Classic in Red and Gold

This week the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge is looking for cards made in red and gold. 

Did someone say red? ;) I can do red. As for the gold, I haven't yet got into the foiling trend, but I will happily heat emboss just about anything. Since red and gold are such a classic combination, I decided to go old-school with both my image and design. 

I embossed the stamp with my gold embossing powder and then coloured just the letters in red. (I have coloured the entire stamp before... a little time-consuming.) I went with a very traditional die shape to cut it out. It looked just a little plain on its own on the red card base, but gold ribbon seemed to add the right amount of extra interest. I also tried just a red mat and a white card base... nope. If I was going to do it again, I might use cream cardstock instead of white, but I'm happy with it as it is. 
The embossing:

This is my third pot of gold embossing powder... the other two eventually tarnished and dulled into brown. This one is a few years old now but so far is holding its shine quite nicely. 
Thanks to Bonnie, I am also entering this in the current Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge. 
It's November, the month of Christmas card making, so be prepared for a few more over the next while... 

Supplies: white & Stampin' Up real red cardstock, Stampin' Up Christmas Postcard stamp, Versamark ink, pirate's gold embossing powder, red Sharpie, Spellbinders Labels Four die, gold ribbon, pop-dot tape

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