Christmas Double Day

 Hello bloggers!  Another Christmas double day again, what a quick week it has been!  I have two very traditional looking  cards for today's offering.  For this first card, I embossed a white background using the Swirling Holly embossing folder to add texture.  I cut two of the Snowflake corners and coated them with spray adhesive and dusted them with Diamond Sprinkles.  I glued them in opposite corners.  Next I cut the Ornate Pierced Design Noble out of white card and backed it with vintage gold card.  I cut  the centre out to create a frame and added mounting foam to raise it.  I embossed a piece of vintage gold card using the Bed of Roses folder to use as a background for my frame.  I decided to paper grout it with Polar White sparkle texture paste to bring out the pattern a bit more.  Once dry, I glued my frame over it and trimmed away the excess from underneath.  I cut the Vertical Joy die out of coconut white card and sprayed it with adhesive and glittered it with Diamond Sprinkles.  I cut the solid letters out of white and glued them in place behind.  I added mounting foam and glued it in the centre of my frame.  I made two poinsettias using both the Classic Poinsettia die and the Open Petal Poinsettia die.  I added them with some Holly spray and white tulle to the lower left side of my frame.  I completed the card by using my piercing ruler to create a pierced white mat layer.  Next I added a thin vintage gold card mat and a final white mat layer.  The finished dimensions are 7" x  8 1/4" in size.  Scroll down to see card number two.

The second offering today is a silver pearl and sky blue angel card.  I used the Illusion embossing folder with a piece of coconut white card to add texture to the background.  Next, I used the Ornate Pierced Rectangle Noble die to cut an aperture in the silver pearl card.  I used a paper cutter to cut the outside edge into a rectangle.  I used the two largest dies in the set to add a thinner sky blue frame which I glued to the edge of the aperture.  I mounted it on foam over the embossed background.  I cut the Christmas Angel 2015 out of silver pearl card (from my stash).  I added her with foam in the centre of the frame.  I used the various twinkle stars in the set and cut them out of both blue and silver pearl card and glued them to the background.  I added the word "peace" from the Dove of Peace die set.  I completed the card with a white hand pierced mat layer, a thin silver and blue mat and a wider white mat.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  9" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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