Two Christmas Cards today - Day 336 of my 365 day challenge

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Two Christmas Cards today - 
Day 336 of my 365 day challenge

 Hi Craft addicts!

 i have made two cards today - both DL but totally different in design - one using a topper, the other a die-cut....


How I made these cards:-

 Card 1 (top)
  • I painted this background some time ago using various Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, creating this sunrise/sunset background and thought it would be great to use with these Three Kings die cuts (from Tattered Lace) which I cut out of black card.
  • I trimmed the background so that it would fit a DL card (leaving enough room on the right hand side) with black alcohol marker.
  • I then edged it with a black alcohol marker and glued it to the left hand side of the card.
  • I used Midas Touch Sticky dots to attach the Three Kings to the panel trying to make it look as if they were travelling in a row.
  • I then cut out the Season's Greetings sentiment (again from Tattered Lace) in black and glued it to the right hand side of the card.

Card 2 (bottom one)

  • For this card, I first of all used the Torn Edge Rectangle dies from Tattered Lace and cut two panels out one slightly larger than the other. (I used one sheet of 8" paper from a Craftwork Cards pad) - it is double sided so just reversed it when cutting out the smaller one.
  • I then used the West Highland Terrier topper from a Pollyanna Pickering collection and glued it to an oval which I had cut out in Red Mirri card.
  • I stuck all of them on to the front of a DL card (side fold) using a tape pen rather than a wet glue as I didn't want it to buckle.
  • I added 3 drops of Strawberry Coulis Nuvo Drops to the top left hand side and then stamped Merry Christmas directly on to the bottom right hand corner using Tuxedo Black ink.

And there you are -  Two cards that are totally different that are great for Christmas.

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Products and items you may need to make this project
  • DL white cards with envelope - sidefold (from Paper Boutique from Creative Crafting World)
  • Tattered Lace Three Kings die set 
  • Season's Greetings die from Tattered Lace
  • Torn Edge Rectangle die set from Tattered Lace
  • West Highland Terrier topper from Best of Breeds paper collection from Creative Crafting World
  • Merry Christmas stamp from Tonic Studios
  • Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour paints
  • White card
  • Black card
  • Pink Mirri card
  • Paper pad from Craftwork Cards (brown and mustard)
  • Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad
  • Black alcohol marker
  • Strawberry Coulis Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studios
  • Collall All Purpose glue
  • Cosmic Shimmer or Connect Glue from Gina K
  • Tape pen
  • Midas Touch Sticky Dots
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