Poinsetta's

Hi there! A Christmas card from the past today! My card today uses the gorgeous Poinsettia's and Berries ( K40) image and I made my own custom pattern paper with it.

I started by stamping the poinsettia image all over and then coloring them with Copics. Once that was done I went back with a white strip of cardstock and gold heat embossed the Old World Merry Christmas (E739) sentiment. I added some stitching to finish.

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Guest Designer: Patty Eifert

Good morning all. Our Guest Designer Patty is getting a head start on her holiday cards, and she's sharing one with us today.

Patty used the beautiful Poinsettias & Berry stamp, which she cut out and popped up over the Elegant Merry Christmas Sentiment.

She did a beautiful job! Make sure you stop by Patty's Blog for all of the details on how she created today's card.

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Poinsettias

Happy Friday stampers! Emily here with another Christmas card to share.

 Using K40 Poinsettias & Berries, and D469 Vintage Merry Christmas

I did some fussy cutting and layering of the flowers: this stamp is perfect for that technique! I used Copics for coloring, then added Stickles to the centers and Perfect Pearls on the berries.
The sentiment is embossed in gold. I also sponged a bit of Distress ink on the cream cardstock underneath the sentiment.
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I'll see you again next Friday!

Seasons Greetings!

It's Saturday, and I'm

here to share a pretty card that I made, using these

Great Impressions stamps:

C427-Seasons Greetings

K40-Poinsettias & Berries

I wish you could see this card in real life. I've sponged a gentle faded red around

the image, and it looks so pretty.

I really like the dimension on this. I fussy cut a second poinsettia, and

adhered it with foam squares over top of the main image.

Here's a photo taken from the side.

See you next Saturday with another project featuring some fun stamps

from Great Impressions! 

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Last time I looked, there weren't very many entries, so you should join in!

You could be the lucky winner!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Poinsettias

Hi there! Would you believe that I have a poinsettia plant that was given to me right before last Christmas that has bloomed continuously since then? It is a beautiful plant! My card today uses the gorgeous Poinsettia's and Berries ( K40) image and I made my own custom pattern paper with it.

I started by stamping the poinsettia image all over and then coloring them with Copics. Once that was done I went back with a white strip of cardstock and gold heat embossed the Old World Merry Christmas (E739) sentiment. I added some stitching to finish.

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Have a wonderful day!

Outlines of Christmas

     Happy Friday and Merry Christmas, Mary Anne here with my final Christmas card for the year.  For this last card, I wanted to do something very different for me, A non-colored card.  I did use color but a little differently.  What I did was stamp   Vintage Holly H190  for my background and then I stamped  K40 Poinsettias and Berries in green for my focal image and in red.  Next I cut out my red poinsettia and popped it over the green poinsettia.  The two different layers are faux stitched with red to echo the red poinsettia.

     Finally,  I added some red Stickles to all the holly berries on both layers and some gold Stickles to the center of the poinsettias and the swirls around the flowers.

     As I said before, this card is very different for me without the coloring but, I think the red and green against the white is really striking.

     May all your Christmas Dreams come true

     Mary Anne

   

 

   

Pink Poinsettias

    I absolutely love Poinsettias.  The beautiful reds of the classic flowers, the elegant white and the wonderful shabby chic pink.  I recently saw a lovely display of pink poinsettias and it inspired today's card, which is a little different from a traditional Christmas Card.

     I am totally in love with this Poinsettias and Berries stamp.  I have used it once this year in a classic red and still plan an white and gold card. This time I stamped with a sepia brown ink and then used my pencils and a gamsol technique to get the soft colors. The petals are also covered in icicle Stickles to really make this card sparkle.   I raided my stash for the paper doily that I cut to size and used some adhisive gems, pearls and stones to give it some bling.  The petals are also covered in icicle stickles to really make this card sparkle.

      Till I see you again next Friday,

Mary Anne

Paper Piecing

Hi, friends!  It's an ODD week--yep, the first week of December but also ODD because I'll be delivering my first video tutorial today instead of on the second Thursday! ;)  We're going to be learning all about PAPER PIECING this time around!

Here's a list of the supplies you'll need for our tutorial today:

• K40 Poinsettia & Berries
• D469 Vintage Merry Christmas
• Patterned papers
• Neutral cardstock
• Black or brown ink
• Adhesive
• Embellishments to finish your project

Here's the card I've made with this super fun and easy technique~

More details can be found on my personal blog HERE.

And here's the video tutorial~

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'll be back in THREE weeks with another fabulous video tutorial!  That tutorial will feature a Valentine project (it's never too early to start them!) that is sure to please any sweet tooth! ;)

Here are the supplies you'll need for that tutorial:

• J110 Flower Bouquet
• E779 Would You
• Piece of 3.5" x 12" patterned paper (Valentine theme)
• Piece of 3.75" x 2.5" white cardstock
• Piece of 1.25" x 3" white cardstock
• Piece of 4" x 2.75" red cardstock
• Piece of 1.5" x 3.25" red cardstock
• Scoring tool
• Inks and embellishments to finish your project

HUGS and merry stamping to you all! :)  

Popped Poinsettias

     My girls call my card style sparkly-pop and today's card is definitely a text book case for that style.  I knew that I wanted to pop the petals on the Poinsettias and Berries stamp the moment I saw it and boy does it look great popped.

The bottom Poinsettia three layers and the top has five.  I dry embossed the background and filled in some of the blank spots with adhesive gems.  I love the traditional green and red striped paper that I found in my stash and used a some dies to really make this a lavish card.  This is definitely a card that will have to either be mailed in a bubble envelope or hand delivered.

Mary Anne