June PTI Blog Hop: A Touch of Gold

Long time, no posts!  I've been doing a fair amount of crafting, just not much picture taking of the projects.  I decided it was time to get my act together and fix that, just in time for this month's PTI blog hop.  The challenge was to add a touch of gold to a project.

I had more fun with this challenge than I thought I would.  Out of all of the metals, I prefer silver over gold.  I'm not sure why, the cooler tones just seem to appeal to me more.  I made two cards for this challenge.

This first one is my favorite of the two as I'm particularly enjoying the nautical trend lately.  Living in Seattle near Puget Sound provides plenty of inspiration for all things water-related! The anchor is embossed in gold powder.  I just got the Out to Sea stamp set and I can see myself using it quite a bit.  I love the navy and white striped paper from Fancy Pants' Down By the Shore collection.

I went with summery colors on this one, and broke out my American Crafts glitter tape for the occasion, too!  Keeping up with more trends, I put the Irresistibly Ikat set to use and added another trendy element--a sequin.

Thanks for stopping by!