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.

Products used:

Poinsettia stamp
White card
Versafine ink
Distress Ink
Embossing powder
Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powders
Gems
Stamping tool
Waterbrush

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