Friday 1 December 2017

Christmas Flora


Christmas Flora


Hi Everyone!

We're halfway through this strand
and today Claire Jackson has
brought some Poinsettia for us:


"When you think of Christmas flora the showy 
poinsettia immediately comes to mind. 

Over the years I have collected a few poinsettia
 stamps. My latest addition is by Deep Red and 
perfect for Christmas cards.


Stamp the image and heat emboss with 
gold embossing powder. 

This stamp has particularly fine details 
so using Versafine ink is a good idea


Repeat this until you have four embossed images. 
Cut away parts of the images to varying degrees.


Watercolour each piece. I used Pixie Powders 
because they have a lovely shimmer, 
perfect for the festive season.


Alternate dark and light layers and build up
 the colour to add a little shading.


Stamp the image in aged mahogany 
Distress Ink in the centre of a 12x12cm 
card blank. 

To make sure it is perfectly centred 
I suggest using a stamping tool and 
practising on some scraps cut to size...
that’s what I did! 

Add a sentiment.


With a paintbrush or water brush paint
 over the image with water to draw out 
the ink and create shading.


Put the pieces face down on a sponge mat 
and use an embossing tool to gently rub over
 the reverse of the images to create 
a domed effect. 

Put a sticky dot in the centre of each 
image and foam pads around the middle, 
not too near the edge as you want the edges
 to curve downwards.



Layer the pieces over the card blank 
and add a gem to the centre.



 Changing the colour of the embossing powder...



..or the Pixie Powders or ink will give a
 different effect.




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Thank you for such a lovely
card Claire.  Always so good
when you can change the
colours to suit the recipient

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx



4 comments:

  1. Lovely card and I think it works in the other colours so well. X

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  2. Gorgeous Claire and I love all the different colour combinations too. xXx

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  3. It's beautiful in all the colours!

    Sally

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  4. All these are so pretty! Love seeing the different colour combinations! xxx

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