Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Bah! Humbug! Challenge 37 - Stars


I fully intended to be a bit quicker with my Bah!Humbug! card this week, but when DH suggested a road trip yesterday to Carmel, I just couldn't say no. It's been mighty hot the last few days here and we were looking forward to cooling off a bit down there but no...........! Gorgeous, but still PLENTY hot. So here I am playing catch up as usual. The challenge is Stars. The star on my card was cut from Very Merry Tags with the tag and hole contours hidden in Cricut Design Studio. I then made mats using my Labels 13 Nesties.

The embossing behind the star is Tim Holtz Swirls folder and the top mat is the limited edition Christmas Stars Cuttlebug folder I got from Custom Crops. The peelie sentiment is silver, so to tie it in I added a silver peelie border to the outside the gold mat and silver adhesive beads to the star and corners. The mats and star are popped for dimension and that's about it.

About 4:30 yesterday we went down to the Carmel beach as the clouds started to roll in. Ahh, cool at last! Wish I were still there. It's deathly hot again!

23 comments:

  1. Carmel is gorgeous! U all have had a lot of heat out there. Its 64 here this afternoon and we are in the deep south. Love the card!

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  2. Donna, this is quite elegant! I just love the gold foil with the the silver accents.

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  3. This is so elegant! I have to get some nesties.

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  4. Another freaking gorgeous delicious card!

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  5. Wow, what a GORGEOUS card! I love the embossing, so elegant! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! :)
    Hugs, Christine

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  6. Wow, what a GORGEOUS card! I love the embossing, so elegant! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! :)
    Hugs, Christine

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  7. What a beautiful card. Who can blame you for choosing to go to Carmel. We lived in Silicon Valley at one point and would occasionally go down there.

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  8. Once again, another beautiful card...so elegant. Thanks for sharing. Only visited Carmel once when we lived in California (San Mateo) about 15 years ago (wow, was it that long ago?) It was beautiful.

    http://iwycd.blogspot.com/

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  9. Love the golden star and the star embossing folder and the beach of course. I grew up minutes from the beach and that is one of the things I miss the most.
    Love all the details too in this card but I always fall in love with all your projects. :)

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  10. Wow! Talk about beautiful! your card defines it!

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  11. Gorgeous card. And lovely pics... :-)

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  12. That card is gorgeous. I love the white with gold simply beautiful. Glad you enjoyed your trip to Carmel It is still 100+ degrees here

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  13. How elegant and lovely... JUST LIKE YOU!! :)

    xx Susan

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  14. Beautiful card Donna! Love the nesties cut, and the mixture of silver and gold beads. The star is just stunning! Love it girlfriend!

    Hugz, xx

    ~L~

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  15. Very elegant and classy. Thank you for sharing with us at Bah! Humbug!

    Luv'n'Stuff
    Max
    xx
    Max's Craft Creations
    Bah! Humbug! Challenges DT

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  16. Such an elegant and beautiful card, Love those embossing folders and the star is gorgeous in the bright gold.

    Glad you had a good day out yesterday and had chance to cool down.

    hugs
    Kaye x

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  17. Im speechless....this is one BEAUTIFUL card !!!!!!!
    xoxo Joy

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  18. It's gorgeous Donna! It's so elegant! Absolutely perfect! Love the ocean pic, how I'd love to be able to take an afternoon ride to the ocean!

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  19. Hello Donna

    Wow this is just beautiful and gorgeous and stunning and elegant. Just my type of card. The embossing is fantastic, the colour combo elegant, and what a fabulous star.

    Thank you so much for your continuing support and joining in our latest challange

    irene
    Bah!Humbug!

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  20. Elegant - that's the perfect word for this card! Love the embossing detail.
    Melissa

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  21. Stunning! I love the white on gold and the way you worked the silver in is awesome! Hope you had a wonderful time in Carmel!

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  22. So gorgeous Donna! I love all the tiny gold beads!

    (-: Heidi

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  23. My home! I'm from Carmel so I love the picture. Luckily I'm here in San Francisco now so not too far away. :)

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Thanks for making my day!