Hello again and welcome to my blog
Todays little treat for you today is my sparkly Poinsettia card
When I first sat this set and the red velvet sheets I knew I had to do a velvet poinsettia but then I saw the balmy blue glitter sheets as well but had a I love it so much I don’t want to cut it moment which left it sitting on my shelf for a few weeks while inspiration grew to a I must cut this paper now and make this card moment!
Well I did it I cut it and the red velvet paper which i must admit i had to stroke a few time before i finally cut it ready for this project
What do you think ? Was it worth it
Yes i think so this card is soooooooo sparkly and Tactile I LOVE it !
So where to begin .......
I will admit this card would have been a lot easier to do if I had brought the dies to match the stamp set !
I however sat and fussy cut out all the elements to this card so it is possible to do without the dies for those of you that do not have a die cutting machine or like me just didn’t buy the dies.
I will however link below the dies for those that wish to buy them
Now I have to say I found stamping onto the red velvet sheet challenging but found that you NEED to stamp it with stazon ink or it just gets rubbed into the felt making a muddy mess (which I found out the hard way)
I stamped all 3 layers of the poinsettia onto the red velvet to make the central flower the largest and only the 2 smaller layers x2 for the side flowers onto whisper white card , which I coloured in using my blends I also stamped coloured and fussy cut out 4 leaves to add to my card
Once I had fussy cut out all my flower layers I gently molded the leaves to give a more natural look before assembling each flower using liquid glue.
I used a standard card base with a layer of the balmy blue glitter paper added to the front.
I found that I had to hold the flowers a few seconds longer than normal to grip to the glitter paper .
I then stamped the sentiment onto a scrap piece of paper and cut into a Flag shape which I then nestled into the flowers.
To give this card that last little bit of wow factor I added a gem from my stash which wasn’t the gem I intended on using as I wanted to use the poinsettia centres that come with the suite that Ihave somehow miss placed but never mind I think it really finishes the card
I hope that you love this card as much as I do the sparkle is Amazing !
Love
Kayla xXx
