Sunday, July 30, 2017

Poinsettia Christmas Card


Here's yet another wooden background I made with a SNSS wood plank stamp from the grunge borders set. I used assorted distress inks to create a variation of color. The red panel was embossed with a SU! petals a'plenty ef, and the green panel was hand-cut into a fishtail. The doily is from SU! and the poinsettia was made with a set of SB poinsettia dies and leaves. To give the flower some dimension, I curled each petal around a pencil, and for the smaller petals I used a knitting needle to curl them. I added some orange gemstones to the center and finished this by adding a "merry" sentiment, cut with a Sunny Studio die from gold foil cardstock.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas CHNC 344 - Christmas a/g with optional gingerbread


Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Carol

17 comments:

aussie aNNie said...

Beauty here Carol....love that poinsettia and the gorgeous Christmas colours...x [aNNie]

Wendy said...

Oh my, this is so pretty, Carol! I am loving the look of the Woodgrain and bright red poinsettia together and the embossed poinsettia embossed panel! Terrific card design too! Your on a roll with holiday cards this year, keep it up! TFS and enjoy this AMAZING weather we are having! Hugs!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

A Beautiful card Carol, love the dimension on the poinsettia, love the layers all adding texture and colour. LOVE it.
Faith
x

Jean said...

Wow Carol what a super poinsettia. It looks lovely on the lacy doily and traditional coloured banners.
Jean x

cotnob said...

A gorgeous Christmas card Carol, such a beautiful poinsettia and lovely traditional colours.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

merrymstamper said...

Lovely poinsettias!!! The doily behind the flower reminds of a table setting at Christmas :)

Liz said...

Fabulous card, Carol, the poinsettia looks so realistic. xx

Janice M said...

Gorgeous Christmas card Carol! Love that wood grain BG you made. Love that embossing folder need to use it again cause it's been awhile. I need to dig out that poinsettia die also.

Brenda said...

Stunning card Carol!!! I love your poinsettia, it looks so real and just gorgeous! Hugs, Brenda

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Oh what a gorgeous poinsettia card and it looks super with the lace and wood grain! Awesome.

Heidi MyLittleStampingBlog said...

This is especially nice. I like the great flower with the christmas colors layered underneat. Have a great day!

Swissie said...

So pretty! I love poinsettias, and this one is just gorgeous!
Hugs,
Liv in Switzerland

*Vicki* said...

WOW! I think this is my favorite from you this week Carol!! LOVE the woodgrain background and that poinsettia flower just pops with lots of dimension!! Really makes me feel "merry" indeed!! :) HUGS

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Adorable Christmas card!! Love the doily and the poinsettia!

sweet art designs said...

Very beautiful card. Love the dimension. Thank you for sharing with us at Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra - Myrna DT. Also check out Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge - a weekly “themed” Christmas Challenge & Craftyhazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge - a monthly Patterned Paper Challenge

Hazel said...

Thanks for entering both of my CHNC challenges with your lovely crafting - hope to see you again soon. x

Princess Judy Palmer said...

I ran across this and wow! Wow! Wow! WOW! I love poinsettias (on paper, the real things are poisonous to cats and don't grow well). This is fabulous and makes me want to rush out and buy these dies but I don't know I could do them justice like this. Stunning!