Large Poinsettia- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Time for a new theme at 

The Flower Challenge.

I think it is fun to go back and re-discover some older, much loved stamps.  This poinsettia stamp is for sure one of my favourites to use for creating holiday cards.

So onto my card.

I chose to make this wonderful Penny Black Poinsettia the star of my card.

I have had this stamp for a long time and I always love the look of a red poinsettia.

I stamped the flower with some Memento Black then used some Distress Oxide inks to watercolour the image.  I just rubbed my ink pad directly onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with some water and picked up the ink with a wet paintbrush.  I fussy cut it out and to give it a big pop of shine, I rubbed the whole flower with my Versamark pad and clear heat embossed.  It gave the flower lots more stability and also gave it a wonderful texture.

The background was created by rubbing some Candied Apple, Festive Berries and Barn Door Distress Oxide inks over a piece of white cardstock using a blending brush.  When I was happy with the colour blends, I took the Circles Makes Circles Stencil from A Colorful Life and some water and lifted the ink in places to add interest. I repeated that process using the Mini Grid stencil as well giving the background more depth and interest.

When that was dry, I splattered with some white acrylic paint then glued the flower over the top.

I stamped the sentiment and pop dotted it over the flower as not to cover up the interest the background gave.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Pride (PB); Christmas Sentiment (PB)

Inks- Distress Oxide (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Stencils- A Colorful Life; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); pop dots;

white acrylic paint; clear EB powder; heat tool; sponging tool (TH)