Friday Christmas Two-Fer

 Hi crafters!  Welcome to the last double day before Christmas!  I was rather enjoying these as I always sort of felt like there was something for everyone's taste.  My favourite Christmas angel stamp has made an appearance once again.  From the moment I laid eyes on her, I knew that I just wanted to see her done with gilding flakes.  I couldn't get her inked with flake and glitter glue fast enough! LOL  I stamped and gilded her here with the Persian Dawn gilding flakes on black card.  Since this is my fire and ice technique, I covered the piece with a sticky adhesive sheet, peeled the backing paper off and coated it with Iced Snow.  I cut the Majestic Label 25 die in silver card to create a frame for her (it picked up the silver from the flakes nicely in person)  I added mounting foam to the frame to raise it for dimension.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it into a strip and backed it with a thin silver mat.  I added three poinsettias made from the Layered Poinsettia die and added two to the sentiment strip with some black tulle and the third to the upper corner.  A final double mat of coconut white with a pierced layer to complete the card.  Finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" in size.

 Christmas card number two here has been done on kraft card and paired with a deep royal blue card as a striking contrast.  I stamped the Heartfelt Creations holly swirl on the kraft card with a clear Perfect Medium for a watermark effect on the background.  Next I cut two Timeless Rectangle dies out of the blue card.  I overlapped them in the centre to create a larger area for my focal element.  I used the Justrite Holly background and stamped it on the kraft card and embossed it with copper powder.  I cut out the centre of it, but added a Lacy Oval die cut over it.  I stamped my sentiment in cobalt blue archival ink  and placed it behind my opening.  I wrapped blue seam binding ribbon around the opposite corners and tied a messy bow and added it in the corner.  I added some metallic twine and small pine cones as accents for my bow.  I finished the card with a double blue mat with a pierced inner layer.  Finished dimensions are 7" x 8" in size.  I hope you have enjoyed the last of the Christmas double days for 2013!  All for now, Sue x