Monday, November 2, 2020

Pretty in Pink Poinsettia

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 I love Christmas cards in non-traditional colours! How about you? Today I'm going for pink, silver and Gray Granite with Sahara Sand. The pink is my favourite Petal Pink which goes so well with those neutrals, and I think the overall effect is quite elegant. I used the Poinsettia Dies, which bundle with the Poinsettia Petals stamp set, a gorgeous bundle which I think is one of the must haves of the Aug/Dec Mini Catalogue, if you don't yet have it! Honestly, you can whip up a poinsettia flower in minutes and it looks amazing, even without any ink at all, with those poinsettia embossing plates that you use at the same time as you die cut the layer of petals. And you can die cut all three layers in the same turn of the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine.

Here are some instructions:

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  • On a Sahara Sand base I mounted a Silver Foil layer and a piece of Peony Garden Designer Series Paper in a subtle Gray Granite design, on top of that.
  • The sentiment, from the For Unto Us stamp set, is stamped in Sahara Sand ink, on Whisper White cardstock, then die cut with a Stitched Rectangle Die and backed with Silver Foil, die cut using a scalloped rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly dies. Both are mounted flat using Stampin' Seal.
  • The poinsettia petals are die cut and embossed with the Poinsettia Dies from Petal Pink cardstock then shaped using a bone folder and layered using Glue Dots as the adhesive. 
  • Silver Foil is die cut for the center of the flower and the sprigs of berries layered behind the flower with the Whisper White berries. These are all dies from the Poinsettia Dies set. 
  • The sprigs of berries are added to the card front with strong adhesive such at Stampin' Seal+ placed behind where the flower will go and only a short length of the adhesive is needed to hold them.
Do you like traditionally coloured or non-traditionally coloured Christmas cards?

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Tomorrow you will be able to start ordering the products from the Curvy Celebrations Promotion. Have you been seeing lots of projects using them? Did you know that the Quite Curvy stamp set and the Curvy Dies will be available in the up coming Jan/June Mini Catalogue, but the Curvy Christmas stamp set and the Classic Christmas 6 x 6 DSP is only available now until January 3? So, while some of the products are an Early Release, others are a Limited Time Offer that you need to get while they are around! Here's what you can order:

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If you need more convincing, check out my Pinterest Board with more samples on it. You can purchase it at my Online Store, starting tomorrow, Tues., November 3.


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