Happy Hump Day, hope everyone is doing good. I hope you aren't too sick of Christmas cards from me, but I'm on a roll working on my unfinished projects and most of them are holiday cards. So I'm going to try and get a few more done before hopefully switching to some art journal time.
This card uses a few leftovers from previous projects and I like how it turned out very much. I love the colors and textures.
I chose this Splitcoaststampers sketch to use as my layout design, resizing it to 6x6. I fulfilled the sketch challenge with my round wreath and the round circles of my embossed background.
My card base is 6x6 textured Chatterbox. I used a Crafters Companion embossing folder with white card, a Stamplorations wreath stencil with white card and Distress Inks, a Stamplorations poinsettia stamped with Versamark and heat-embossed in gold then watercolored and red gel pen and gems added in center, and an Avery Elle sentiment die cut with white card and glued onto some of the Chatterbox and fussy cut. Final touch is the red Sakura Stardust gel penning on the wreath berries.
Inside the card I've stamped a Stamplorations sentiment on white card with Royal Purple Versafine and cut it out with a Spellbinders Lacey Squares Nestie die.
On back, continuing the circles, I cut some KI Memories scrap card with a Spellbinders Contempo Circles cover plate die, then added a stamped and punched siggie to the center.
Close-up to show the gems, watercoloring and gold heat embossing.
Close-up to show the gel-penned berries.
And a final view. Thanks for the visit today and keep hydrated! XOX
MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:
Stamping, stenciling, heat and dry embossing, paper, ink, watercolor, texture
Stamping, stenciling, heat and dry embossing, paper, ink, watercolor, texture
I water colored the poinsettia and stenciled with Distress Inks
Oh my goodness - this is breathtaking! Your watercoloring is spot on and I love the non-traditional colour for the flower. Everything about this is simply amazing, my friend. Well done!
ReplyDeleteSo, so pretty with all the blues! Great job! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace On Earth Christmas challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!!
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💜 this! Such a pretty card! I love all your layers and attention to detail. Thank you for sharing with us at Colorful Options. I look forward to seeing your makes; they brighten my day! Cheers, Makira
ReplyDeleteLovely nontraditional card with your pretty watercolored wreath. Thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful wreath, love the glittery berries and the pretty blues. Thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Aimslee!! I work on Christmas cards year round so I'm always posting them. I find Christmas to be less stressful for me that way.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful Christmas card, lovely design and colour choice. Thank you for playing along with our ‘anything goes’ challenge at Crafty Calendar this month.
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What a gorgeous card! Love the blue poinsettia with all that lovely sparkle - perfect 😀. Thanks so much for joining us at Creative Artiste! Happy and creative wishes! Hugs Jo x
ReplyDeleteSo glad you’ve joined our challenge at Mixed Media Lovers! I just love what you’ve made. Hope to see you again next time.
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A beautiful Christmas Card. I love the non-traditional colors. Thanks for playing with us at Can You Handle The Pressure?.
ReplyDeleteA lovely card with a beautiful embossed background!
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Oh I like this card a lot. Poinsettias in blue is such a clever idea. I bet you have quite a stack made too, which will be very helpful come the holidays. I always seem to run out of time as I am never prepared. Smile. Your heat has reached us for this weekend. Maybe one of these days I will finish off my work space. It is more of a mess as I am unpacking things and deciding where to put them. Smile. Have a great weekend Aimeslee. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteLoving the blues!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful wreath with the gorgeous blue poinsettia! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card, thank you for participating in Crafts Galore Encore Challenge blog at http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteLove the gold embossing, beautiful card. Thanks for joining us this month at Arty Divas. Angela (DT) xoxo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! Lovely in blues 💙😍 Great texture too!
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous. I love the blues and the gold embossing on your Poinsettia. Thanks for playing along with us at Let's Craft and Create. Deanna DT
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful colors for a Christmas card! And love the gold embossing! So nicely done on the back too! Thank you so much for sharing this beauty at my Crafty Wednesday challenge!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! I love the different blue poinsettias...they work so well! Thanks for sharing with us at the Colour Crazy Challenge - Vic, DT x
ReplyDeletePrachtige creatie heb je gemaakt! Zo fijn dat je meedoet met de Mixed Media Lovers!!
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I love all the different elements on your card, you have spent a lot of time doing that, I can tell. Lovely to see you joining us at Creatalicious Challenges
ReplyDeleteLove your card..like the non traditional colours. Thank you for joining our challenge at
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I love the flower in blue.. I need to remember this. I have that stamp or similar.. So glad you shared over at Happy Little Stampers.
ReplyDeleteLove the poinsettia!
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