Good Friday everyone!
Today's LSC was a little different. We had to use pink somewhere on our card, and we had to use a leaf.
I have been inspired by so many of the gorgeous pointsettias that have been done lately by cullenwr and jaydekay. I had wanted to try doing a pinkish poinsettia so today was the day to try it. I also had wanted to try the new tutorial here on SCS for the Scallop Edge Medallion.
My Very Vanilla Medallion had to be cut to 3" instead of the 2 3/4" in the tutorial because it is the Fiskar punch and I needed a little more space. Love the technique, though I wish I had stamped some flourishes on it before I mounted it on dimensionals... too late now! I did use some river rock ink and a blender pen to run a little around all the edges for a little definition, and the word "joy" is embossed in gold.
The poinsettias are stamped on Very Vanilla and embossed in gold, then colored with a blender pen and Pink Pirouette ink. I cut 2 extra flowers and cut out the central petals to pop up in the center of the middle flower. The other one I colored with river rock and cut out as leaves.
Everything is mounted on a river rock panel which had been run through the CB with the leaf ef. That was mounted on PP, and on a white base. Ribbon, pearls and gold liquid pearls finish it off.
Thanks for looking! I'm sorry I can't get a good photo today! It is very dark here today and the embossing is just tough to photo.
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 GMT Views: 1250
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Fri, Oct 24, 2008 @ 4:17 PM
I love the punching! the embossed poinsettias are beautiful, Grace, and coloring them in the pink is lovely!! Such a pretty card today!!
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Registered: March 18, 2008 Location: West Sussex, England Posts: 2532
Fri, Oct 24, 2008 @ 5:58 PM
So beautiful Grace! I love poinsettias, it isn't Christmas without them and they look so lovely in pink. The scalloped medallion is so wonderfully done. Stunning card.
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Fri, Oct 24, 2008 @ 7:31 PM
So pretty and love that little script embossed in the gold.
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Sat, Oct 25, 2008 @ 12:22 AM
Beautiful, love the way you displayed the sentiment and the CB background is perfect for this.
------------------------------ Kathleen
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Sat, Oct 25, 2008 @ 6:48 PM
This is beautiful! I just now am taking a spin through your gallery and am totally WOWED! tfs
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