Sneak Peek

Hello bloggers!  Yes, I know, I have ventured into murky territory today with an offering of Christmas!  I did pick the least Christmassy card that I could find though so as not to put your poor sensibilities into shock this early in the year!  However, it is Christmas in June on Create and Craft this week and that is what I am doing on my shows Sat. and Sunday.  There are some really lovely Justrite stamps on the show and they have also allowed me to bring back my Finishing Touches line of dies!  Those sold out very quickly in April when they were on and we have just recently gotten them back in stock.  If you have been on the hunt for the Classic Rose, Faux Quilled leaves or blooms or any of the 3D bow dies, they are all on the show!  I went with black and white with this one (I know it does look like cream, but it is white) just to keep it simple.  I, myself,  had to ease into the Christmas card realm when I started these back in April, nothing too blatantly seasonal until I had gotten a few cards done and under my belt!  For this card I started with the focal element and stamped the Merry Wishes Labels Seven image in black Archival on to coconut white card.  I used the sentiment from the Christmas Mix and Match sentiments and added it to the centre.  I lined up the die over the image and taped one side into place, then folded it backwards to create a hinge.  I covered it with a sticky self adhesive piece, then flipped the die back down and taped it into place and cut it.  I peeled the backing off and coated it with Iced Snow.  I cut one of my California Collection Decorative frames and seated it on top with mounting foam.  I cut a Mystical Embrace die out of white card and seated both die cuts in the middle of it.  Using a slightly larger piece of white card, I ran double sided sticky tape around the edges and trimmed the excess off and coated it with Iced Snow as well.  I matted it with a thin black mat.  The card is very blingey so I decided to keep it simple and not add any flowers or bows this time.   I finished the card with a double white mat with a pierced inner mat and added white pearls to the corners and die cut as accents.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/4" x 8 1/4" in size.

I hope you can tune in tomorrow at 9am, 12 noon and 6pm and on Sunday at 11am, 2pm and 7pm to see the rest of the samples and demos.  I would love to get your emails sent in too.  All for now, Sue x