Yes, it’s me again! Back for my second post for today! It’s a little overcast here in NY this morning, I hope that it doesn’t rain, I’m off to Manhattan for the day! I really miss going into the city on a regular basis! I’ll have to make sure that I get my fill while I’m in today! The reason that I have two posts today is because I’m on an super new Design Team over on the Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th Blog! It has been created to celebrate the awesomeness that is Concord & 9th! Over the past year they have become one of my favorite companies, making some really cool and different stamps and dies! So I’m honored to be with such a talented group of artists using awesome products!
For our first challenge we are having a Celebration…
Who doesn’t like to celebrate?! I used one of my favorite sets, the Happy Day Stamps and Coordinating Dies! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. For the background I used a piece of Ice Gold Curious Metallic. To create my cake I heat embossed the image from the Happy Day Photopolymer Stamp Set in Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder onto a piece of Champagne Curious Metallic and colored in some of the flowers, icing and cake plate with my Prismacolor Colored Pencils. It is then die cut with the Coordinating Dies and adhered to the card with 3D Foam Squares. My greeting is die cut from Gold Mirror Card using another die from the set and adhered to the card with Multi-Matte Medium. For a little extra sparkle I added some Pretty Pink Posh Gold, Lime Sorbet, Pansy Purple and Lavender Moon Sequins! I have created some other cards with that cake but I really love the gold embossing and colored pencils on that metallic card stock! I hope that you enjoyed my first Design Team card for the Where Creativity Meets Concord and 9th Celebration Challenge! Make sure that you go over to the BLOG and see what my incredibly talented teammates have come up with to inspire you! We hope that you share your card in the gallery with us, we can’t wait to see what you create! Thank you so much for coming by again today! Enjoy the rest of your Friday! 🙂
Products used:
Stamp Set: Happy Day Photopolymer (Concord & 9th)
Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark
Embossing Powder: Gold (Hero Arts)
Colored Pencils: Prismacolor Premiere
Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah)
Specialty Card Stock: Ice Gold and Champagne Curious Metallic (The Paper Cut)
Dies: Happy Day (Concord & 9th)
Embellishments: Gold, Lime Sorbet, Pansy Purple and Lavender Moon Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Adhesives: E-Z Runner, 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) and Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger)
Tools: Platinum Machine (Spellbinders) and Heat Tool (Hero Arts)
Comments
24 responses to “Where Creativity Meets Concord & 9th – Celebrations!”
So beautiful, Justin! I love all the sparkle and shine!
Thank you Melissa! 🙂
Congrats on becoming a member of the Design Team for Concord & 9th!
Thanks so much Carol! Love Concord & 9th! 🙂
Oh, Justin, this is a stunning card. I love the colors and find it interesting you colored it with pencils. I may have to get this stamp and die set. I’m on my way over to the blog to see what all the team created. Have a wonderful day in NYC.
Thanks you HJ! I thought that the colored pencils would work well on the metallic card stock! The cake is one of the best ones I have seen and works great for birthdays or weddings! Hop you enjoyed the rest of the team’s cards! The city was lovely! 🙂
I love the shimmer on your cake…it’s gorgeous! 🙂
Thank you Jessica! I’m a big fan of that card stock! 🙂
Oh so pretty! Love your gold embossing and all of the shimmer and sparkle!
Thanks Lynn! 🙂
Perfect, perfect, perfect creation for the first day of a new blog! Yeah! Happy Day is right. Plus, this is post #2 from you today which is a super special treat. You even got the letters PERFECTLY spaced. Gotta’ love it and many, many congratulations on making the design team. What an honor. Love and hugs! XOXO
Thank you Grace! I love that stamp and die set! I have made many cakes! LOL! I’m very happy to be on a team with such talented peeps! Love and hugs to you! XOXO 🙂
Hi Justin,
Love the all the gold! The embossing is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Hello Gerri!
Thank you! It was fun card to make! 🙂
Love it! This is a great set! I really like two posts in a day!
Thanks Linda! Two posts in one day doesn’t happen often! 🙂
WOW! Talk about a gorgeous and intriguing (embossing on the metallic paper….such impact!) card! Elegant and classy! What a great debut for this new challenge!
~carol
Thank you Carol! I love that metallic paper! Glad that you enjoyed the card! 🙂
That shimmer paper looks beautiful as the cake die. I would not have thought about being able to add color to it – the pencils are a genius idea. Such an elegant card! Wow, thanks for sharing and very happy you are on the design team!
Thank you Lois! I haven’t used my colored pencils in a while! So excited to be on the team! 🙂
So elegant, Justin! Wow!
Thanks so much Sharon! 🙂
So pretty! I’m so glad I clicked over to get a better look…that cardstock has the most gorgeous shine! PS Hope you had a great birthday!
Thanks you Lindsey! I love that card stock from The Paper Cut! The head on picture doesn’t do it justice! Thanks, I had a Birthday! LOL! 🙂