Hello!

I have a 2 for 1 technique to share this week which is perfect for Christmas. There's always so much else to do nearer Christmas that it's good to have some cards in reserve.

The 2 for 1 background came about because I cut  a piece of cartridge paper to fit my chosen 5 x 7ins card blank and smeared paint on my craft mat, choosing Sandstone, Buttercup, Chestnut Brown and Antique Silver Multi Surface Paints. I misted on some water and pressed the paper into it. I found it picked up quite a lot of paint so I cut another piece of the cartridge paper the same size and pressed it on the painty paper. There you have it - 2 backgrounds!

I decided to stamp one with snowflakes and the other with fir branches. I embossed the snowflakes gold and the fir with silver.

I also spritzed on a little Gold and Silver Lustre spray for a little added shine.

For this one I took a Craftyboard bauble and stamped it with a snowflake which I then heat embossed with gold powder. I painted the top antique gold and misted it with Silver Lustre spray. I tied some string through the top.

I stamped the greeting on a strip of vellum and heat embossed it with gold powder, wrapping it around the background paper and gluing it on the back. I then glued the background to the card blank and added the bauble to finish.

This one is very simple and I just added some string in a criss cross pattern before gluing the background paper to the card.

I finished off with a sentiment stamped and heat embossed with gold on a white card strip. I trimmed it with decorative scissors and added a gold mat before gluing in place on the card.

Have a great weekend and see you next week.