Friday, August 22, 2014

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop


Hi and welcome to the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge Blog Hop.

My project is a Christmas card (I know it's a wee bit early) but I got some new crafting goodies and decided I just had to use them for this blog hop.

Sue McRae PPP Cutting Edge Hop

I was inspired by Julie over at the Ellen Hutson In Touch blog where she showed a product called Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes.  The pretty metallic shine got me hooked and I immediately went on a hunt to find some and purchased a couple of different colours.

I used the flakes in Autumn Leaves along with a new funky/swirly Christmas tree die called Starlight Tree from the Frantic Stamper.

The Snowdrift from My Favorite Things was also die cut and glittered with Glitter Ritz and I edged the card base with Be Creative Tape and used some more of the gilding flakes to create a border that matched the tree.

Here's a close up so you can see all the different colours. Wonderful, isn't it?  It really is a lot prettier in real life.

Sue McRae - Close up of gilding PPP

I will definitely be using this on my holiday cards this year.

Thanks for visiting my blog today and thanks to Paulina for organizing this hop!










31 comments:

  1. Oh I'm loving the glimmer on that die cut, fabulous!

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  2. wow! Love the sparkle! It's never too early to start Christmas cards! Good for you!

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  3. This is a great holiday card! And tit has all the sparkle a Christmas card should have. Love that tree!

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  4. Love this Christmas card, Sue! I have some gilding flakes from years ago; better pull them out and make something. :)

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  5. This is such a stunning tree :) Love it!

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  6. Gorgeous card, Sue! Love this beautiful tree!

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  7. Such a beautiful card
    and love the flakes!
    Carla from Utah

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  8. So many pretty colors! I can only imagine it irl!

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  9. Very beautiful! The embossed Christmas Tree is magical!

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  10. Love the colors shining on your awesome die cut tree!

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  11. That tree is GORGEOUS!!! It will make a stunning holiday card for your friends and family and hopefully easy to reproduce!

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  12. wow, that is incredible, they will be stunning christmas cards

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  13. Very pretty Christmas card...love that tree!

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  14. Sweet card. Love the color of the tree. Just lovely.

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  15. Awesome tree... looks fab with those gilding flakes! Beautiful card!

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  16. Perfect CAS card Sue - love the shimmer!

    Hugs,

    Jenny

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  17. A stunning card! Had not seen those gilding flakes before & your use of them is just awesome. I love the tree also!

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  18. I love the effect with the metallic flakes - so pretty! Thank you for sharing it!

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  19. What a fantastic card! I love the wonderful metallic touch of bling!

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  20. I saw this on Ellen Hutson, too, but figured I better get out the gilding flakes I have. Now seeing this beauty, maybe I actually will do it!

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All comments are very much appreciated!