Simple Leaves, Seasonal Cheer, Banner Sayings, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you that could be used as a masculine or feminine card. Please read on to see how it could be made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Textured Tree Ring" embossing folder. I glued it to the card base and then I set it under my stamping mat to dry and lay flat whole I worked on the other pieces.

The center strip is a 1-3/4" x 5" piece of Peaceful Pine card stock. I textured it using the "Seasonal Cheer" mini embossing folder. There's three in that package, the leaves, candy canes and bats. I can't wait to play with them all. I ran my white ink pad over the textured piece so the leaves would stand out more. I set it aside to dry. I cut the Peaceful Pine layer for it, it measures 2" x 5-1/4'. I glued the textured strip to the Basic White strip and then that was glued to the center front of the card. 

The leaves were made next. They are from the "Simple Leaves" bundle. I stamped them using Peaceful Pine, Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry inks on Basic White card stock. I used the dotted leaf vein image on the front of all three leaves. Early Espresso ink was used to stamp them. Then they were punched out using the matching punch. I tied double bows around each stem. Dimensionals were added to the back of each and they were set in place on the front of the card.

The words are from the "Banner Saying" set and were stamped using Basic Black ink. Then they were punched out with the "Three Banner" punch. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the lower part of the card. And the card was done.

This was a quick and easy card to make. As I look at it I regret using the Peaceful Pine ink for the top leaf, Blackberry Bliss might have been a better choice.  But it's still okay the way it is.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Radiant Sunflower, Scalloped Christmas Cheer, Banner Sayings, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Cajun Craze card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Sunflower Fields" 12" x 12" package.  I cut two pieces that measure 5-1/4" x 2".  I taped them to the front of of the card.

Next I cut the scalloped piece from the "Scalloped Christmas Cheer" die set using Cajun Craze card stock.

The center Basic White piece was cut at 2-1/4" x 3-3/8". I took my Cajun Craze ink pad and a blending pen, I scrubbed a little bit of color to the center of the piece. Then I taped it to the center of the scalloped piece.

The flower components were cut next. The vase was cut from a scrap piece of Cajun Craze card stock. 

The leaves were cut from a scrap piece of Old Olive card stock. The flower was cut from a scrap piece of Crushed Curry and the center of the flower was cut from a scrap piece of Early Espresso card stock. I put the flower together using a little bit of tape. On the backside I added Dimensionals and set the piece on the center of the Basic White piece. 

I stamped the words from the "Banner Sayings" bundle using Basic Black ink on Basic White card stock. I used a die in the bundle (the die set is retired) and I cut the "hello" from it. I added a Dimensional to the right side and tape to the left and set it in place on the front of the card.

The scalloped piece was set in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was a super quick and easy card to make. After playing with this cute sunflower die, I want to pair it up with the scarecrow stamp. It looks good in my head. Let's hope it looks that good on paper!  Wish me luck! LOL

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Oh My Fright, Spooktacular, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a quick Halloween card to share with you. I found a card on Pinterest that was a fun fold card but I wanted to make it flat, mostly because the person I'm giving it to wouldn't understand the fold. You can see the original card by clicking here.  Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Spooktacular" 6" x 6" package. 

I marked the DSP in half and then measured it so is 2-1/4" wide (1-1/8" on each side of that center mark). and I cut the bottom off so it measured 5-3/8" long. It was taped to a 5-1/2" x 2-3/8" piece of Basic Black card stock.

The two remaining strips of DSP were cut to 7/8" x 5-3/8". I taped them to the outer sides of the card about 1/8" from the fold and from the right side. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of the center panel and it was set in place on the front of the card.

The words are from the "Oh My Fright" bundle and were stamped using Basic Black ink on Basic White card stock. I cut them out using a die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. Dimensionals were added to the left side and tape on the right. The piece was set in place on the lower left side of the card.

For a final touch a little bat from the "Bats, Ghosts & Dots" embellishments package was added to the upper right side of the card. Wouldn't it be cute if Stampin' Up! had little flies too? LOL

This was a super quick, easy and fun card to make.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Simply Leaves, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship fall card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. You can see the original card by clicking here.  Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Cajun Craze card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. A 4' x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Beige card stock was taped to the inside. 

On the front a piece of Basic Beige card stock was cut at 3-1/4" x 4-1/2" and a piece of Secret Sea card stock was cut at 3-3/8" x 4-5/8".  

The leaves are from the "Simply Leaves" bundle and were stamped using Cajun Craze ink, Pumpkin Pie ink, and Crushed Curry ink. They were punched out and laid on top of Basic Beige top layer so I could see where I wanted to place the words. 

