An Untraditional Christmas Card

I have been playing around with the Poinsettia Petals Bundle.  I am trying card to make sure I don’t get hung up with the classic Christmas colors like red and green.  So today I am featuring a card that uses pinks and blues and is water colored.

Here it is…

The card base is Blushing Bride cardstock that is cut 5 ½ x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”. 

I stamped several of the Poinsettia’s from the Poinsettia Petals bundle onto Fluid 100 Watercolor paper using Versamark Ink and I then heat embossed them with my Heat Tool in White Stampin Emboss Powder.  I then water colored using my Water Painters (I just squeeze my stamp pad while it is shut to get some of the ink up on the lid or I push one of my blocks down into the ink or put a drop of re-inker on the block and then mix it with a little water from the Water Painters and paint away).  I started by adding Bumble Bee ink to the centers of my flowers.  Then I added Petal Pink ink to all of the petals, I then added a little Blushing Bride ink to the areas that would naturally be darker such as toward the center of the flowers and along the veins (this gives it a two-tone look).  I then added just a little Balmy Blue ink around the flowers.  Once everything was dry, I die cut the flowers with the coordinating dies from the bundle.

I cut a layer of Balmy Blue cardstock that measured 4 x 5 ¼”.  I started laying my poinsettias onto this layer to get the correct positioning and just used a little repositionable tape to hold them until I figured out all the placement.  Once I knew where I wanted them, I turned this layer over and cut off the excess areas of the flowers that overhung the Balmy Blue layer.  I then pulled each flower up and added Dimensionals and repositioned them back onto the card. 

For my sentiment I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to ¾ x 4 ¼” and made a flag using the Banner Pick A Punch.  I stamped my sentiment (also from the bundle) with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with my Heat Tool in Gold Stampin Emboss Powder.  To give the banner a little movement I curved it with my Bone Folder and added it with Dimensionals. 

I hope you enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below. 

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Poinsettia Petals Bundle (English) [155148]	Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131198]	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730]	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105]	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108]	Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116]
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Water Painters [151298]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Banners Pick A Punch [153608]
Bone Folder [102300]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]