Have yourself a Merry Christmas.....

Day 3, and I achieved another card 😊

Not the one I was actually planning, but the dies I wanted to use Christmas Cottage scenes had been borrowed by a colleague. 

So here's to having a Very Merry Christmas....

 

For my card today, I've used the Merry Christmas perspective die from Sue Wilson die range. 

I've used the gorgeous pixie powders to create to colourful background, peacock green, lava red, and rich gold. 

Black glossy card, matching ribbons and hat pins. 

   

I started by sprinkling my powders on to water colour card, then spritzed it with lots of water. When I had plenty of water I laid a plain piece of card on top and got a 2nd print so I had 2 matching pieces of card. 

 

I love these powders, and what you don't see in the picture is the glimmer from the mica powders.

I then cut the merry Christmas out of a piece of the black glossy card 3 times and layered it over my printed card.

   

Finally finishing it with matching ribbons (more by luck) , hat pins & mat & layered on white, used my 2nd print then black & finally white again.

Christmas poinsettia with a difference....

Well for first time ever.....I've remembered to take photos 😮

I've not done much to day, so watched Mr Johnathon Lockwood on Hochanda instead, 

then decided I'd like to do some more crafting.

Today I wanted something different to my last couple of cards of silver and white.

 So I've gone with a pearl green I have in stock, some ivory linen card, with mulled wine gilding flakes.

 So here is today's card 

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First I cut myself a piece of double sided tape (sorry I didn't take measurement 😳 just made sure it was bigger than the lattice die) I then gently added the gilding flakes, no need to go mad with them like you would with glitter. Just dab on gently then rub over with a piece rub it scrub it.

I cut out the lattice die, again no measurements (sorry 😳)  but using the cream linen card.

 

I cut out in the cream linen card also a frame using the largest and smallest die, then a second frame with the dark green pearl card using the smallest and middle frame. 

Layering them all up onto my piece of gilded flakes, the lattice flat, the green frame flat on the cream frame but them used foam pads to raise it up. 

I layered this again on the green and cream card. 

 

I then covered a strip of d/s with the flakes & cream card, using elements from both the poinsettia & Christmas rose dies I cut out flowers and holly leaves. 

You can now see it coming no together quite nicely 👍🏻

  

Cut 2 warmest wishes, and layer up. Use the aero glue as the die cuts are quite fiddly to glue, add to pearls or gems to titivate.....

Finally finished.....

Well here is my sparkling white and silver card, finally finished. 

I started this card around 2 weeks ago, and I have learnt I really must put more time aside for creating. 

I really do love Sue Wilson cutting dies, and Johnathon Lockwood's Christmas rose stamps. 

 

What I have done here is, taken a piece of card and embossed it using the Sue Wilson Ivy embossing folder.

I've taken the reversed side (de bossed side) and scraped over the glitter sparkle paste. 

I used the double pierced oval frames to create the frame and the gorgeous Peace frame for the centre.

I've not used glitter card at all, but cut my pieces and either sprayed with aero glue or used my stick too glue pen and sprinkled on glitter.

I've then stamped out the Christmas roses, used sticky embossing powder, glittered and cut out, finally adding a lovely glass heart pin.