Christmas Double Days

Hello crafters!  I know you have been a bit spoiled this week with five posts a day, but I hope you will still love a good old fashioned double day!  First up is a card that I really wanted to demo for you in my upcoming shows but this card just takes a bit of time to do and it would have consumed the entire show!  I'm not sure if any of you have noticed the interesting thing about this card straight away or not, but I was having a bit of a play with the Ray of Light Background.  It is a rectangular background with the sun portion in the corner.  I used it here to cut a background almost twice the size of the original die.  I cut it once out of white card (a full size piece) and then turned the die and lined the sun up again in the same place, overlapping just a couple of the rays.  This creates a much larger piece which is what I wanted for this card.  There is one drawback and that is you have to use a frame around it  to conceal a part of the cut that comes from the corner of the die sticking out below the sun (so it doesn't make a perfect rectangle in other words).  Easy peasy with a frame so I used the Noble Rectangles to create a multi layered frame in white.  I cut the Illuminated Angel Striplet in white and added a piece of acetate to the back to begin the stained glass technique.  I added Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue to the sections that I wanted to glitter in the darkest blue polished silk glitter, then tapped it off.  I worked through each colour by adding glue to that section and adding the glitter and removing the excess until the entire piece was covered.  I left this to dry overnight until all the glue turned clear and you could see the glittered striplet from the front.  I added it to the side of the card.  I cut two Christmas Blessings, one in white and one in blue and used it as an offset shadow and mounted it with glue in the upper corner of the card.  I added a couple of white mats to complete the card.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  9 1/4" in size.  Scroll down for card number two.

Card number two is a framed piece as well, but with the Square Noble dies.  I started by using Polar White Sparkle Texture paste through the Wavy mask on white card.  I let it dry thoroughly and mounted my multi layered frame over it.  For the focal element, I cut the Holly Octagon frame die in white and used green Colour Cloud ink through the die for a pop of colour.  I stamped my sentiment then created a frame for it using the inside dies from the set.  A small edge of the green from the sponging showed below the frame making it look as if it was matted with another piece of card.  I pierced a white mat to complete the card, then added a mat done with the same matching ink and a final white mat.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  8" in size.  I hope you are all getting a start on your Christmas cards!  Do feel free to use any of the ideas you have seen too!  All for now, Sue x

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