Hardware Galore
Here is my sample for this weekend sketch. Do you ever wonder if you have TOO MUCH hardware on your card? I was wondering about that after I finished this card. It’s a Christmas card after all…
I started out by stamping the Christmas tree from Sidekick Sayings in Black Stazon on a 2 1/4″ x 3 1/2″ piece of Shimmery White cardstock.
I stamped just the Christmas tree again on a separate piece of Shimmery White, colored it in with Purely Pomegranate, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke and Summer Sun classic ink and Aqua Painter and cut it out.
I used Soft Sky ink and Aqua painter to add color to the main image, layered it on a 2 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ piece of Always Artichoke cardstock, paper pierced a border and adhered the colored tree on top of the one in the image.
Next I added Purely Pomegranate ink over part of the saying to highlight it. Dazzling Diamond glitter was added on the ornaments and star of the tree with help of my glue pen. Last I added a ribbon holder from the Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware to the bottom right of the image with some Theater Ribbon Original tied to it.
The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 5″ piece of Always Artichoke cardstock folded in half. The right corners were corner rounded. The next layer is a 4″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Purely Pomegranate cardstock, with a large Soft Sky photo corner on it’s top right corner. Again the right corners were corner rounded. Five Antique Brass brads were added to the corner.
I cut a half circle out of Wintergreen Designer paper with my Coluzzle and layered it on a slightly bigger half circle of Soft Sky cardstock. It was taped to the left edge of the Purely Pomegranate layer and three Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets were added.
The center image was adhered to the card with dimensionals.
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Comments
You are the hardware Queen! You always make it look awesome! Love your card! It’s gorgeous!
Posted by: Charmaine | October 5th, 2007 08:34
OH dang, that card’s gotta be heavy! SOOOO pretty!
Posted by: jbalcer | October 5th, 2007 08:35
Gorgeous card!!! Love the hardware — sometimes more is more!
Posted by: christina fischer | October 5th, 2007 08:37
Not too much when it looks like this - Beate, this card is beautiful and I love it!!! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
Posted by: Alexandra Hobson | October 5th, 2007 09:22
I love the card!! But I love all your cards
Diane
Posted by: Diane McCornack | October 5th, 2007 09:32
Oh, Beate! I wish you would STOP it!!! I really didn’t care for this set….sigh….and now I think it’s waaaay cute!! Another set that will joining my “Sets I got because of Beate’s gorgeous cards” pile!!
Posted by: Laurie Schmidlin | October 5th, 2007 09:48
I looks fabulous Beate. I honestly didn’t see there being too much hardware!
Posted by: Renee Storch | October 5th, 2007 10:00
Never too much hardware, LOL, great card, looking forward to using this sketch.
Posted by: flossie | October 5th, 2007 10:48
I love all the hardware you used! This card is awesome, Beate. I didn’t think I cared for that set much…but you’re making me change my mind. *wink*
Posted by: Rose Ann | October 5th, 2007 11:30
Love this card! Definitely not too much hardware! Love the colors for a holiday card!
Posted by: Crystal | October 5th, 2007 12:59
Beate, I really like the lines in this card that are created with the different shapes. It makes the pomegranate really pop.
Posted by: Tracy | October 5th, 2007 14:14
One can never have enough hardware!
Posted by: well said cards | October 5th, 2007 14:41
Beautiful card Beate! Love the layout! The hardware is fantastic!!!
Posted by: Dawn E. | October 5th, 2007 15:49
WOW cool sketch and girl you have mad hardware skillz and you definately know how to use it and make it look fabulous!!!
Posted by: Kim/Kauai17 | October 5th, 2007 17:08
What a great masculine Christmas card- it would be perfect for my Dad, who is *not* into sparkles and snowflakes!
I hope I get to play too this weekend- it’s Thanksgiving here in Canada, so I have family over, and I have to make lemon merangue pie too, as well as do housework!
But the card sketch and my stamps are singing to me…ain’t it always the way! :-))
Posted by: Karen | October 5th, 2007 18:48
I love it! Not too much hardware in my opinion…I’m not sure there is such a thing =).
Posted by: Emily | October 5th, 2007 20:26
I don’t think you could ever have too much hardware. Now, you may run out though. ;)Great card, Beate!
Posted by: amy | October 5th, 2007 21:11
Well Beate, this card certainly would be hard to wear! However, I love all the hardware! Oh it has been a long day! Great card! Gotta figure your sketch out Saturday, I so pooped! Deb
Posted by: Deborah | October 5th, 2007 21:22
Too much hardware? Impossible! (Of course, postage will be nasty!). Love this card!
Posted by: Shannon McGann | October 5th, 2007 21:35
Great card! Luv all the hardware!
Posted by: Rita | October 5th, 2007 22:44
DEFINITELY NOT too much!!!
I love all the components of this card!
Posted by: Tandra Boyer | October 6th, 2007 01:00
What a great Sketch Beate!!!! I was looking at this card on SCS yesterday and really loving the Layout. This card is scrumptious!!!!!!
Posted by: Vicki | October 6th, 2007 07:06
Fabulous card! Love all the hardware! After reading your title and wondering if you used too much hardware, I immediately thought of “hardware ______ (starts with wh and rhymes with more and galore)”, but maybe we’re not close enough for me to call you that yet! *wink*
Posted by: Angie Tieman | October 6th, 2007 10:47
This is so cute! TFS!
Posted by: Tina (travelingmama) | October 8th, 2007 09:29
LOL, you can never have too much hardware! This is wonderful!
Posted by: Heather P. | October 8th, 2007 22:04