It's A Friday Double Day

Hello bloggers!  I have two very different styles of Christmas cards for you today!  This first card was a bit of an experiment, but I liked the way it came out so I made it into this card.  I started by stamping the Justrite stamp called Holly Ribbons using a clear Perfect Medium pad onto black card.  I dusted the card with Sparkle Pigment mica in Sunny Gold.  Next, I inked up the Snow Days Background stamp (from Justrite) using a Clear Perfect Medium and over stamped the first image that I dusted with mica.  The image was lifted out of the mica creating an interesting look on the background.  I covered it with clear embossing powder and heated it.  I cut the background into three panels and matted them with Vintage soft gold card and then a wider black mat.  I added them to a larger gold piece using mounting foam. I stamped my sentiment on milk card and cut it into a strip and added it across the card.   I cut two of the Mosaic Poinsettias in gold, offset them to make my flower and mounted them on my sentiment strip. I used a black crystal sparkler with a pearl glued in the centre for the middle of my flower.  I cut several of the Holly Spray die in milk and added them around my poinsettia as accents.  I finished the card with a pierced milk mat, a thin mat of gold, then a final milk mat.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/4" x  7 3/4" in size.  Scroll down for card number two.

 Card number two is an almost all white card, but has just a hint of silver in the shadowing, matting and sentiment.  I embossed a piece of coconut white card using the Swirling Holly embossing folder.  Next Using the Grand Large Labels, I cut a frame for my card.  I mounted it on foam and placed it over my embossed background.  I cut three Christmas Trees (from the Illuminated Christmas Tree die set)in white and one in silver card.  I glued the trees so there were two white ones overlapping the edge of the frame and then the silver one in the centre.  The last white tree was glued atop the silver tree, but just slightly off of centre so the silver tree became a shadow for it.  I stamped my sentiment on a separate piece of white card and heat embossed it with silver powder.  I mounted the framed trees above it. I added some silver pearls to the centre tree as accents.   I completed the card by piercing the edge of a piece of white card, then adding a thin silver mat and a final white mat.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  8 1/2" in size.  I hope you will be able to find some elements here that you ca use in your own Christmas cards!  All for now, Sue x