It's A Double Day!

 Hello there bloggers!  I have a silver and white card and a gold and cream card for you today.  First up is the Noel card.  I started by embossing a piece of coconut white card using the Frosty Swirls embossing folder for some lovely texture.  I ran a line of dries clear glue around the edge of it and coated it with Luna Silver mica flakes and allowed it to dry.  To create my focal element, I pulled out an old die called Fleur de Lis Square and cut it twice, once in silver and once in white card.  I off set them with mounting foam between them in the centre of my background and added some pearls as accents.  I cut the Framed Noel die in vintage silver card and added mounting foam behind the lettering to raise it for dimension.  I mounted it in the centre so the white die cut showed through it.  Finishing the card was a white pierced mat, a thin silver mat and a final white mat layer.  Super simple!  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x  7 1/2" in size.  Scroll down to see card number two.

 Card number two is gold and cream (milk coloured card) and a touch of black for an elegant look.  On milk card,  I stamped the signpost from the Justrite stamp set called Signs of Christmas in black Archival ink.  Using the Tranquil Moments die, I cut it out and matted it with gold card.  I tore two pieces of milk card, distressed them further with my scissors blade edge.  I used these to mat around my focal element then added a gold mat layer with a very thin black mat to set it off.  I cut a gold Mosaic Poinsettia and backed it with a solid black Classic Poinsettia.  I made two and offset them to create a fuller flower and accented it with a black pearl in the centre.  I seated my flower on a chalk coloured seam binding messy bow and some gold tulle.  I made two stick pins to match.  The card was then completed with a milk mat which I paper pierced, a thin black mat and a final milk coloured mat.  The finished dimensions are  7" x  8" in size.  All for now, Sue x