I am continuing on with my Christmas cards. Today I worked with the Poinsettia Petals Bundle and Gold Foil and I am really pleased with the result. This one is just a little more work but so worth it.
The card base is Very Vanilla cut to 5 ½ x 8 ½” and
scored at 4 ¼”. The next layer is cut
from Cherry Cobbler cardstock (one of my favorites for Christmas cards) which
is cut to to 5 ¼ x 4”. I used one of the stamps from the bundle
along with VersaMark Ink and Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder which I heated with my
Heat Tool to create a great background for my card. I simply stamped the poinsettia all over the
card layer to create my own DSP (Designer Series Paper) and heat embossed it.
For my focal point I chose to create a Poinsettia from
the dies in the bundle out of Very Vanilla cardstock and Gold Foil. I cut one each of all three of the layers of
the poinsettia (I love that these dies cut and emboss all at the same
time). Once this was done, I simply added
some depth to my flower by curling the petals a little with my bone
folder. I layered all three of the sets
together (largest to smallest) being sure of offset the petals so you see all
of them.
With the Pointsettia done I moved on to creating the
foliage for my card. I cut two leaves
and two of the berry stems along with the center of the flower out of Gold
Foil. I attached the center to my
poinsettia and then attached it to my card.
I added Dimensionals to the leaves to pop them up and I tucked them
under the petals of the poinsettia. I
added the two berry stems behind the poinsettia as well. To really make the poinsettia pop I brushed on
a little of the Champaign Shimmer Paint (doesn’t show well in the photo but is
beautiful in person).
For my sentiment I stamped the sentiment “Merry
Christmas” from the Arrange a Wreath stamp set onto a scrap of Very Vanilla
cardstock with Cherry Cobbler Ink and cut it out using the smallest of the
stitched rectangle dies from the Stitched So Sweetly Die set. I cut a piece of the Gold Foil using the next
larger stitched rectangle die from that same set and attached my sentiment to
it. I used Dimensionals and popped the
sentiment up as well.
I really think this made a striking card and I am
loving it, I hope you enjoy it as well. 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!!!
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Just lovely
ReplyDeleteConnie fantastic I to love poinsettia this is my Christmas theme for this year. I make a couple each week. Old fashioned I send around 30 cards at Christmas. Thanks so much
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