Christmas Double Days

Hi bloggers!  I have two Christmas cards for you today that are both in blue tones, so a bit different than the usual fare.  I started this one by cutting a piece of coconut white card on the diagonal, then embossing it with the Let It Snow embossing folder for texture.  I cut a Snowflake Border in white and glued it to the embossed diagonal edge, then trimmed the edges of the border straight with the sides.  I added a white pearl strip along the glued edge as an embellishment.  I added some mounting foam to the back then attached it to a piece of blue dusk card to complete the lower half of the card.  I cut two of the Season's Greetings die, one in white and one in black.  I offset the black one behind the white one to act as a shadow and glued them to the lower portion of the card.  For the focal point on the top of the card, I cut the all the dies in the Snowflake die set in Blue Dusk, white and black and layered them up on top of each other.  I added a white pearl to the centre, then glued it to the top of the card.  I added small 3mm pearls to the centres of the snowflakes in the embossed background then completed the card with my usual pierced mat and other layers.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x  9 1/4" in size.  Scroll down for card number two.

                                                             I started this card by using the shaving foam technique to add a swirly blue background.  I used Stormy Sky distress ink reinkers on the shaving foam, swirled it, then dipped my card into it.  Once dry, I embossed it with the Frosty Swirls embossing folder so that the top of the card was on the negative side of the folder.  I then used Silver Moon Sparkle Texture Paste to grout the swirls.  I allowed it to dry for several hours before adding two snowflake borders to the top and bottom of the card edge.  I ran a strip of white pearls along both edges and added some flat back pearls to the snowflakes.  For the focal element, I cut the Peeking Snowflake in white using the larger outside cutting edge. I used the same die to cut an oval covered in sticky adhesive paper.  I glittered that piece with Silver Chrome polished silk glitter to use as a background for the focal element.  I cut several of the let it snow sentiment and stacked them and glued them to the centre of the die.  Finally, I added a white frame that was cut from the ovals in the Peeking die and the Lattice Snowflake die.  Two large pearls adorned the snowflakes and I glued the entire piece into the centre of the card.  I added a final pierced mat, a silver mat and another white mat to complete the card.  The finished dimensions are 7 3/4" x  9" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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