The words are from the same "Simply Leaves" bundle and were stamped using Basic Black ink. Secret Sea ink would work there too but I had just inked up my pad and it was a bit too juicy, though the Basic Black one looks like it was a bit too juicy too.

After stamping the words I took a dotted stamp from a retired stamp set ("Shepherd's Care) and stamped Gray Granite ink on scrap paper first and then on the top layer. 

A piece of linen was doubled and tied to the stem of the Crushed Curry leaf.  Dimensionals were added to the back of the leaves and they were set in place on the front of the card.

I taped the Basic Beige layer to the Secret Sea layer and then that was taped to the front of the card and the card was done.

I didn't add any embellishments because it's going to be going out in the mail tomorrow and I don't want to pay any extra in postage. 

This was a very fun, quick and easy card to make and I'm sure my friend is going to like it.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Timeless Christmas, Season of Celebration, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have an "ugly sweater" card to share with you. It wasn't all that ugly until I added those cute little peppermint candy embellishments. Cute and ugly at the same time! Please read on to see how I put this card togehter.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Timeless Christmas" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card for the largest layer.

I cut a 4-1/2" x 2-3/4" piece of Peaceful Pine card stock for the layer on the left. I taped this piece to the front of the card about 1/2" from the top, bottom and fold.

The next layer was cut from same package. I laid the dotted piece face up and then added the green plaid piece to the bottom. The top piece measures 3" x 3-3/4" and the piece at the bottom measured 1-1/2" x 3". I taped that to the bottom of the dotted piece. Then I taped that to the Peaceful Pine piece about 3/8" from the top, bottom and left side.  

I ran across a glitter paper circle that I had cut (who knows when) and thought I'd just use it on the card to get it off my table. The circle is about 2-1/4" in diameter. I glued it to the front of the card.  

Now for the fun. When I was looking through the ephemera pieces in the "Season of Celebration" and saw the sweater and knew I had to use it. I thought I'd make an "ugly sweater" card.  I removed the backing on the sweater and I also added some glue because I wasn't sure how well it would stick to the glitter.

The words are from another piece in the ephemera package. I removed the backing, added Dimensionals and then brushed the backing over with baking soda (or baby powder) to cover the sticky parts. Then I removed the backing from the Dimensionals and set the piece in place on the plaid piece.

Now to give the sweater a touch of ugliness, I added those cute peppermint candies. I'm not sure how ugly they made the sweater. Its hard to make something ugly using something cute.  But if it were a real sweater, I wouldn't wear it! LOL

This was a fun, quick, and easy card to make. I struggled with the DSP but I managed to make it work.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Timeless Christmas, Season of Celebration, Christmas or Winter Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fun Christmas card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Timeless Christmas" 12" x 12" package and taped it to the front of the card.

On the backside of that DSP is the holly images. I cut those three pieces at 1-1/2" x 2" and I cut three of them. I taped them to a 2-1/4" x 5". Then that was taped to the left side of the card. 

Next I cut the arched piece. I used the 6th die in the "Everyday Arches" set using Basic White card stock. I colored the top part using a blending brush and "Barely Blush ink. And on the bottom I used Hydrangea Hue ink.

I took the snowman from the "Season of Celebration" ephemera package and removed the backing. I added Dimensionals right to the sticky back. Then I took a paint brush and some corn starch (or you can use baby powder) and covered all of the exposed sticky areas. Then I removed the backing from the Dimensionals and set the snowman in place on the arched piece. 

The arch piece was then set in place on the front of the card. 

I added a candy cane, from the same ephemera package, to the snowman's hand and I added the poinsettia sticker on the upper right part of the arch.

For a final touch I added some adhesive peppermint embellishments and the card was done.

I didn't add any wording. I thought it could be used for Christmas or maybe for a winter birthday or friendship card.  This was fun to make and quick. The most difficult part was the background. I have no light blue snow looking DSP and I did look online to see if there was any available but I didn't see anything in the holiday packages of DSP. So that is why I used the blending brush and ink. It worked out!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's snowman/winter card,
Wanda

Simple Leaves, Sweet Words, Glow of Harvest, Thinking of You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a thinking of you card to share with you. I found a card on Pinterest and thought it looked like it would be fun to make but I did make a few changes. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Golden Glow card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Beige card stock was cut for the largest layer. I also cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside of the card.

For the top layer, I cut a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of "Glow of Harvest" Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the 12" x 12" package. 

