A Magnolia Christmas

It's scary to think that it's time to start making Christmas cards.  This is only my second card, and I used the Magnolia Lane DSP to do so.

The Magnolia flowers in the DSP were coloured with  both the light and drak Poppy Parade blendabilities.  This makes the flowers look almost like Poinsettias. After trimming the DSP to 4 1/4 by 3 1/2", Versa Mark was applied the entire surface, heat and stick powder applied, followed by Dazzling Diamonds. The picture does not do the glitter effect justice.

The DSP was matted with Basic Black card stock, and then added to a layer of Seaside Spray card stock embossed with the Stripes embossing folder.  This is turn was added to a Basic Black layer and then onto a Poppy Parade card base.

The sentiment, from "Blended Seasons" was embossed with Black Embossing powder on a strip of Whisper White that extends across the entire front in the middle.  This was also matted with Basic Black card stock.

Before adding to the card front, some leaves/stems die cut from the Flourishing dies in gold foil was adhered above and below the sentiment strip.  Some gold thread was also added.

To finish the card, some gold faceted glitter gems were added on both sides of the sentiment.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Blended Seasons (R)

Inks:  Versa Mark, Poppy Parade blends (light and dark)

Papers:  Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Seaside Spray, Magnolia Lane DSP, gold foil

Accessories:  Black embossing powder, Gold thread, Heat and stick powder, Dazzling diamonds, Gold faceted glitter gems, Black embossing powder, Flourishing dies

A Trio of Words - Try Stampin' on Tuesday or Not # 318

This is my designer card for this week's challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday or Not #318 the theme of which is "A Trio of Words", which turned into phrases.

The phrases are from the "Cottage Greetings" stamp set and after stamping them on Whisper White card stock, I matted them with Melon Mambo card stock.  They were then added to the card front.

A small punched flower and leaf were placed at the end of each phrase.

The basic card is Melon Mambo, matted with Whisper White and then Pop of Pink DSP.  A Basic Black die cut using the Flourishing Thinlet die was adhered to the Pop of Pink DSP below the trio of phrases.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Cottage Greetings

Ink: Black Memento

Papers: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Pop of Pink DSP, Basic Black, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Flourishing Thinlets, dimensionals, small floral punch (non SU)

Now its your turn to create something.  When finished, upload it to the Try Stampin' on Tuesday blog or their Facebook site. This challenge goes for 2 weeks - until May 2.