Be Merry

Hi bloggers!   Just sneaking in another Christmas card for you today.  A rather traditional one for me too!  I decided a red and white polka dot pattern would make a pretty background for my snowflake so I covered it with a sticky adhesive sheet and poured  micro beads on  it for texture (poor thing stood still too long so on went the beads! LOL)  I matted it on a piece of coconut white card.   I cut a large piece of coconut white to use as my background and embossed it with the Wild Poinsettia embossing folder from Couture Creations.  I love this one myself as it is easily lined up to do larger sections.  You can't see it very well in the first pic, but the close ups show the lovely pattern quite nicely!  I cut my snowflake out of the Snowflake Pendant die for 2012 and the Create A Flake Three die sets and layered them up.  A large flatback pearl adorns the centre.  I mounted it with foam in the centre of my micro beaded piece to complete the focal element.  I tied a double bow from the red Frilly Edged ribbon and finished it with a large pearl embellishment in the centre.  I stamped the sentiment in red on a small tag and tucked the end under my pearl embellishment.  Finally, to complete the card, I added a pearl swirl spray across the bottom and a double pierced white mat.  A really quick one to try, plus you can use up some of those offcuts for the centre beaded area as well!  Finished dimensions are 7" x 8 1/2" in size.  All for now, Sue x