Another Sneak Peek

Good morning my crafty friends! Today is the day that I get to share my Festive Die line with you on Create and Craft TV.  I have been so excited about it!  I just love the way these dies and matching stamps have turned out and can't wait to show you all the samples that I have made with them! Today's card uses some of the dies from my first release incorporated with the Christmas dies and I think it looks fab!  I started by cutting an aperture using the Calabria die set in some dusty rose card from my stash.  I used the new Lattice Snowflake embossing folder on the background to give it some pretty texture.  I added mounting foam to the back to raise it so I can recess my focal element.  I covered a piece of white card with a sticky adhesive sheet and ran it through the Grand Calibur.  This will easily cut through the sticky sheet's backing paper.  In some spots it will cut completely through the card as well so those areas need to be taped from the back so they stay in the die cut when it is removed.  I lifted off all of the fall away areas on the backing paper and coated it with Diamond Sprinkles and burnished it into the sticky sheet.  Next I lifted off the die outline shape that was left in the backing paper revealing another sticky layer.  I coated it with clear micro beads (my high-low technique).  You are left with a pretty white on white look but with different heights and textures.  I cut the Calabria die out of dusty rose and used the Decorative Frames die set to cut out the inside area too.  I glued the die back into the recess of the aperture and then added my centre white on white piece in the middle of it.   Using the Elegant Poinsettia matching stamps, I stamped them on to vellum and heat embossed them in white.  I cut out several of these to make a couple of flowers and assembled them with the embossing on the underside of the vellum for a softer look.  I added the flowers to the corner of my aperture with a sentiment flag, some Bakers Twine and two matching stick pins that I made.  The card was then finished with a white pierced layer, a rose mat and a final white mat.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  8" in size.  I hope you will tune in for today's shows at 9am, 12 noon and 6pm on Create and Craft TV or on Sunday at 11am, 2pm and 7pm.

The winner of this week's Wednesday Card Giveaway is:

Karen Knight!!!

Congratulations!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address and claim your prize.

I did post the blog candy winners so if you haven't checked the post yet, just scroll down to see if your name is on the list!  All for now, Sue x