Hi, sweet friends! Once again I am joining in the fun of making Christmas cards this year for the Fan Club Christmas Challenge here at SCS! I'm thrilled to see my stash of Christmas cards growing already - and it's only March!
Since I didn't finish up my card this morning and saw the Ways To Use It challenge today, I was even more happy. I love 3D paper piecing and have five layers using this poinsettia plant that brought back so many wonderful memories of my mom and how she loved decorating for Christmas. Such a wonderful time to remember my beloved mom.
After stamping and coloring several of the main image (leaves and poinsettia), I started cutting. And of course, one of the good things about 3D paper piecing is not having to worry too much about the coloring underneath some of the places where the layers overlap (but I did use a black marker for the cut edges). Then I used an Empressor tool to shape each layer (including the sweetly wrapped container) and started adding some dimensionals for each layer. I found this piece of DP that seems to work well for the offset placement of my focal image and sentiment. I used scalloped borders - and then used my Mini MISTI to stamp the sentiment, added the poinsettia oval...and it was done! Yay!
I hope you get inspired to join us as we make our 2018 Christmas cards throughout the year! And I am thrilled to be doing today's Ways To Use It challenge. Thanks, Lisa, for a fun one today. And thanks, Stacy, for yet another fun Christmas card challenge. You gals rock!
Thanks for taking a closer look at my card! Much love, and warm hugs to you all! xoxo
P. S. I forget to add the Copic markers I used. Red poinsettia leaves and ribbon - R21, R22, R24, R29; green poinsettia leaves and pot stripes - YG01, YG11, YG13, YG17; poinsettia center - Y15, Y26; shading - W1. (And, yes, poinsettia leaves eventually all turn red given enough time. They are native in South Florida, and we have some in our yard.)
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2018 GMT Views: 2228
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Paper: Solar White #80 and #110 (Neenah), Pure Poppy (PTI), Brioche paper pad (Memory Box)
Paper Size: A-2
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versamark)
Accessories: Copic markers, Blueprints 20 dies (MFT), Layering Oval dies (SU!), Mini MISTI tool, black marker (SU!), Empressor tool for shaping, 3M dimensional tape, Mono Liquid Glue (Tombow), white tape
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Thu, Mar 01, 2018 @ 9:33 AM
Cheryl your card is absolutely gorgeous!! I love the pretty dimensional poinsettia and you've colored it so well your bg is amazing too.
You remind me it's already March I need to go and see the challenge for March.
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Thu, Mar 01, 2018 @ 10:01 AM
Cheryl thank you so much for joining in with this amazing Christmas card! Love the image and fantastic job on the 3D paper piecing too. Oh and now I have the link for the March challenge. Giggles!!! Thank you so much for playing along today.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105267
Thu, Mar 01, 2018 @ 10:27 AM
Lovely poinsettia in all those layers, Cheryl!!!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.