Gold Doubloons

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great week. We had a huge ice storm, and we still have four down power lines crisscrossing our yard. Yikes! Since school is closed, my kids have watched way too many episodes of Jake and the Neverland Pirates. The show was an inspiration for today's card. :)

It's time for another CAS-ual Fridays Challenge:

The challenge is to use glitter. Pretty easy, right?

I started out with a different approach, but for some reason (probably all of the mentions of gold doubloons on the Jake show), I decided to make gold coins. Here's what came up with:

I started off by making the brown bag using the Mini Shopping Bag die. I used some recycled kraft paper instead of cardstock--the thinner weight looked better.

For the money, I used a paper hold puncher to make the coins out of glitter cardstock, and the bills are from the Paper Smooches Market Fresh set. I finished the card off by stamping the sentiment and mortarboard from the Smarty Pants set. Here's a close-up:

The card is supposed to be for a graduate--with the card shape, I figured I could put cash inside. When I got done, I showed my husband. He asked why you would give a graduate money in a brown paper bag? ha ha He's right...I'd at least put washi tape on it.

The winner of this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge will win a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp:

Want to play along? You can link up your CAS glittery project HERE.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!


Supplies
Cardstock: (True Black, white) PTI; (bronze glitter) Doodlebug Design
Clear stamps: (sentiment, mortarboard from Smarty Pants set; money from the Market Fresh set) Paper Smooches
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Memento; (Gumball Green) Stampin' Up; (Antique Linen Distress Ink) Ranger
Die: (Mini Shopping Bag) Memory Box