It's no secret, I love to make cards, all sorts of cards,so of course it's always a pleasure to make more.
Poinsettias hold special memories for me, especially at Christmastime, as they remind me of my Grandmother. She had potted poinsettias dotted around the house every Christmas and it doesn't feel like Christmas if we don't have at least one in our home.
Most of my poinsettia projects in the past have included dimensional flowers, just like the lovely layers of the "real" ones. This time I'm using a modern twist with a silhouette of the veined poinsettia petals cut from a card panel and the traditional red showing through from a matted layer underneath.
I opened the poinsettia cut file (details & link below) in Silhouette Studio, along with the "Merry & bright" digital sentiment from Golden Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place. I decided to use the poinsettia element from the cut file to make a panel to go on a 5 1/2" square card front. I sized the poinsettia to fit on a 4 3/8" square panel, added the "Merry & bright" digital sentiment and printed two panels on white textured cardstock then cut the poinsettia design from the panels using my Silhouette Cameo. The panels were adhered to vibrant red textured cardstock then trimmed to a 1/16" border with a Perfect Layers Ruler. I made the 5 1/2" card bases from 300gsm smooth white cardstock and matted the front with white textured cardstock. I adhered the matted poinsettia panels to the matted card bases and soon had a pair of modern merry poinsettia Christmas cards.
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Poinsettias hold special memories for me, especially at Christmastime, as they remind me of my Grandmother. She had potted poinsettias dotted around the house every Christmas and it doesn't feel like Christmas if we don't have at least one in our home.
"Merry & bright" digital sentiment from the
Golden Bell digital stamp set by Beccy’s Place
unfortunately this digital stamp set is no longer available but you can
view projects created with it on the Beccy's Place blog HERE
textured cardstock - to print & mat the image panel
Poinsettia cut file by Nic Squirrell
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #307557
scoreboard & bone folder - to form the card bases
Perfect Layers Ruler - to trim matting layer
Helmar 450 Quick Dry - liquid adhesive to adhere layers
Tombow Mono Multi Adhesive - to adhere around delicate poinsettia veins
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It's always lovely to be reminded of the people we've loved and lost Tracy, I'm glad that you have such wonderful memories of your Nan. Your poinsettia cards are fabulous, I love the stylised image.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Beccy