Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Christmas Poinsettia



I bought this TE poinsettia ef last year and have barely used it, so it's time to make a card with it. It's a great background for the Spellbinders die-cut poinsettia which was cut with real red card stock and winked all over with clear WOS. I curled each petal by pressing it around a pencil, and for the smaller ones I used a knitting needle. The border was done with a SNSS ribbon border die, and threaded with metallic silver ribbon. I silver embossed a snippet of white card, then die-cut it with a Lil Inker stitched banner and used a SU!  "teeny tiny wishes" stamp for the sentiment before cutting it with a SU! word window punch. The gemstones in the center of the flower came from Reasonable Craft Dies.



Also entering into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - "traditional Christmas" - I used traditional red & green Christmas colors.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever your plans are!

Carol

21 comments:

cotnob said...

A fabulous card Carol, a lovely embossed background and beautiful poinsettia
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Love the embossing and the poinsettia Carol, such a beautiful card. Gorgeous shaping too.
Faith x

Maria said...

Oh, my! Love the gorgeous poinsettia! Wonderful embossed background to match! Well done...lovely card!!

Verna Angerhofer said...

The background embossed design shows off that gorgeous poinsettia perfectly. This is a beautiful card.

Claire said...

Your card is a lovely interpretation of the sketch, the embossed background works so well with the poinsettia die... very pretty and festive x

jimlynn said...

Gorgeous card Carol! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that beautiful poinsettia. It looks so real with the leaves curled that way. So pretty.
LYnn

Ina G said...

Beautiful card Carol. There's nothing quite like poinsettia's at Christmas time.

aussie aNNie said...

Carol you have an amazing collection of stock, this is just so beautiful x

MiamiKel said...

OH Carol, this is absolutely gorgeous! I Love the bold poinsietta and the pop of the red with the white. It really draw the eye right in! A true beauty! xx

Wendy said...

OMGosh Carol, this card is gorgeous! I am a sucker for a poinsettia card and this beautiful flower and embossed background just WOW'ed me! Love everything about this! Great job with the sketch! TFS and have a great day! :)

Lori said...

Love your beautiful Christmas card! Your poinsetta and embossed white background are gorgeous!

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful embossed background and love the gorgeous poinsettia
carol x

*Vicki* said...

Wow! Your poinsettia is gorgeous Carol!! I really love the dimension that you've achieved with it and your poinsettia embossed background goes beautifully with it as well! Wonderful take on the sketch my friend!! HUGS :)

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

So glad to see you used the same beautiful EF you gifted me!! :D It looks great as background of the fabulous poinsettia!! You have had a lot of patience curling each petal and love the sparkling on it!!
The silver ribbon is very elegant in the scallop border, as well the banner with the sentiment! A fabulous Christmas card, so classy!!
Hugs

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Great CAS card and the poinsettia is just lovely!

Brenda in IN said...

What a beautiful card! I love the embossed background and that poinsettia is just gorgeous.

Fiona said...

Such a pretty card - I love that EF background and the bold red poinsettia really makes a statement - thanks for joining in with us at HSS this week.

Stampsnob. said...

So pretty Clean and Simple ...Lis

LeAnne said...

THis is a STUNNER! I predict a winner for sure! That poinsettia looks so real....curling the petals is a great idea!

Stampin by Genny said...

Beautiful poinsettia! Love the texture of the background. Thank you for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

Creations in paper said...

Beautiful card! That background really makes it. Thanks for playing with us at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

Robbie