It's A Tuesday Two-Fer

 Hi crafters!  It's a cute two-fer today with gingerbread man and snowman as the features.  This first card was created by stamping the Retro Sparkle background by Justrite on to kraft card using a clear perfect medium pad.  I heat embossed it with True White embossing powder and distressed the edges with my scissors.  I wrapped a length of lipstick red seam binding around the card horizontally and taped the ends to the back.  I tied a messy bow and added it to the right side of the card.  I stamped my sentiment and cut it into a tag and added Iced Snow to the edge.  I tucked the sentiment tag under a white crystal sparkler and twine bow in the centre of my seam binding bow.  I stamped the gingerbread man on kraft card and cut him out by hand.  I coloured him with pencils and stamped and cut out a candy cane for him to hold.  I used a bit of Diamond Snow on the candy cane for a bit of bling.  I used the Elegant Ovals and cut out the shapes to use as a backdrop for him.  I mounted him in the centre with foam for dimension.  I finished this card with a pierced white mat, a thin red and kraft  mat and a final white mat.  Finished dimensions are 6" x 7 1/2" in size.  Scroll down to see card number two.

Here is card number two for you with a really cute snowman to make you smile!  He is from the Christmas Applique set by Justrite as well.  I stamped the Retro Sparkle background using a clear Perfect Medium pad on to aqua card.  I heat embossed the image with True White embossing powder and covered the entire piece with a sticky adhesive sheet.  I peeled the backing off and coated it with Iced Snow for a pretty blingy look.  I wrapped a piece of red seam binding around the card and taped the ends to the back of the card.  I stamped two of the poinsettia on to red card and cut them out by hand.  I coated them with Cosmic Lacquer and set them aside to dry overnight.  Once dry, I offset the pieces, added a pearl to the centre and seated the flower on some white tulle and Red and white Bakers Twine.  I stamped a sentiment and tucked the end under the flower.  I cut an Majestic Circle and lightly sponged through the die with aqua Adirondack ink.  I stamped the snowman and candy cane in the centre of my circle, coloured him and added some flocking to his hat and a pearl to the end.  All around the image, I added white PVA glue dots as snow drops. I sprinkled Diamond Snow lightly over them to add some sparkle.  I mounted the circle in the middle of my card with foam for dimension.  I finished the card with a pierced white mat, a thin red mat and a final white mat.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/4" x 7 1/2" in size.  Both the gingerbread man and the snowman do bring a smile to your face, don't you think?

  By the way, the videos will start back up a week from today on the 5th of August.  I hope you are ready to see some demonstrations using the second release of my dies!  All for now, Sue x