Poinsettia Greetings

Hello Sweet 'N Sassy Friends!  Sheri here today with a couple cards featuring this months Stamp of the Month, Poinsettia Greetings.  This is such a beautiful set and is FREE with any $75 order this month!

I created two CAS (Clean & Simple) cards featuring the beautiful poinsettia in the set.  The first card is colored with copic markers.

Instructions: 

• A2 Top Fold Whisper Card Base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")
• Black Card Layer (4" x 5 1/4") 
• White Card Stock (3 7/8" x 5 1/8") - stamp poinsettia and color with your favorite coloring medium.  
• Stamp sentiment in black ink.

Here's another look at my card from this month blog hop.  It features embossing and some ink blending.  This is a super easy technique!

Instructions: 

• A2 Top Fold Card Base (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")
• Teal Card Layer (4 1/4" x 5 1/2"), attach directly to card base. 
• Gold Card Layer (3 7/8" x 5 1/8") - to create a perfectly matched layer I ran my embossing stamp pad around the edges of a piece of white card stock and used the same gold embossing powder I used on the poinsettia. 
• Teal Layer 3 3/4" x 5", stamp poinsettia with embossing ink and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.  Make sure to use an embossing buddy to help prevent embossing powder from sticking to areas that you don't want it.  I also use a small dry paint brush to help brush of any extra powder.
• I then took a life changing ink blending brush and matching teal ink and ink blended around the edges of the poinsettia to add some texture.
• Emboss sentiment on a piece of black and cut down to a small strip.
• the gold layer and black sentiment strip are popped up with foam squares for added dimension. (Optional)   

 Happy Stamping!!