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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Joyeux Noel

I made this card for last week's Split Coast color challenge - to use Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla.  I didn't have the SU colors so I substituted New Leaf, Fired Brick and Vintage Cream.

I finally got to use my Layered Poinsettia dies from Spellbinders that I bought at the end of last season after seeing so many beautiful creations made with them on many blogs and galleries!  First I die cut a circle out of the front of my card
Then I traced the circle opening on the inside to show me where to stamp the doily and layer the poinsettia.  I put foam dots between the bottom two layers of the flower so it was popped up a bit.  I used my glue pen on the tips of the flower and leaves and dipped them in Dazzling Diamonds.
 I die cut a larger Eyelet circle, cut out the center and adhered it over the opening on the front of my card.  I stamped the sentiment on a die cut banner and layered it over the base of the opening with thick foam dots so when the card is closed the banner is still higher than the flower.

I hope you'll stop by on Friday -  I'm going to be participating in a Blog Waltz with some of my fellow Waltzingmouse Design Team members - we'll all be using WMS stamps on Pouch Mart bags!  There's sure to be lots of inspiring projects!

and on Thursday I have an exciting announcement to share along with another blog hop! (you might see a little clue on my side bar!?!)  Lots of fun things happening this week!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Dainty Doilies Large, Sentiment from Very Vintage Christmas  
Paper: Vintage Cream, New Leaf - PTI, Ranger Distress Coredinations - Fired Brick  
Ink: Memento Desert Sand  
Accessories: Layered Poinsettia Spellbinders, Circle and Eyelet Circle Nestabilities, Ribbon Banners - Spellbinders, Glue Pen, Glue Dots, foam dots, thick foam dots, Dazzling Diamonds - SU, rhinestones - Kaiser

14 comments:

  1. Julia, this is absolutely stunning!

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  2. Absolutely lovely!! Love the idea of the lace bg for the flower!

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  3. What a beautiful cards.

    Hugs Riet.xx

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  4. Fab poinsettias...and not to mention an amazing window LO backed with the perfect doily. I love the sparkle...!

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  5. Dang, this is beautiful!!! So many great details. The poinsettia is perfection and I love all the details. Beautiful card!

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  6. Wow Julia, what a beautiful Christmas card! I love the poinsettia set in the aperture, and the festive frosting. A stunning card!

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  7. Totally gorgeous Christmas card. I love the dimensional flower

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  8. Wow..the pointsettia card is so awesome. Beautiful. I love it

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  9. This is absolutely gorgeous, Julia...WOW!!!! I sooo love the poinsettia and what a beautiful design....you have inspired me to dig out my poinsettia die!!!!!

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  10. This is so pretty! I love the layers and that circle die.

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  11. Stunning Julia! Lovin' the gorgeous Poinsettia!

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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment - I really appreciate it! Julia