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Meet today's card.

Not your traditional red and green but I like how it turned out a bit different and I had fun creating it too.

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

• I began with a large piece of heavy white cardstock.  Using some Gesso, I spread it over my paper using a palette knife as though you were spreading butter onto a piece of toast.  I let the Gesso dry completely before moving onto the next step.
• When my cardstock was completely dry, I rubbed some Tumbled Glass and some Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide inks onto my glass mat and sprayed with water to dilute.  Using my brayer, I rolled into the diluted ink, then onto the Gesso.  I love the mottled look it created.
• Next, I cut out my card panel that would become the front of my card and set the other piece aside for die cutting the poinsettia.
• I ran the card front panel through my Cuttlebug with the Rectangle Hemstitch die to create a border effect.
• Using my Misti I stamped the sentiment from Penny Black set called Love and Peace with some Versafine Clair Noir ink then clear heat embossed it.  I splattered using my white Posca pen.
• Using the other half of the gessoed,inked cardstock, I die cut the poinsettia from Penny Black called Scarlet Season.  It cuts a solid and a detailed design which is great and can be changed up in a few different ways. (I used the solid die to cut some heavy white and the detailed pieces using the inked paper.)
• Assembly:  I glued the inked main panel onto a heavy white card base, then added the layered poinsettia into the corner.  
• I added a black dome to the flower center and a few sequins for shine and interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CHRISTMAS

Stamping Sensations- GARLANDS, WREATHS AND CHRISTMAS FLOWERS

Papercraft Challenge- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Love and Peace (PB)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Distress Oxides (listed above)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Scarlet Season die (PB); Gesso; Speedball Brayer; Cuttlebug; palette knife; black dome; 

Hemstitch die (Spellbinders); sequins; clear eb powder; Posca pen