Flores de Noche Buena

Keeping up with my Christmas card making and today I’ve been playing with the Lavish Poinsettia die from Tattered Lace.

I chose this die as the current theme at Christmas Cards All Year ’Round is flowers.  I searched in vain for a poinsettia stamp among my collection and even for one I liked in digi but in the end am glad I went with a die cut instead.  I’ve used all of the elements of the die; I just didn’t assemble it all in one.  I took the base and used the negative cut to create a shaker window and layered the second filigree piece and the final centre piece.  The small solid set of petals I used to embellish my sentiment flag.  For a bit of interest I stamped the solid petals with a Leaf Print stamp from Tim Holtz and embossed with clear embossing powder.  A bit of bling for a final touch in the centre finished off my card.

The overall layout of my card follows the current sketch at CAS Colours &Sketches.  I mirror imaged the sketch not by plan but by not thinking about this when I placed my top piece of cardstock on the alcohol inked piece.  My larger border ended up on the wrong side so I had to go with the mirror image.  I also shifted the placement of the sentiment banner to better fit the two poinsettias.

At Fab ‘n’ Funky they happen to be looking for Christmas projects so I am also linking my card up there.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Tattered Lace ~ D452 Lavish Poinsettia

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Daffodil

Little Things from Lucy's Cards Shaker Selections ~ Reindeer Games

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Gold Mixative, Pearl Mixative & Red Pepper

Tsukineko Encore! Ultimate Metallic ~ Bronze

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Christina Re Designer Card ~ Shimmering Pearl

Core’dinations Tim Holtz Metallic Cardstock ~ Bronze

Couture Creations ~ Acetate

Maroon Smooth Cardstock from stash

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Real Red

Yupo ~ 200gsm White

Stamps

Stampin’ Up! ~ Snow Swirled (sentiment)

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS273 Leaf Prints

Challenges

CAS Colours & Sketches #216 ~ Sketch

Christmas Cards All Year ’Round ~ Flowers

Fab ‘n’ Funky #344 ~ Christmas

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…why don’t you show me the real Paris?

I’ve had a crafty weekend while the rain fell outside and this is the last card I made featuring Tim Holtz’s stamps from his Runway and Leaf Prints sets.

My inspiration comes from the current Fusion challenge where I’ve used both the sketch and the image.  I created my scene by first stamping the woman and the ‘trees’ in black ink then embossing ink covering them in clear embossing powder.  I ‘coloured’ the dress with a mix of yellow ink and embossing ink so I could also add in my clear embossing powder over the top.  Using the embossing powder meant I didn’t need to try and mask my images (particularly difficult for the thin parts of the trees) before adding in my watercolour background.  I used a Finnabair stamp for the background to help give me the grainy and splotchy effect I wanted.

Over at Craft Rocket they are looking for feminine projects, which mine certainly is, being rather chic and featuring an image of a woman.  I couldn’t resist adding a shaker element to this; it is the year of the shaker for me.  Rather than the background to the image I’ve just done the thin corner strip framing the focal element.  With all my foam tape creating my shaker I am also entering this in the current challenge at Southern Girls.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Clear

Embellishments

Craft Medley Cup Sequins Pailettes ~ Dazzling Metallics

Star Confetti from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Copic Various Inks ~ Y11

Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Basic Black & Daffodil Delight

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Alcohol Blending Solution, Gold Mixative & Sunshine Yellow

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Black Soot, Embossing, Hickory Smoke & Pumice Stone

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Prismatic Cardstock ~Black

Royal Langnickel 160gsm Paper ~ Watercolor

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Daffodil Delight

Yupo ~ 200gsm White

Stamps

Prima Finnabair ~ Dirty Walls

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS273 Leaf Prints & CMS214 Runway

Challenges

Craft Rocket #35 ~ Make It Feminine

Fusion ~ Paris Rain

Southern Girls #155 ~ Popping Good Times

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