Christmas cards: Poinsettia Petals Die Cuts on Plush Poinsettia

Poinsettia Place Suite and Red & Green Foil:
the shiny foil and soft, velvety Plush Poinsettia paper look stunning together!

Back to the Christmas focus!

I LOVE easy,quick but beautiful cards - especially at Christmas when I'm making lots!  So I'm really grateful for the Poinsettia Petals Bundle - in fact, I purchased the entire Poinsettia Place Suite and I'm so glad I did!  It makes Christmas cardmaking effortless as well as stylish!

For the first card, I used the new Red & Green Foil Sheets for the poinsettia.  For the second I used Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler cardstock.

For both, I added elements of Gold Foil Sheet and a greeting stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink.

The Poinsettia Place Suite - makes Christmas card-making soooo easy!

I cut the banners with the new, incredibly useful, Banners Pick A Punch: one punch that offers two end shapes in three sizes each.

Also from the Poinsettia Place Suite are the gorgeous Beaded Pearls (what perfect Poinsettia centres!) and Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper.

In an upcoming post, I'll be sharing another card that I made with the Plush Poinsettia paper that illustrates that it's not just for Christmas!

In next week's posts, I'll be sharing more Christmas cards that show how cleverly the products in the suite work together.

The Poinsettia Place Suite Comprises:

Poinsettia Petals Bundle (Poinsettia Petals stamp set & Poinsettia Dies)

Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper

Beaded Pearls

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper 

Real Red 3/8" (1cm") Sheer Ribbon

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - These products are currently available in my online store.  The products from the August to December 2020 Mini Catalogue will be available from 4 August 2020.

Garden Green A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Gold Foil Sheets

$8.75

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Forever Mountain Blossoms

Forever Blossoms, Mountain Air and Power of Hope

I find that sometimes creativity seems very easy and natural, resulting in the birth of a card with minimal fuss.  This is not one of those cards.  This was most definitely a breach birth!

It started out life as a Japanese-style scene with distant mountains, a temple on a lake shore and cherry blossom in the foreground.  I left an open space under the cherry branch ready for a greeting and coloured it with watercolour pencils and an aqua painter.

BUT:  I was really unhappy with the result!  The composition was OK, the masking and scene building worked as planned but something went awry with the colouring - it looked much to strong to me.  

If I hadn't already invested so much time and effort it may have ended up in the bin.  However, since the investment was there, I tried to think of a way to use it.

So, I brayered Whisper White Craft Ink all over it!  Then added some cherry blossoms cut with the coordinating Cherry Blossoms Dies from the Forever Blossoms Bundle.  My idea was that these blossoms would be the new foreground with the ill-fated scene providing a misty, distant background.

Did it work?

The Power of Hope stamp set is part of a bundle from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue - that means it's free with a qualifying purchase.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All products used available for purchase in my online store

Forever Blossoms Bundle (English)

$92.50

Mountain Air Photopolymer Stamp Set

$35.00

Power Of Hope Bundle

$0.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

$15.75

Aqua Painters

$20.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Soft Suede A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - Case A Card: Poppy Moments & Stones

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.  Please continue around the Hop by clicking on the next person in the list below.

Our theme this month is Case A Card.

Put together a few flowers with the Poppy Moments Dies and the card almost makes itself!

My card is CASEd from samples on page 27 of the new Mini Catalogue.

Excerpt from Stampin' Up! Mini Catalogue 2020

My card base and poppy outlines are Poppy Parade cardstock (seemed appropriate!).  The foliage is cut from Mossy Meadow cardstock and Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper.  The poppy petals  are also cut from Perennial Essence paper.

The Basic Black swirl is cut with one of the Painted Labels Dies also part of the Peaceful Poppies Suite.

Having treated myself to both of the gorgeous bundles in the Painted Poppies Suite, I could choose the stunning Power of Hope Bundle FREE from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue and I used the Stone 3D Embossing Folder from that bundle to emboss the Sahara Sand layer.

A sprinkling of Peaceful Poppies Sequins adds an element of glitz and glamour.

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this card.  You're currently visiting Stephanie Fischer, please see the list below and click on the next person on the list to hop through all of the projects - you don't want to miss any!

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Something a bit different has happened with our links this month - please click on the blue button below "Click here to enter" to see all the links to all of the other projects in the hop - I promise it's worth it and I apologise for inconvenience!

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Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Peaceful Moments Bundle (English)

$90.75

Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Painted Labels Dies

$61.00

Peaceful Poppies Sequins

$12.25

Power Of Hope Bundle

$0.00

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Poppies on Woven Threads

I love how easy it is to create a lovely card with the Peaceful Poppies Suite!

I was really excited when my Peaceful Poppies Suite of products arrived this week, so immediately put together a bunch of flowers and foliage which led to three cards.  This is the first.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!  (I'll be participating in the Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop on Thursday 16th)
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Poppy Moments Dies

$64.00

Heirloom Frames Dies And 3D Embossing Folder

$50.00

Woven Threads Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper

$20.00

Peaceful Poppies Sequins

$12.25

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Painted Poppy Black & White Variations

A simple black & white card created with the Painted Poppies stamp set - Stampin' Up Mini Catalogue 2020

These are the variations of the Painted Poppies card I shared on Friday.  They couldn't be simpler!

I simply white heat embossed the image (twice) onto my Basic Black card and then heat embossed the greeting from Butterfly Wishes.

This Painted Poppies card is white heat embossed onto black card
and then painted with Whisper White craft ink tinted with Cherry Cobbler ink

Then, as another variation, I painted the poppies with a mix of Whisper White Craft Ink and a touch of Cherry Cobbler ink.

TIPS:

• The craft ink is slow drying and easy to smudge so, if you're right handed, work from left to right and top to bottom when painting.
  
• The tonal contrast with the black card is so great that you will get a rather translucent result.  This can be mitigated by adding more layers of ink - allowing the ink to dry between coats.
  
• I found the best way to clean up the white, heat embossed lines after painting was with a cotton bud to minimise  the "halo" effect of smudged craft ink.
  
• I stamped with the craft ink rather than Versamark before adding the white embossing powder.  Both work well, I just find the white easier to see.

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time! (Friday 10th January)

Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Painted Poppies Cling Stamp Set

$40.00

Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Butterfly Wishes Cling Stamp Set

$40.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill

$16.50

Heat Tool

$50.00

Embossing Buddy

$10.00