Handmade Poinsettia Christmas Card

I wanted to try making my own handmade Poinsettia to try something new. I began with a Sizzix die of 3 petal sizes. The red is inked with Tea Stain Distress ink and the light blue petals with Broken China Distress Oxide which I also added as the background of the Neenah white cardstock card base. The leaves are from a deep green pattern paper with Christmas sayings and a weave print. The centers and the holy are cut from Bazzill Gold Foil and the holly is from Altenew Wreath Builder die. The pine needles die is Creek Bank Creations cut from Core-dinations Glitzy Green. They added a bit of sparkle to help the balance. I wanted to add just the sentiment of Merry Christmas (Concord & 9th) but I thought it needed some more texture so I added the blue seambinding triple bow for that. Hope you have a very blessed and Merry Christmas! 

Challenges I am entering:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Celebrate

Virginia Lu's December Show and Share

Double D's Challenge Blog: Poinsettia

Creek Bank Creations Christmas Village Mini Tote

Creek Bank Creations Christmas Village Mini Tote can be a really fun die set to use for giving small gifts. Here I used the Creek Bank Creations Village edge die with Bazzill Gold foil to go around it. I first used their star stencil with Wendy Vecchi Metallic gold embossing paste to make the glitzy sparkle. The close-ups of the stenciling shows how I did that. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas week and enjoying their crafting and family!

Challenges:

Simon Says stamp Monday Challenge: Celebrate

Pretty Pink Posh Christmas Shaker Card

 Am enjoying making these gorgeous Christmas shaker using Pretty Pink Posh's Jolly ornament die, Creek Bank Creations Pine bough die with their clear Foam tape for the shaker depth and ease of  making shaker's so easy! Dollar Tree has great shaker mixes so as to help with the cost of making several of these!! I love making shaker cards and both of these elements help me by saving time and money! Hoping you enjoy this one and am so in love with this one, I think it is going to be hard to give away!! Merry Christmas everyone!

Challenges:

Virginia's December Show and Share:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Favorite Technique=shaker

Double D Challenge-Santa Hat-My background paper

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