luxe - urious...

One of the fun new trends I am enjoying is using metallics, they seem to be popping up everywhere these days. Pink Paislee has a gorgeous new line called Luxe and it's just that...luxurious and very high end looking, especially for cards! The metallic is embossed into the paper, so when using this paper, it really looks like stationary you would buy at the store! I made two quick cards the other day...

On the Happy Day card, I trimmed the dot paper down so that the dots were more on the bottom of the card, leaving the top open with white space for a sentiment. I used Pink Paislee's new Luxe Copper Alphas to spell out "day". I LOVE these and they don't get glitter all over you, the glitter is infused into the letter and doesn't come off. They are easy to reposition as well.

I added a "happy" stamp from Papertrey Ink's Think Big Favorites  #12 stamp set. With all of the straight lines from the arrows and such, I thought a curvy script stamp would be a nice addition. To adhere the vellum punched stars, I used Helmar's cute Zap Dots.

On the Wow card, again I used the Luxe chipboard arrows and Luxe star rub ons, Copper Alphas and a "congrats" card from Papertrey Ink's Congrats All Ways stamp set. To complete the card, I simply adhered a strip of Luxe chevron paper onto the top with Helmar's Tape Runner.

Check out all that shimmer! The Luxe line was created as an "accessory" to add to other lines, but I think it looks fabulous all by itself too.