✨ Gilded Doves of the New Year 🕊️
✨ Gilded Doves of the New Year 🕊️
This week step into the New Year with a card that feels like pure elegance and renewal. Gilded Doves of the New Year is designed with soft, ethereal watercolor doves that float above a beautifully embossed leafy backdrop, washed in calming shades of Pretty Peacock and Lost Lagoon. The gold-embossed vellum greeting adds a radiant glow, catching the light like champagne at midnight — refined, timeless, and full of celebration!!
Layered foliage in vellum, metallic gold, and Pretty Peacock creates a luxurious dimensional effect, framing the doves in a halo of shimmer. The entire composition feels harmonious and peaceful, symbolizing fresh beginnings, gentle hope, and the beauty of starting anew.
Delicate touches of texture and metallic shine, make this card a stunning keepsake — elegant enough for display and heartfelt enough to mark the magic of stepping into a brand new year.
✨ Ready to put your own little sparkle into someone’s day. ✨
Scroll below for all the details, supplies, and a little bit of magic from yours truly!💕
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This week’s elegant New Year design showcases a beautiful blend of dies, textures, and artistic techniques. The Peace on Earth Dies take center stage, creating the stunning pair of doves and the layered frame that anchors the composition. For added depth and texture, I paired the design with the Peaceful Greenery 3D Embossing Folder, giving the background its serene raised leaf pattern.
The doves were brought to life using Water Painters on Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper, allowing soft gradients of blues and grays to blend effortlessly for that airy, ethereal look. To add definition and delicate feather detail, I used the Feathered Fun Stamp Set, stamping subtle wing texture to add the gold accents.
Rich tones from Pretty Peacock cardstock, Lost Lagoon cardstock, and coordinating accents from Perennial Lavender DSP help create a calming, reflective palette. Touches of Vellum, Gold Foil, and Metallic Gold Embossing Powder bring the shimmer and glamour that make this card truly shine.
Perfect for celebrating fresh beginnings, hope, and peaceful renewal — these products come together to create a luxurious New Year card worth cherishing.
PEACE ON EARTH DIES
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PERENNIAL LAVENDER DSP
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FLUID 100 WATERCOLOR PAPER
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PEACEFUL GREENERY 3D FOLDER
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FEATHERED FUN STAMP SET
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WATER PAINTERS
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💖 Why You’ll Love Making This Card
You’ll love making this Gilded Doves of the New Year card because it blends artistry, texture, and serenity in the most beautiful way. From the moment you begin watercoloring the doves, you’ll feel the calming, creative flow that comes with soft washes of color and delicate stamped feather details. It’s a project that feels almost meditative — soothing, elegant, and deeply satisfying.
Assembling the layers is pure joy: the gold-embossed vellum label, the shimmering metallic foliage, the embossed leafy background, and the graceful doves all come together in a design that feels luxurious but surprisingly simple to create. Every element adds meaning — peace, renewal, fresh beginnings — making this card a heartfelt keepsake your recipients will treasure well into the New Year. You’ll also fall in love with the way the vellum label creates a soft, hologram-like effect — the gold-embossed “Happy New Year” floats beautifully while allowing the textured leaves beneath to show through. It feels magical, almost glowing. And the best part? The leafy embossing folder perfectly mimics the same leaf pattern in the DSP, creating a seamless, layered look that ties the entire design together with harmony and intention. It’s one of those simple techniques that delivers a truly stunning, high-end finish.
It’s one of those projects that reminds you why you love paper crafting: beautiful techniques, thoughtful symbolism, and a final result that sparkles with hope and elegance. 💙✨
Products Used (Click the link to view/order)
STAMPS / EMBOSSING FOLDERS
FEATHERED FUN PHOTOPOLYMER SET STAMP
PEACEFUL GREENERY 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER
DIES
PAPER
PERENNIAL LAVENDER DESIGNER SERIES PAPER
INKS
PRETTY PEACOCK CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD
GRAY GRANITE CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD
BALMY BLUE CLASSIC STAMPIN PADS
WHITE CRAFT STAMPIN INK REFILL
EMBELLISHMENTS
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