Friday Double Day

 Hi bloggers!   While this sample card certainly isn't the most flashy, it is very striking in real life.  I started with a piece of Rich Green card and embossed it with the new Nordic Trees folder to give texture to my background.  Next I cut the Framed Noel die out of larger piece of white card, leaving a bit of a frame on the original piece of card that it was cut from, which I used as a frame for this.  I added the frame to the card with mounting foam and then used the Cosmic Shimmer white PVA glue to add dots around the edge of it.  I matted the Noel with a black square to make it pop and mounted it up a bit higher than my frame for a stairstep effect.  Next I placed a piece of sticky adhesive sheet on to white card and cut out the Noel again.  I trimmed the actual word section with a paper cutter, then peeled the backing paper off and covered it with Diamond Sprinkles.  I added some mounting foam to the back and placed it over the previously cut version.  I cut a Holly leaf with the matching outline done in black and added it to the corner with some Berry Sparkle PVA glue for the berries.  The card was completed with a white pierced mat layer, a thin green mat and a final white mat.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4" x 7 1/4" in size.  Scroll down for card number two.

The second card today is quite an easy one.  I embossed a white background using the Checkerboard Pinpoint embossing folder for texture.  I matted it with a thin gold mat, the a wide white mat.  On the wide mat, I used the Cosmic Shimmer white PVA glue to create my paved pearl technique.  If you want to see technique in more detail there is a tutorial at the top of my blog.  I cut the Joy die out of white card and then the matching solid Joy die out of soft vintage gold card.  I glued the solid letters behind the swirly outline and added mounting foam to the back.  The bold letters are a perfect place for foam mounting tape pieces as well.  I placed it in the lower corner of the card and used one of the pearl snowflakes in the upper corner as an embellishment.  I finished the card with a thin gold mat and a final white mat.  The finished dimensions are 7" x 8 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x