I took a scrap piece of Basic Beige card stock and stamped the leaves from the "Simple Leaves" bundle. I used Golden Glow ink on the dotted one with Early Espresso dotted veins. And the other leaf was stamped using Early Espresso. The photo doesn't do it justice. It looks black in the photo.

After stamping, the two leaves were punched out. 

The words are from the "Simply Leaves" bundle and were stamped on a piece of Basic White card stock using Early Espresso ink. I cut them out using the die from the "Sweet Words" set. I also cut a Golden Glow piece for the layer. I taped the words to the layer. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card. I didn't press down because I need to put the leaved in place and I didn't want to have anything in the way.

Glue was added to the back of the leaves and they were set in place on the front of the card. I tucked them under the word piece and then I pressed down on the word piece.

I tied a bow from some retired ribbon and I set it in place with glue dots on the wider part and a dot of mono glue in the center. And that was it, the card was done.

This DSP is SO pretty. It's got a shimmer to it and it's too bad it didn't show up in the pic. This was a fun card to make too.  This would also make a nice Thanksgiving card. Mine is for a friend I send a card to once a month and the wording here is just perfect!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and having a look at today's thinking of you card,
Wanda

Oh My Fright, Harvest Hues Ephemera, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Secret Sea card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Pecan Pie card stock and textured it using the "Textured Tree Ring" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card base. I set it under my mat to allow the glue to set up and to keep the card flat.

Next I popped out some pieces from the "Harvest Hues" ephemera package. 

I punched the center dot from the tag piece. I saved it to use on the card later. I took some black twine and tied a double bow on top. The backing was removed (these pieces are stickers) and I placed Dimensionals around the back. Then I took some cornstarch and a paint brush and covered up the rest of the sticky parts. I removed the backing from the Dimensionals and set the piece in place on the front of the card.

The pumpkin went on next. I added Dimensionals to the bottom part and then some cornstarch over that area but not on the upper part. I set the pumpkin in place.

Three leaves were punched out and were set in place around the card.

The words are from the "Oh My Fright" bundle and were stamped using Basic Black ink on another piece from the package. I added a Dimensional to the right end and a little cornstarch over that area. I set it in place on top of the tag. 

I removed the backing on the leaves and tucked them in around the card. I thought I'd add a little mushroom to the right of the pumpkin. I made sure I pressed down firmly so the pieces stuck to the textured background.

And the last thing I added was that dot to the upper right of the card that was from the center of the tag. And that was it, the card was done.

This was a fun card to make. I love playing with these ephemera pieces. I'd prefer they not be stickers but I was able to work with them.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Simply Leaves, Thank You Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. I loved everything about that card and I just had to make it. You can see the original card by clicking here. When having a play date with a fellow stamper, I stamped and punched/cut some images to take home with me so I could put some cards together there. It's fun to play with "toys" that you don't have and vice versa. We take advantage of the time and the sets in front of us. Please read on to see how today's card was made. 

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Peaceful Pine card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.  I cut a 4" x 5-2/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

Then I cut a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Fern & Flora" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card and set it under my stamping mat to allow it to lay flat and dry.

I took the three leaves that I stamped and punched out from the "Simply Leaves" set. They were stamped using Peaceful Pine ink on Peaceful Pine card stock. I tied the stems of the three leaves together using some hemp thread. Once the bow was tied I spread/fanned  the leaves out and taped them in place so they stayed where I wanted them to be. I added Dimensionals to the back and I made sure some of those Dimensionals were on the areas where the edges of the leaves met in the back. Doing this allows the leaves to stay in place too!  

The words are from the same "Simply Leaves" bundle and were stamped using Basic Black ink on a 1" x 5" piece of Basic White card stock. I cut a 1-1/4" x 5" piece of Peaceful Pine card stock and taped the word piece to it. I glued it in place on the front of the card about 7/8" up from the bottom edge. 

I didn't have any current embellishments to match so I used some retired rhinestones from the "Noble Peacock" package. I have SO many retired embellishments that I need to use up! It's always nice when you are able to use them. Though it was only two out of an almost full package, I look at the brighter side and say that there's two less in that package now!  And I can see myself making more leaf cards and now I know I have some embellishments that will work!

This was a very quick and easy card to make. I think making it in some more fallish colors, it could pass as a masculine birthday card. It's pretty versatile. I can also see the leaves on a than you card and even a Thanksgiving card. I will be using it a bit more later this month. I have lots of other fun cards I want to make.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's thank you card,
Wanda

Oh My Fright, Spooktacular, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Very Vanilla card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Frightfully Fun" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card base. Then I trimmed a piece of DSP from the "Spooktacular" 6" x 6" stack to measure 4" x 5-1/4".  

