High Hopes challenge #42

Good morning, everyone, & happy Sunday!! Time for another High Hopes challenge!! Today's challenge is Go for the Gold.....to use gold somewhere on your card. It can be gold papers, gold embellishments, gold embossing.....if it's gold, use it!!!




Today's card features an oldie but a goodie......Santa's Helper. I've used this mouse quite often....he's cute & he's quick to color!!! I once again used my Copics.....I KNOW!!!! That's like 3 times this week!!!!! I used glitter on his hat & clear embossed the cup. Lots of Nestie layers & poinsettias (with gold brads in the centers, of course). I added gold cord over the red ribbon, & gold baubles to the corners. I was really wishing I had gold thread to stitch around the outside, but I didn't so I had to use red. The papers are SU's Real Red & PTI white, & the striped paper is from a HUGE pad of Provocraft Christmas paper I picked up one year on clearance after the holidays. I will not live long enough to use all the papers in this stack.....there has to be 200 papers!!! Good thing I make lots of Christmas cards!!




Here's a closeup of the mouse.....isn't he a cutie?? Funny, the mice I see in our garage aren't this cute. Of course, they're not wearing Santa hats either!!




Here's another angle so you can see the embossed cup & hopefully the glitter. I have a tough time photographing red so you may have to use your imagination a bit :)

Be sure to check out what the other Divas have created HERE. As always, if you play along & link your card, you have a chance to win some High Hopes goodies!!

Enjoy your day!! Mine consists of shopping for my grandma's birthday present (90 year olds are HARD to shop for!!), making dessert for tomorrow's celebration, & hopefully getting outside since it looks like it's going to be another nice day! Have a great week & thanks for visiting!