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Monday, October 13, 2014

A Golden Tree

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This is the first Christmas card I have made this year and I will be teaching it at my class this week


The red background was embossed with a spellbinders folder


The sentiment is from a Unity Stamps set Love, joy, Peace (now retired).  I masked off the final line of the sentiment as 'happy holidays' is not used as a Christmas greeting in New Zealand.


The tree image from the same set was stamped in Gold Delicata ink - here you can see the sheen it gives, Both the image and sentiment were layered on dark green card before being mounted on the red.


A gold edged ribbon and bow were attached,


and I randomly applied gold kindy glitz to some of the embossing on the red panel.

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20 comments:

  1. Dawn TOctober 13, 2014 at 10:33 PM

    love this golden tree Maxine... can I come to your class??????????????

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  2. aussie aNNieOctober 13, 2014 at 11:52 PM

    Maxine love the embossing and gorgeous tree what a lovely card to teach...xx
    The Journey is the Start



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  3. UnknownOctober 14, 2014 at 1:12 AM

    Red and gold are so beautiful together, A great Christmas card, embossed with the gold bits, the delicate bow and super layout. Thank you for posting your beautiful art with us this week during our 153rd challenge at Word Art Wednesday. Carole Robb Bisson

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  4. jimlynnOctober 14, 2014 at 3:16 AM

    Beautiful card Maxine! I LOVE all that gold embossing on here. The red and gold and that cute tree are just perfect.
    Lynn

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  5. mamapez5October 14, 2014 at 6:37 AM

    Wow Maxine. I'd be panicking if I was only just making my first Christmas card of the year. But this is great. I love the sentiment panel. I won't use Happy Holidays either. Have fun sharing it at your class. Kate x

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  6. CélineOctober 14, 2014 at 6:46 AM

    gorgeous card
    thanks for playing with us at addicted to stamps
    hugs
    céline

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  7. KristieOctober 14, 2014 at 2:31 PM

    This is beautiful, Maxine!! Love the gold tree!

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  8. MargaretOctober 14, 2014 at 2:41 PM

    Very lovely. The gold looks fabulous against the red. I'm sure all your students will love it.

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  9. brendaOctober 14, 2014 at 8:17 PM

    Very classy and elegant Maxine.

    Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us at Penny Black and More challenge.

    B x

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  10. Irish CherokeeOctober 14, 2014 at 11:32 PM

    Excellent Maxine. A perfect example for a class. - Jim

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  11. Jeanette (Forest Ranger) October 15, 2014 at 3:13 AM

    Gorgeous Christmas card... love the gold!

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  12. MiamiKelOctober 15, 2014 at 5:32 AM

    Beautiful, Maxine! The perfect holiday colors! The class students will be very pleased to see your sample and one they get to do, too :)

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  13. MA-MIOctober 15, 2014 at 7:17 AM

    Great Christmas card. Thanks for playing with us at Artistic Inspirations. Maja DT

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  14. JD/ JillOctober 15, 2014 at 7:20 AM

    Pretty Christmas card! As others have commented before me...I really like the gold Christmas tree. You stamped it very nicely...at first I thought you had embossed it with Gold embossing powder.
    PS. I want to come to your class too...but I hate to go on a plane...smile.

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  15. Monica taylorOctober 16, 2014 at 5:05 AM

    Beautiful. Thanks for playing in our challenge!
    ♥ Monica
    DT Member for 613 Avenue Create Challenge!

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  16. Darlene October 17, 2014 at 1:13 AM

    Hello my friend! BEAUTIFUL card Maxine ... love the gold embossed tree ... so festive! Thanks so much for playing in our challenge at 613 Avenue Create! We hope you’ll come join us again real soon! Great job!
    Darlene
    613 Avenue Create DT
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

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  17. Shelly SchmidtOctober 17, 2014 at 5:18 PM

    How I love this card. The gold on the red is so elegant- and the highlights of gold on some of the embossed areas- beautiful! No Happy Holidays in the UK What do you say? And, you could send it to a friend in the US : ) hehehehe

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  18. MarinaOctober 18, 2014 at 6:22 AM

    Great design and your class is sure to love it. Thanks a lot for joining in with my Festive 48. Hope you can link up again next week. Marina http://myperfectlifeuk.blogspot.co.uk

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  19. anja curversOctober 23, 2014 at 7:50 PM

    Such a great card with lovely embossing. Thanks for joining us over at CAS on sunday

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  20. susiestaceyOctober 30, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    Lovely card.
    Thank you for sharing at Penny Black & More @ Allsorts 'Get Ahead For Christmas' Challenge and good luck x Susan x

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