I created this card as my guest design post at Christmas Card Throwdown! This was for their July sketch challenge.
I die cut the poinsettia pieces from bristol paper. I ran them through my machine again with an embossing mat, to make sure the veins in the bracts (petals) & leaves were as pronounced as possible. Since I didn't want to color my flower just red & green, I did a search on Pinterest for pink & white poinsettias. I found this image, and decided to go with that color scheme/pattern. I chose a few of my Tombow markers to color my pieces. I did some blending on the leaves, but left the colors pretty much unblended for the bracts, following the reference photo I'd chosen.
Because I wanted the bracts & leaves to have some lift, I decided to glue them only at the center parts of the flower & one end of the leaves. So that none of the white on the back of each piece would show, I did a rough coloring, emulating the front of each bract & leaf.
I chose a patterned paper from the "Rejoice" pad (long discontinued) for my background. I cut it to 3-3/4x5", added it to a narrow dark green mat, and adhered it to a beige cardstock panel that I'd mounted to my white A2-size card base. I added a banner of pale green cardstock to my panel to go behind the flower. Then I glued my flower & leaves to the lower right corner, letting one petal & leaf extend beyond the patterned paper layer for added interest.
I stamped my greeting, from "Color Layering Partridge" (discontinued), with Versamark onto a scrap of Essentials by Ellen 40 lb. vellum. After I heat embossed it with Princess Gold powder, I cut it into a banner. I applied small dots of liquid glue to the back, behind the words, and adhered it over my poinsettia, lined up with the green banner I'd already glued down. I love how this card came out, & I am so excited to be featured at CCT!
Date: Saturday, July 4, 2020 GMT Views: 312
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