Good morning! I’m thrilled to be a stop on the hop for the Pretty Pink Posh November Release blog hop! Have you checked out the new release yet? It’s full of adorable holiday stamps and dies along with some gorgeous mixes! Today I created two products, one is a more elegant card and the other is a whimsical shaped tag! 🙂
I love the look of colored pencil on colored cardstock and thought I’d go in a nontraditional direction for my poinsettia card! To start I stamped the poinsettias and leaves across a piece of teal cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed them with gold glitter embossing powder. Then I colored the flowers with my caran d’ache luminance pencils and left the leaves alone. I focused dark shades of blue towards the center of the petals and blended them out to white.
Next I stamped the sentiment onto navy cardstock and heat-embossed it with the gold embossing powder. I trimmed it down to a label and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape. Finally I added a few navy nuvo drops to finish the card!
My second project is a holiday tag!
To start I stamped the Caroling Critters and sentiment from Holiday Greetings onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. I colored them with copics and then masked the images. Next I blended faded jeans and chipped sapphire distress ink onto the background to create a sky and splattered it with white gouache! I removed the masking paper and let the background dry overnight.
Next I die-cut the panel with a large circle die and die-cut the same circle shape three more times from white cardstock. I stacked them together and adhered them to create a thick and sturdy circle. Then I added a little nuvo crystal glaze and glitter to some of the critters’ accessories! Once that dried I piled glitter, sequins, snowflakes, and glitter onto the circle and used a hot glue gun to carefully glue a plastic ornament to the cardstock circle. I held it in place for a few minutes until the glue started to set and then ran my finger around the outside of the ornament to make sure there was no extra glue. I made sure to let the glue dry completely before shaking the ornament so that the shaker elements wouldn’t stick to the wet glue! Finally I added a little ribbon and twine to finish the tag! I love that it can be used as a gift tag (you can write a message on the back of the ornament) but then can be added to a Christmas tree as a decoration!
And that’s it!
There are four $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two winners each day). Winners will be picked randomly from comments left along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT on 11/20/2018 and the winners will be announced on the PPP blog! Here are all the stops on the hop today:
- Pretty Pink Posh blog
- Laura Bassen
- Yana Smakula
- Eloise Blue
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Lexa Levana
- Mindy Eggen
- Caly Person
- Justine Hovey
- Carissa Wiley
- Joni Andaya
- Gemma C.
Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!
|
Susan N says
Amazing! I love the blue card and those nuvo drops! I’ve never seen that color before! The ornament is inspiring! I love that little stamp scene.
Barb Housner says
that tag is so sweet and I love the non traditional color of your poinsettia card
Barbara Smith says
Your colors are so pretty…that poinsettia is amazing!
gwenyt says
Wow! Love the gorgeous turquoise and gold card! Super classy. Your ornaments is so super cute! Love it!
Lindsey L says
Your card is beautiful and I’m completely smitten by your ornament! LOVE it!!
Lauryne Cunningham says
Love your projects! You colored the poinsettias so beautifully and I love the blue!
Heather Nelson says
Your poinsettia card is amazing..love the gold and blue!! Your snow globe ornament is AMAZING!
Carla Hundley says
Beautiful card with the
embossing and tone on
tone coloring. Love the
ornament card, so cute!
Carla from Utah
Tracy B. says
Your poinsettia card is GORGEOUS! And the navy Nuvo drops are the perfect color! I’ve never seen the navy before, so THAT will be going in my shopping cart!
Katrina S Parrish says
You poinsettias are Gorgeous!
Dana M says
Wow! Your card is so striking and gorgeous, love the vibrant blue. And the ornament tag is just fabulous, so creative.
Gilda McCain says
Love your beautiful poinsettias and the tag is adorable.
Cathy Lillie says
You did an amazing job on your projects. The Poinsettia card is stunning done in teal and gold! I like that you left the leaves uncolored with just the embossing. The ornament tag is adorable and will make a wonderful keepsake!
Cindy Holmes says
Oh my gorgeous Poinsettia’s card and ornament! I absolutely love that you chose blues for your Poinsettia’s! Really a beautiful change from the traditional red!
justMarie says
I really like that you made the poinsettia blue. Really elegant!
Kathy R says
Great use of non traditional color for poinsettia. Love the blue tones. Tag is sweet too.
Sarah Mix says
Amazing blue poinsettias! Just gorgeous!
susie sonnier says
Your blue poinsettia card is gorgeous
Lindarub says
Love your tag!
Beverly Jordan says
Stunning in BLUE!!! Gorgeous with the gold embossing especially!!! LOVE your globe gift tag!!!! What fabulous out of the box Christmas inspiration!! Am so inspired!
Sue D says
Wow–gorgeous card and adorable tag.
Miriam Erdman says
The poinsettia card is just breathtaking
Mary-Anne Venginickal says
I love how you stamped on coloured cardstock and coloured with pencil crayons. The ornament is beautiful. Can you share the link to where you got the ornament. I assume its a flat back ornament. jeandonny2000 at hotmail dot com
Patt H. says
Love, love, love that gorgeous teal creation & those cute critters on your tag are adorable!
Denise Bryant says
Fabulous coloring of the poinsettias, and your tag is just adorable! What a fun release with so many delightful new products!