I pulled out a very old Verve stamp set to create these poinsettias and fussy cut them, adding yellow glaze pen accents to the centers. I curled them a wee bit with a bone folder and popped them up on foam bits. I had a few snippets of this pretty green dsp and white cardstock, and cut them into 1" and 1-1/4" squares and placed the poinsettias on top of them. I also had a few snippets of the red dsp from the same paper pad and used that to mat the strips and main image panel. The background was embossed with a Taylored Expressions Poinsettia embossing folder and the sentiment is pre-printed from Simon Says Stamp.
I'll share this card with these challenges:
The Snippets Playground #458 - must use snippets to make a Christmas card
The Allsorts Challenge Week #736 - A/G with an embossing folder
Can You Handle the Pressure - A/G using an embossing folder w/twist of stars
Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #43 - A/G Christmas
Happy Christmas in July and thanks for stopping by. Stay cool and keep smiling 😊
Carol
Gorgeous card Carol, beautifully designed and I love the mix of colors!!
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A super and colourful card for the Christmas in July Snippets challenge.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely Christmas card Carol. Great design layout and lots of snippets used. Love the embossed background too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. Meet you up in the Treehouse for some Snowball (Eggnog) cocktails later! Hugs, Sarn xxx
I love that color combination and the poinsettias are so pretty. Fantastic fussy cutting too!! VERY pretty card!
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Beautiful card and poinsettias,love the design and embossing
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What a beautiful Christmas card Carol! I love that embossing folder background, the pretty plaid papers and of course those pretty stamped poinsettia's. Love this layout as well! I'd better be getting on my Christmas cards as I haven't made not even one yet this year! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful Carol I so love a Poinsettia or two and such a deeply etched EF as well, perfect for Allsorts theme this week, thanks so much for joining in.
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Love these poinsettias, and the sketch and papers are lovely as well!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Carol - lovely layout and such sweet poinsettias. I'm a huge fan of any pre-printed sentiments!
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Di xx
Such fabulous design, Carol!! It's a really amazing card! The layered, curled and sparkling poinsettias are so dimensional and eye catching on the squares!!! LOVE them so much! Well done leaving all that white space on the bottom, so the sentiment could pop! Love also the two vertical panel with the lovely green/red gingham papers and the contrast with the white beautiful EF!
ReplyDeleteAlso here we are melting with this hot/humid weather! Please stay cool and safe at home.
Sending big hugs and love across the miles as always, dear friend!
So pretty.
ReplyDeleteFabulous card Carol, great layout and I love the colour combination. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week and for choosing to use the Embossing Folder option.
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Great card with nice poinsettias!
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It's me again, but now with my CYHTP hat on. Thank you for showing your beautiful card here too!
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Love your card Carol, beautiful embossing and poinsettias, great design too.
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Oh Carol, this is such a beautiful card! LOVE your design and the colors are gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure and Peace on Earth challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Oh, how lovely! You always come up with different interesting designs! Pretty poinsettias all in a row! The embossed background with the leaves is wonderful, too!
ReplyDeleteOH so beautiful, Carol!! Love everything about your card...the flowers, the colors and the design! And that embossed background is amazing and brings it all together! Well done, my friend! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis card is gorgeous. Beautiful colors! I love the design. Very classy.
ReplyDeleteI'm so in love with your layout on this one! The embossed background with the strips of snippets along with them layered behind the poinsettias is very clever! Beautiful Christmas in July my friend!
ReplyDeleteStunning card and all the background layers add so much to an already lovely design.
ReplyDeleteFabulous design, love the texture and patterned paper you used. Thanks for sharing with us at Can You Handle the Pressure!
ReplyDeleteBright and cheery. Christmas cards are fun any time of the year. Like your design. Poinsettias are a favorite o0f mine.
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A very beautiful Christmas card, Carol.
ReplyDeleteI love poinsettias.
Hugs and blessings
Lovely poinsettia card!
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Wonderful layout, layers and papers for this Christmas card. Love the gorgeous poinsettias too.
ReplyDeleteLovely Christmas card!
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