Merry and Bright- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning
Time for some more fun and a new theme at
The Flower Challenge



I decided to make a non-traditional card for the challenge.  Sometimes it is fun to try and create 'out of the box'. As much as I love the colours of Christmas, I went for something totally different.

Sadly, this is my final card as part of the DT's on The Flower Challenge team.  This pandemic has made me realize that I need to simplify my life as I get back to work and I want to be able to carve out time when I need it.  I will try and play along though when I can.


So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock panel and applied a layer of Gesso as if I was 'buttering my toast' using a palette knife.  I set that aside to dry.
• While that dried, I took a piece of heavy cardstock that I had painted with some acrylic paints.  I did that using my brayer, rolling different colours in different directions all over the piece of cardstock.  I try and do a few at a time just to have them on hand.
• I stamped the poinsettia from Penny Black called Christmas Pride twice onto the acrylic painted surface with some Versafine Clair Noir and clear heat embossed it.
• I fussy cut out the large flower, then from the second stamped piece, I cut out just the center portion.
• My Gesso piece was dry by now, so I applies Speckled Egg Distress Oxide inks over the panel.  I did that by rubbing the ink pad directly onto a piece of acetate, sprayed with water and pressed onto my panel.  I like how that colour matched areas of the flower.
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from the Frosty Hello set.  I splattered using my black Posca pen to add interest.
• Now to assemble my card.  I glued the small flower center to the larger one, leaving areas with no glue so I could bend and shape them and then glued it onto the DOX inked panel.  
• I glued the panel onto a heavy white card base.
• To add my sparkle, I glued a shiny black gem into the center of my flower, then small crystal gems all around the flower.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.


Supplies
Stamps- Christmas Pride, Frosty Hello (PB)
Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; acrylic paint (Paper Artsy)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- brayer (Speedball); clear eb powder; heat tool; black and crystal gems;
black Posca pen; Gesso; palette knife, Misti (My Sweet Petunia)