Saturday 7 October 2023

Holiday Poinsettia

Good Morning and Welcome
Another card for the holidays featuring some stenciling and fussy cutting.
Some great new releases for October from A Colorful Life Designs.
I used the Beautiful Poinsettia stencil as the focal point of my card.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Beautiful Poinsettia stencil over that.  
  • Starting in the center of the poinsettia, I inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.  I moved outwards from the middle and inked with some Crackling Campfire DOX ink going right to the edges of the flower.
  • The center of the flower looked lost, so to give it a pop of colour, I inked over just the middle with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  It really helped to make it more defined.
  • Next, I fussy cut the flower out, splattered it with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • I got out another piece of white cardstock and placed the Houndstooth stencil (an older release) over that and inked it up with some more of the red DOX inks.
  • I glued the Houndstooth panel onto a white A2 sized card base, then using some foam tape, popped the poinsettia over that.
  • Finally, I used more foam tape to pop the sentiment over the flower.

Here are the stencils I used:


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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- STENCIL 
Peace on Earth- ANYTHING GOES OR INSPIRATION BOARD
The Flower Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- Distress Oxides
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
white Posca pen; Christmas Pre-printed sentiment (TE); Make Art Station (Ranger)

8 comments:

I Card Everyone said...

Houndstooth AND a Poinsettia??? You really know how to spoil a girl! Fabulous, Karen! LOve all the orange-y reds!
=]

Pat said...

What a great look Karen and wow, love the colours, so bright and the poinsettia works brilliantly over the top of the houndstooth stencilling, and then the white on black sentiment strip to finish. x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Who would have thought those stencils went together? They do, and beautifully too.
Faith x

kiwimeskreations said...

A fabulous result Karen
Blessings
Maxine

Aileen said...

So good to see you here joining us for Viv and my last round at the flower challenge. How different the card making world has become. Love your stunning card sweetie. Thank you for joining us at The Flower Challenge DT Aileen

Laurie Unger said...

So bold, vibrant, and gorgeous! Love how you combined these two stencils. Thanks for playing over at The Flower Challenge.

Viv said...

Another super card Karen, love your amazing Poinsettia too. Thanks for sharing with us over at 'The Flower Challenge' again too ;) hugs Viv xx

Stef Perry said...

Holy Smokes Karen, I love the vibrant colors you used for both the gorgeous flower and the houndstooth background! Stunning! Thank you so much for sharing with us at The Flower Challenge!