Holiday Invitation for As You See It Challenges

There's a very underrated stamp set in the Holiday Catalogue and I wonder if you have seen it or used it yet. It has lovely formal fonts, great little accent stamps and a whole invite template in one stamp set. It's called Holiday Invitation and I decided to use it for the sentiment in my design team card for As You See It Challenges #065.  Here's the challenge:

And here is what the stamp set looks like:
                                           
It works for Thanksgiving, Halloween and Christmas parties, possibly New Year's parties as well.

For my design, I used another great challenge, a colour challenge from Colour Throwdown:

Early Espresso, Gold, Silver and White make a delicious colour palette - shiny, warm, cool and neutral all at once.

• I wanted to use the Woodgrain Embossing Folder on a white panel. I love that texture, and the white on white makes it a bit more subtle. Before I embossed the white panel, I rubbed it with the Embossing Buddy to absorb any oil or take out any static electricity that might catch the embossing powder in places where I didn't want it. I stamped two of the images from Gorgeous Grunge on it with VersaMark ink then covered them with Silver Stampin' Emboss powder and heat set it with the Heat Tool. I followed the same procedure with the Be Merry stamp from Holiday Invite. I then cut a flag end in the sentiment strip.
• The two gold stars, meant to be the eye-catchers of this card are die cut with the Stars Framelits from the Gold Foil Sheets and from the striped DSP from Gold Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper.
• I brought in the Early Espresso from the colour challenge through the 2-1/2" circle of Under the Tree Specialty DSP. I have it mounted flat on the card front but I did raise up the two stars using dimensionals.
• It's a simple design, but because of the colours and the shimmer of the metallics, it looks very effective.

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Product List

Holiday Invitation Photopolymer Stamp Set [135074]	Gorgeous Grunge Wood Stamp Set [130514]	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Gold Soiree Specialty Designer Series Paper [133697]
Under The Tree Specialty Designer Series Paper [135825]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131]	Heat Tool [129053]
2-1/2" Circle Punch [120906]	Stars Framelits Dies [133723]	Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [127821]	Big Shot [113439]