 at 18:43

    Two gorgeous cads, I love your beautiful peacock feather and fabulous CAS design.
    Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational.
    Pauline GDT
    x

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