CASE-ing Christmas: Challenge #1!

Hi, friends!  I am SUPER DUPER excited today to share with you that I have started a new holiday card challenge called CASE-ing Christmas!  We will be having weekly challenges and the premise is totally easy--just CASE the card that's provided.  All the details can be found on the challenge blog. :)  Here's this week's card...

This card was made by yours truly a few years back.  I decided to use the same color scheme and a new dove image.  Take a peek at what I created with this inspiration...

This new image is from a bag of stamps I got at a consignment sale.  I colored it in with a gold glitter gel pen in areas after heat embossing it onto specialty paper.  The shine in real life is amazing and was hard to photograph.

I added this image to the card base and then decided to highlight it with some gold leaves from my stash and a cream flower from Inspired By Stamping.  More shine and texture. :)

The card base was created with glitter paper, gold elastic trim, a punched border and gold pearls.  I think that this color scheme is very elegant, don't you?

The whole card looks so sparkly and joyful--perfect for a holiday greeting!  What do you think of this card?  Leave me a comment and let me know!

That's all for me today!  I'll be back next week with another card for CASE-ing Christmas, and I hope you hop on over and join in our current challenge!  I cannot wait to see what you will create for us!  HUGS and MERRY stamping to you all!