Using the 3rd largest die in the "Everyday Arches" set I centered it and then I centered the 5th largest die and cut them both out at the same time. My vision was to use the outside piece and the inside piece only but too much of the face was missing so I had to figure out how to make this work. 

I added the largest piece to the front using Dimensionals. Then I added the second piece that I had originally planned to omit. I doubled up on the Dimensionals. I just stacked them and set that in place on the front of the card.

The center piece was just taped in place and is flat, no Dimensionals.

The words are from the "Oh My Fright" bundle and were stamped using Basic Black ink on Very Vanilla card stock. I cut it using the smallest die from the "Nested Essentials" die set. Using my dark Basic Black Blends pen, I ran the belly of the pen around the edge of the piece. I added tape behind the "Halloween" word and Dimensionals to the upper part, double stacked to match that top arched piece.

I took the bat dies from the "Oh My Fright" bundle and cut them out from some scrap Basic Black card stock. I taped them in place on the front of the card. I took my light Cherry Cobbler Blends pen and colored in the eyes. And that was it, the card was done.

This is not what was in my head but it's what ended up on the drawing board and I'm okay with it. It was a challenge and I am happy that I was able to get it to work.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Garden Gathering, Sunflower Embossing Folder, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fall birthday card to share with you. I had seen it on Pinterest a number of times and today I finally gave in and thought I'd give it a try. You can see the original card by clicking here.  Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Granny Apple Green card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

I cut a second piece of Basic White card stock at 4-1/4" x 5-1/2".  I textured it using the "Sunflower" embossing folder. I thought it would be easy to color but it ended up being a bit more difficult. I started by coloring the sunflowers using the light Daffodil Delight Blends pen. Then I brought in the dark Daffodil Delight pen but it was a bit too dark for some odd reason. I ended up using the light Mango Melody (retired ) pen because it had just the right shading color for the inner parts of the petals. 

The center of the flowers were colored using both light and dark Pecan Pie pens. and the leaves were colored using both light and dark Granny Apple Green pens. It took a lot longer than I thought to color it all in. Trying to stay on top of the raised pieces and trying to get color in the indented parts. I much prefer the "Blackout" technique. It's where you color on the other side (the indented side) and then color over the piece using Basic Black ink. You can see a card I made using that technique by clicking here.  I kind of want to give it a try but I thought this took a lot more time than I wanted to spend so I think it will be put on the back burner for another time (maybe!).  But for now this is what I did and how it turned out. After coloring, I cut the piece in half at 2-1/8".  The piece measures 2-1/8" x 5-1/2".  I taped it to a piece of Pecan Pie that measures 2-3/8" x 5-1/2".

The original card adds the ribbon around the textured piece but I didn't pay attention and I had glued my sunflower piece to the Pecan Pie piece. I taped the edges of the ribbon (retired) around the back and then taped the strip to the front of the card about 1/4" from the fold. I took a piece of the ribbon and slipped it under the taped piece and tied a knot. I trimmed the ends and the bow was done.

The words are from the "Garden Gatherings" bundle using Basic Black ink on Basic White card stock. I cut them out on my paper cutter. Once cut it measures 2" x 11/16". It was taped to a piece of Pecan Pie card stock that was cut using the ribbon die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. I taped the words on top and added Dimensionals to the back and I set the piece in place on the front of the card about 1/8" from the right edge and 1-1/4" from the top edge. 

I used a few black dots from the adhesive-backed "Bats, Ghosts and Dots" package. I'm glad I'm able to find uses for those dots. I thought I'd end up with lots of them but I keep finding uses for them. 

I am okay with the way the card turned out. I say "okay" because I'm comparing it to the original card. I tell everyone not to compare and here I am doing it myself! Oh and I forgot to mention, this was a two for card. Once the sunflower piece was cut in half, I had two equal strips to make two cards!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Home For Christmas, A Stitched Season, Merriest Tags, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Christmas card made using one of the new stamp sets. Don't you love it when friends let you play with their toys?  Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 3-1/2" x 4-5/8" piece of Real Red card stock for the largest layer.

The Basic White card stock layer was cut at 3" x 4-1/8". And the Designer Series Paper (DSP) layer from the "A Stitched Season" 12" x 12" package was cut at 2-7/8" x 4".  I taped the two pieces together using removable tape in the area that was going to be cut away.

