Thursday, August 21, 2014

Merry Monday #122 - Black, Gold, and Silver

Good morning friends.  I'm play along with the challenge at Merry Monday's today, and the challenge is to use black, gold, and silver in your card.  Not a color combination I would ever have thought of for Christmas, but I have to tell you that I have absolutely fallen in love!  The cards from the designers and players are all just absolutely stunning and SO elegant!  I've always known that I like black and silver together, but the black and gold has truly taken me by surprise and I just love it!  Here's my take on the challenge:




If you click on any of the pictures to enlarge them, you'll be able to see that I started with SU!'s Northern Flurry embossing folder on a black panel.  I stamped my sentiment (PTI's "Think Big Favorites: #21") with black ink on a Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle die cut, and then added 3 snowflakes that I die cut from Memory Box's "Giovanna Snowflake" die with silver and gold glitter paper.  This is a new die for me and I just love the small and delicate look to it!  I added a few gold and silver sequins to finish off my CAS card.  This would be a really easy card to mass produce, and I think I just might be making a quite a few more of these! :0)


You seriously need to check out all the beautiful cards over at Merry Monday ....you will fall in love with this color combo too!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a wonderful Thursday!  (I'll be spending my day getting our youngest ready to head off for another year of college tomorrow...why does she leave everything till the last day?!!  Probably because she knows her mom will give in and help get everything ready and organized!!!!!!!!!!) 

11 comments:

Susan Joyce said...

Your card is stunning Marcia, I love those very delicate snowflakes and the beautiful clean lines of your card. Thanks for joining us at Merry Monday again this week.

chrissy xx said...

Such a FABulous CAS card Marcia..
LOving your design..I'm sure you will use this new MB die lots in the coming months lol..LOve it.
Chrissyxx

Bonnie said...

Love, love, love the black embossed background and silver and gold snowflakes, Marcia! So elegant! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday!

Linda said...

This is fab ..... love the embossed background and those snowflakes are beautiful, so delicate. Linda xx

Wendy said...

Gorgeous card, Marcia! Those snowflakes are beautiful against the black and I love the added sequins! Very elegant! Thanks for playing along with us this week over at Merry Monday! :)

Allie said...

Your delicate snowflakes really makes this beautiful card. It really is a great Christmas colour combo at Merry Monday that I didn't think of before either!

Unknown said...

Simple and elegant, love the faux stitching and pretty glittery snowflakes

Notes by Nina said...

Fabulous card Marcia, I love the delicate snowflakes. Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

Debbie Henderson Debbie's Designs said...

Those glittery snowflakes look awesome with the embossed snowflakes! So glad you played Merry Monday with us this week!

JoAnn said...

Very pretty and elegant. Love your snowflakes and embossed background.

Susan said...

Love your take on the black, gold, and silver challenge - and love those snowflakes!