50th Anniversary Card for The Perfect Duet

 Happy Monday, everyone. Well, I hope you are doing better than I am. My lower back reeks of sciatica, I'm having a ton of problems focusing and concentrating and my melancholy mood has stayed around too long. Good thing I had this card to make to distract me for a while. Our friends celebrated their 50th this week so I needed to make a really nice card. When I saw Color Dare's Black, Gold and French White challenge, I thought I would try it. But I also wanted a bit of levity along with formal look, so these Art Impressions crazy kids became my stamped and fussy-cut focal image.

I cut a 6x6" card base from 12x12 gold DCWV Metallic Stack card. Then I alternated layers of it and a gorgeous off-white/vanilla patterned card from DCWV's 12x12 Luxury Stack using Spellbinders Intertwined Spiral dies and 6x6 Matting Basics dies. On that bottom mat I rubbed Versamark all around the edge and heat-embossed with Ranger Black Sparkle powder.

I used Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC520 as my design guide.

I added 4 black enamel musical note brads to the corners and stamped the AI sentiment in Nocturne Versafine Clair ink, then heat-embossed, then painted it with my gold Wink of Stella glitter pen. I used my corner rounder to round the corners of my sentiment, then added 2 enamel dots to anchor it.

Thought I'd show you what I colored my focal image with. Some sparkly gel pens and gold and black Wink of Stellas. I had no idea I could get into such small spots with those Winks! I'd never tried until now. I colored their skin, the background and their "white" garments with Promarkers to make them different vanilla shades. I also used the Sakura glitter gel pens. They draw decent ribbed socks and hair, along with the black Wink of Stella.

The inside of the card features more of the DCWV Luxury Stack card cut with the Intertwining Spirals die and then my computer-generated and self-composed sentiment cut with a Spellbinder Labels 10 die.

A close-up of that inside sentiment...

The back has more of the Luxury card and the black shimmer card and the gold metallic card, all cut  with the Intertwined Spirals Nestie dies. I added a circle-punched Technique Tuesday stamped siggie to the very center. It kinda reminds me of a solid gold vinyl record, which is appropriate here. 😄

  

   

Some close-up shots to try to show the shimmer/shine/glitz. Click on any photo to make larger.

And a final view. Our friends loved it and joked about how they don't look that old, lol. Thanks for visiting me today and I hope your week is a special one. Until next time, Stay Well and Craft On! XOX

MY CHALLENGES PLAYLIST:

1.   Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC520

2.   Color My Heart Color Dare #459: Triple Play -- #1/xx    

3.   More Mixed Media September: AG Only -- #1/xx Option not played this time

4.   ABMTTC 144 #August/September: AAG -- #6/xx

5.   ABMTTCXtra September: AAG -- #3/xx

6.   TTPH #144: AG + Opt. Rounded Corners -- #1/3  Option played! My Spellbinders Intertwined Spiral dies have rounded corners and I used a corner rounder on the front sentiment.

7.   Sweet Stampers #59: Dies and/or Punches -- #5/5 Dies used: 2 Spellbinders sets; Punches: Circle & Corner Rounder

8.   Die Cut Divas September: AG -- #2/4 -- Used Spellbinders Intertwined Spirals dies and Labels 10.

9.   Stamping Sensations September: Stamp of the Moment -- #1/3 Art Impressions Perfect Duet

10. Let's Craft and Create #175: AG + Opt. Lots of Layers -- #1/3 Option played - 6 layers total! 

11. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #165: AAG -- #1/3

12. Creative Moments #222: AAG -- #1/3

13. TTCRD 9/7-9/14: AAG -- #1/2

14. Allsorts Week 640: AG + Opt. For the Love of Your Life -- #1/3 Well, it's not the love of my life, but the card is for two people who feel that way about each other, so option maybe played?

15. Cut It Up #233: Sketch (pick one and use it) -- #1/1 Used SCS#520 and Spellbinders dies.

16. Pearly Sparkles #66: Traci's Recipe Atleast One of Pink, Pearls &/or Sparkles -- #2/xx I've got lots of sparkles!