A new Color Hues Challenge is live. Nancy chose Red and Kraft for this round.
It’s not a color combo I typically use for Christmas, but I love the way this ended up.
It’s really past time to start thinking about Christmas cards so I used this opportunity to create one using two dies I’ve never put to use. I purchased Altenew’s “Poinsettia 3D Die Set” last year at the end of the season after all my Christmas cards were made. The Waffle Flower “Triple Line Diamond Panel” die is newer, but it’s been in the stash for a couple of months.
I die cut the “Triple Line Diamond” panel from Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink) and added it to the card base. It needed a festive touch, so I die cut a second panel from gold and inlaid the tiny squares. Sadly, the poinsettia covers up quite a few of them. The bonus is that I’m left with a lovely gold panel you’re likely to see soon.
The poinsettia was die cut from red cardstock (Concord and 9th) and splattered with gold watercolors from Gansi Tambi’s “Starry Colors.” I added some dimensional tape under some of the bracts of the poinsettia.
The sentiment from The Greetery’s “Sentiment Suite: Christmas” was gold embossed and die cut with one of the “Sentiment Suite Basic” dies. Instead of using the tiny die from the poinsettia set for the center, I chose some gold pearls from The Paper Studio.
I hope you’ll hop over to the Color Hues Challenge and join in the fun, checking out the cards made by my awesome Design Team members and our Guest Designer, Ma-Mi.
Beautiful card Karen. Love your pretty poinsettia with the gold splatters and the lovely die cut background. I like how you added the little gold diamond bits in the opening. Lookging forward to seeing your card with the gold die cut.
You have warmed my botanical heart by calling them bracts, thank you! 😉 And what a gorgeous poinsettia this is, set off perfectly by the die cut background. Really love this!
WOW! Your card is a breath-taken-away work of art, Karen! Gorgeous poinsettia; lovely background. LOVE this!
hugs~carol
Love the background die Karen and the small gold details too. Of course the star is that gorgeous die cut poinsettia! 🙂
OH MY GOODNESS – this card is gorgeous & you know I like me a poinsettia Christmas card! Those gold speckles certainly gives a look of the real “Jingle Bells” poinsettia.
Oh Karen, I love this card! I love using poinsettias on my Holiday cards, so this card really speaks to me. Then you added that awesome cover-plate die! Your pops of gold were a brilliant addition! Awesome job! Enjoy your day!
Lovely, those two dies and those 2 colors pair together wonderfully.
This is just gorgeous, Karen! I love that big, bold poinsettia and the texture you created on the background. The gold details are fantastic. Have a great week!
Karen your poinsettia is so gorgeous!! Perfectly paint splattered too! What a fabulous Christmas card!!
This is gorgeous with its clean lines yet lots of details. I particularly like the inlaid god squares. Over all it is an elegant card.
I adore this card, Karen! The poinsettia’s are beautiful and you’ve ratcheted it up a notch with the dies. Gorgeous. And inlaying those bitty squares is amazing!
This is simply stunning with the kraft on kraft die-cut panels creating a perfect background for that gorgeous poinsettia! The splatters of gold took this one over the top with simplicity and elegance combined! Gorgeous!
Absolutely adore this card! That panel die is fabulous & the gold splatters are perfect!
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