Create With Stamping Friends-Inspiration Monday 450

Pretty Poinsettia For A Christmas Card!

Welcome to our Create With Stamping Friends Inspiration Monday challenges.  This week’s inspiration challenge is all about the Christmas holiday because as a stamper, we know that we should start working on Christmas cards early!

The Pretty Poinsettia Bundle makes pretty poinsettias, that’s for sure! I love how you can diecut multiple sizes and stack them together.

I even colored all of the petals with the Barely Blush Shimmer Pen. It shimmers so much in real life:

Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

• Stamps: Pretty Poinsettia
• Inks: Peaceful Pine, Barely Blush
• Cardstock: Real Red, Barely Blush, Basic White, Old Olive
• Designer Paper: A Stitched Season
• Tools & Accessories: Pretty Poinsettia Dies, Peaceful Pine Bordered Ribbon, Adhesive-Backed Blooms, Forever Plaid Embossing Fodler, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Barely Blush Shimmer Pen

Card Recipe:

• Card Base: Real Red Cardstock 11 x 4-1/4. Score and fold at 5-1/2.
• Layer 2: Barely Blush Cardstock 5-1/4 x 4. Emboss with the Forever Plaid Embossing Folder. Glue to card base.
• Layer 3: Basic White Cardstock 4-1/4 x 3. Set aside.
• Layer 4: A Stitched Season Designer Paper-2 prints
  • Print 1: 3 x 2
  • Print 2: 3 x 2-1/4
  • Glue both prints to the white layer.
  • Set aside.
• Ribbon: Glue the ribbon where the two designer papers meet by gluing to the back of the layer on both sides. Glue layer to card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Branch: Cut one branch with the die and Old Olive Cardstock. Glue over the designer paper layers with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Poinsettia: Cut 1 poinsettia flower with 2-3/4″ flower die, 1 poinsettia flower with the 2″ poinsettia die and 1 poinsettia flower with the1-1/4″ poinsettia die. Color the petals on all 3 flowers with Barely Blush Shimmer Pen. Glue all 3 flowers stacked together and glue to the bottom of the designer paper layer with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Bling: Add 1 Adhesive-Backed Blooms to the center of the poinsettia.
• Sentiment: Barely Blush Cardstock 3 x 1/4. Stamp the sentiment with Peaceful Pine Ink. Glue over the branch above the poinsettia.

Make sure you visit Create With Stamping Friends to see what Connie created for our team this week and see our newest tutorial Collection too: