I've been chided lately for still doing winter/holiday/snowy cards when everyone is ready to think spring! So I did a spring-y card yesterday, and now I'm back to a holiday card, (Christmas obsessed!) Actually, this is the first time I'm doing holiday cards in Jan/Feb in preparation for the holiday season 10 months away! This was a very labor intensive card, so I'm not going to making 100 of them, but I will do perhaps 5 or 6, so a few lucky people will get one, (providing you don't send the challenge police after me! LOL!)
It's for today's Ways to Use it Challenge, #257, to use odd numbers of elements on our cards. So I've used one poinsettia flower, 3 layers of CS, 3 strips of ribbon, and stamped the sentiment (Merry C'mas, what else!) 3 times. I've stamped it 3 times inside too.
The poinsettia is stamped on CS vellum, colored and debossed from the back, cut out, slits cut in it to give it depth and dimension, and popped up on a softly colored piece of DP. The center is highligted with Stickles. That's it! Took me about 3 hours to make this card, although subsequent ones should go somewhat faster.
Thanks for looking! I hope you like it! (Hey, there's no snow on it! LOL!)
Hugggs!
Maddy
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010 GMT Views: 2780
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Thu, Feb 11, 2010 @ 1:27 PM
OMG! This is over the top gorgeous! The colors in your poinsettia are fabulous. I can understand why only "special friends" would get this labor-intensive card! Lucky friends!
Registered: September 3, 2007 Location: native Texan living in extreme N. GA Posts: 73388
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 @ 2:32 PM
Beautiful! I love poinsettias and I wish we had them all year, and yours is wonderful. Love the coloring and debossing. The weaving is such a beautiful frame for your lovely flower.
Registered: November 12, 2009 Location: Living in Western North Carolina in the mountains of beauty. Posts: 2551
Thu, Feb 11, 2010 @ 4:08 PM
This is really a beautiful card... there is a group, I belong to it... it is CCC10.. and you commit to making X number of cards every month.. that way you 'legally' can make Christmas cards year round.. I committed to 10 a month... and have gotten to April already... I love making them too... and this way, not only have enough to send... but can also sell a few... this is very pretty... and I would make a few more too.. I am sure whom ever receives it will love and cherish it...
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Wow!! I read every fascinating detail of how you created this gorgeous card and I am in awe! It's fabulous!!! Love how you used the ribbon to frame it, too. tfs