The opening was cut using the third rectangle die in the "Nested Essentials" set. Once the piece was cut I took the DSP piece from the top and used the second rectangle die to cut the opening one size larger. I taped the DSP to the Basic White die cut piece. Dimensionals were added to the back. 

I had some retired snowflake embossed card stock in my stash so I affixed it over the opening, using the Dimensionals to hold it down. Then I added tape to the back of that piece and taped the layers to the top of the Real Red piece. 

Next I stamped the gingerbread man from the "Home For Christmas" bundle using Pecan Pie ink on Basic White card stock. I cut him out using the matching die. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place in the opening.

The words are from the "Merriest Tags" bundle and were stamped using Basic Black ink on Basic White card stock. I fussy cut them out. Dimensionals were added to the back and it they were set in place on the front of the card.

I added three peppermint candies to the front and the card was done.  

An afterthought here, I have the "Seasonal Cheer" mini embossing folders and there's a cute candy cane one in the set. I could have used that but when I saw the piece of textured snowflake paper I thought I would use it so it wouldn't be hanging around anymore.

This was a fun card to make and I think it's got a very cheery feel to it.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Pretty Poinsettia, Delicate Whispers, A Stitched Season, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to the blog. Today I have a Christmas card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. 

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock was cut and textured for the top large layer of the card. I used the "Swirls of Magic" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card base. 

Using a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "A Stitched Season" 12" x 12" package. It measures 4" x 1-3/4".  I glued it to the textured piece about 1" from the edge of the card base.

The words are from the "Pretty Poinsettia" bundle and were stamped using Real Red ink. I cut them out using the third stitched circle die in the "Stylish Shapes" seton Basic White card stock. The Real Red circle was cut using a die in the "Spotlight on Nature" card stock. I taped the two circles together. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card about 1/2" from the top edge and the right side.

I cut two of the smallest flower petals from the "Pretty Poinsettia" bundle using Basic White card stock. I glued the two pieces together.  I added a Dimensional to the back and set it in place on the front of the card. Then I used the next size up on the petals and cut out a Garden Green one to use as leaves. I cut the petals apart and glued them under the little white poinsettia.

The gold looking berry type pieces were cut from the "Delicate Whispers" bundle. I had some gold foil card stock and thought the little poinsettia needed some gold.

Then I cut the center pieces from the "Pretty Poinsettia" using the gold foil and I glued them in place on the center of the flower. 

I thought the card could use something more so I cut more of the flower centers using gold foil card stock. I glued them around the card and they kind of looked like gold snowflakes. It was enough to give it the bling it needed and it tied it to the gold in the flower. And that was it.

This was a fun card to make and I thought it was fun to make a little poinsettia using the large poinsettia set. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

Pretty Poinsettia, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Christmas card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Swirls of Magic" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card base.

Using the dies from the "Pretty Poinsettia" bundle, I cut the petals from Basic White card stock. I struggle every time I try to put the flower together. I'm a symmetrical person when it comes to poinsettia petals. I like the flower to look more rounded. I got it the best I could this time. At least it doesn't look boxy.  After I glued the petals together, I cut a strip of Basic White card stock and glued it to the back for more stability. I should have cut a circle and worked on top of that but I didn't think of it because I was struggling to get it to look round.  Once I got the flower together I thought it didn't look good against the textured background so I thought if I toned it down a bit with a light color that it would look better. I used Petal Pink and a Blending Brush (I recommend doing this before you put it together) and a few spots got too dark. Well, how do you tone that down?  I was almost ready to start over when I thought I would give the leaves a coat of Wink of Stella. It toned it down enough that some of those spots that had too much ink on it and it did the trick.  I added Dimensionals to the back and set the piece aside.

I cut a strip of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "A Stitched Season" 12" x 12" package that measures 5-1/4" x 1-1/2" and I glued it to the DSP.  I centered it as best I could with out measuring but I did get it perfectly centered. It's 1-1/4" from the edge of the embossed piece on the top and the bottom. 

The words are from the same bundle and were stamped using Basic Black ink. I cut them out on my paper cutter so it measured 3/8" x 2-3/4".  Dimensionals were added to the back and I set the piece aside. 

I was now ready to add the poinsettia and the word piece but I noticed I got Petal Pink ink on the swirled piece on the right. I was going to add the flower to the left side but once I saw that smudge I actually thought I'd have to redo the front but then it dawned on me to just move the flower over and turn it enough to cover the smudge. I added the word piece and the card looked too plain. I had some retired snowflakes (I'd like to see Stampin' Up! bring them back) and it was just what the card needed. It was finished.

This was a fun and quick card to make and I'm glad it turned out.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda