Poinsettia Greetings

 Today we're showcasing four fun ways to use our Poinsettia Greetings Stamp set.

Esther used Arteza Real Brush pens to color hers and combined it with Texture Tiles 4 and Script Sentiments stamps and dies for a Christmas birthday card.

Susan colored hers with Copics and combined it with our NEW Softly Snowing Digital Paper Packs for a soft winter look.

Sheri created her clean-and-simple, classy card using gold embossing powder over a beautiful teal card stock.

Nina used colored pencils, glitter, and an old hymn page to create her beautiful card.

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Mixed Media Poinsettia

 

Happy Monday!

Today I am sharing a card that is not my normal style of CAS.  I had fun getting inky making this mixed media card. 

To make this card, I used the Poinsettia Greetings and embossed it in gold then created a background using Lumberjack Plaid and Twisted Citron distress ink.

I stamped the Christmas Texts a couple times in black and the "Peace and joy to you" from the Poinsettia Greetings. To finish the card I added some texture with gold Hero Wax and the Grunge Dots stencil.

Peace & Joy

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Hello Sweet Friends! Sheri here with a Christmas card featuring the NEW Pinecone Background stamp set from the September 2021 Release. The sentiment from the Poinsettia Greetings stamp set.

Today's card features a little heat embossing and ink blending to make this super simple card shine.  

 

Steps to create the card:  

• Cut White A2 Top Fold Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2").
  
• Cut light Green Panel: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". You will stamp the Pinecone Background stamp with embossing ink and emboss with Gold Embossing Powder. I like to stamp on a larger panel than I need so I can cut it down to fit the card design.
  
• Cut down Green Panel to 4" x 5 1/4". I used a stitched die.
• Take a medium and dark shade of green ink that coordinates with the card stock and ink blend around the edges. Make sure to leave the center light. Use the darker shade at the very edge.
  
• For added texture I added some gold paint splatters using gold ink.
  
• Stamp and emboss sentiment from the Poinsettia Greetings stamp set on a strip of black card stock. I like to stamp sentiments on a larger piece of card stock and trim down. The final size of the strip is 2" x 3/8".
• Assemble Card. The green panel is glued to the card base and I popped up the sentiment with foam tape.
  
• For embellishment I added a few gold sequins.

Card Measuurements:

A2 Top Fold Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2")

Green Stitched Panel: 4" x 5 1/4"

Sentiment Strip: 2" x 3/8"

 

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Poinsettias for Christmas

 Hello, Hello, All!  

Today I am revisiting the gorgeous Poinsettia Greetings Stamp Set.  This is a favorite of mine that I reach for again and again.  

I like to make my parents a special card for Christmas so given the popularity of the slimline card, I decided to go that route.  I used two shades of red Ken Oliver Color Bursts to color this monochromatic card.  

I started out with a 10 x 4 inch piece of Canson Watercolor Paper.  I spritzed it with water and sprinkled on some Alizerin Crimson Color Burst Water Color Powder.  I used a large brush to move the color around and add water where needed.  I also sopped up some of the color with a paper towel as I did not want it too dark.  

Next, using my MISTI, I Stamped the poinsettias 3 times.  I then painted them all, using the Alizerin Crimson as well as Cadmium Scarlet color bursts.  A little mixture of black, blue and purple color bursts was used for the shadows.  The panel was then cut down for a 8.5 x 4inch card.  

When the flowers were dried, I used Winsor and Newton white gouache that was watered down to make splatters.  The flower centers were filled in with a Uniball Signo white gel pen.  

The sentiment is from the Holiday Greetings Stamp Set.  Both the sentiment and the image panel were matted with shiny gold wrapping paper.  Some sequins finish it off.  

Thanks for stopping by!  I won't be back on the blog 'til December so have a Happy, Happy, Thanksgiving!  

Lee Ann  

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!!

Merry Christmas

Hello everyone! I love making Christmas cards so I'm really excited it's that time of the year again 😀. My favorite colors for Christmas are still the traditional red, green and gold so I decided to use a lot of red and gold for this card.

I created a red background with crayons on watercolor paper and stamped the poinsettia with embossing ink. I embossed the image with gold embossing powder. It still needed a little bit more gold so I decided to color the edges of the panel with a gold watercolor.
I stamped the message on black cardstock and used the gold embossing powder on the words too. Of course I had to add a couple of golden sequins to finish the card.

I used the stamp set Poinsettia Greetings for this card.

- Lucinde

Poinsettia x3

Hello Everyone!

Lee Ann here, with more Christmas cards using the gorgeous Poinsettia Greetings Stamp Set.

First up is a pink Poinsettia, colored with Copics.  I CASed this design from an amazing talent in blogland, Yana Smakula.  The poinsettia was initially stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink using my MISTI, then colored with Copics. Once I was done coloring, I put the panel back in my MISTI, stamped the image with Versamark ink and heat embossed it in gold.  I then fussy cut the flower out.
I did some tone on tone stamping with the flower in the lower right hand corner of the card.  To allow the large, Copic colored flower to blend into the card front better, I colored the outer edges of the fussy cut flower with a pink Copic that matched the pink cardstock.
I selected several sentiments from the Christmas Wordfetti Stamp set and heat embossed them in white across a black sentiment strip.

Next up, I decided I needed a softer poinsettia, as everything that I had done so far was very bold in color.

I used a bunch of Shimmerz Paints products on the card and love how different it turned out from all of my other poinsettia cards.  Details for this are on my blog.
For the third poinsettia card using the Poinsettia Greetings Stamp Set, I CASed myself, making a green poinsettia similiar to the blue one I shared earlier this month.

You can probably guess that I love this stamp!  It is a real beauty.  I got out my trusty Ken Oliver Color Bursts for this card and stamped the image in Versafine Black ink on watercolor paper.  I used mostly green Color Bursts (Pthalo Green, Lime Green), but I did add in a bit of Turquoise to the flower and a lot of it to the background.  I spattered the card front with black watercolor splatters and watered down white acrylic paint.
The image panel is matted on shiny gold paper and mounted on the white card base.  Sequins finish it off.  
Thats it for me! 
I hope I have inspired you to try different methods of coloring with this stamp! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Lee Ann
www.greytpapercrafts.blogspot.com

All is Bright

Hi friends! It's Julee Tilman popping in today to share a bright and fun poinsettia card. I really can't get enough of this big flower from Poinsettia Greetings! For my card today, I'm using alcohol inks and the emboss resist technique.

I haven't really played much with alcohol inks, but I always love the results. To start the card, I grabbed some Spectrum Noir alcohol reinkers and yupo paper and just started to play.  I embossed the Poinsettia Greetings image in white, then started adding the alcohol inks.  When this was dry I added some drops of metallic ink for a bit of interest. The metallic inks are water reactive, so don't try to do this when the alcohol inks are still wet, or you'll get a muddy mess! Ask me how I know! 😉 Once I had the flower how I wanted it, I fussy cut it and then added some pearl clusters from my stash for the flower center.

I was quite messy with my alcohol inks, so the background is a panel made by smooshing into the leftover inks on my glass mat. I added a bit of blending solution and puffed on it with a straw for some fun effects.

I finished with the All is Calm and All is bright sentiments from the Christmas Wordfetti set. I just love all the sentiments in this set! I then added a few snowflake sequins (from Target a few years back) and embellished with a teeny pearl in the center of each one.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you haven't shopped yet, be sure to take advantage of the Sweet 'n Sassy Birthday Sale! Everything in the shop is 12% off this month! And remember that Poinsettia Greetings is the November stamp of the month, so you can receive it for FREE with a $75 order (before tax and after discounts and shipping)