Doily Wedding Card

The Large Sizzlits Paper Doily Die did give me a bit of trouble cutting completely through, and then punching out all the little bitswas a bit bothersome, but the effort was well worth it. 
This is a wedding card, but it could just as well be an Anniversary card.
It is made using the products from the New Occasions mini catalogue.  If you are not a demonstrator you have to wait until Jan 2 before you can order any of these products.

The card base is Very Vanilla.
After die cutting the doily using Very Vanilla card stock, I applied champagne shimmer paint using a finger dauber.  Did that ever make the doily pop!! The sentiment was stamped in Basic Black, punch out with the 2 1/2" circle punch and the edges stenciled with Crumb Cake ink.  It was applied to the middle of the Doily using dimensionals and 3 of the large pearls were attached above the sentiment.  A crumb cake ribbon completed the sentiment circle.
Using the Adorning Accents Embossing folder, the bottom edge of the card. was embossed.  Love it!
A 3/8" Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon was attached to the card just above the embossed edge. 
The Doily was then attached to the front of the card.

The picture of the card does not do it justice.

Stamp: Hand-Penned Holidays
Inks: Basic black, Crumb Cake
Papers: Very Vanilla
Accessories: Paper Doily die, Adorning accents embossing folder, Large pearls, Champagne shimmer paint, 3/8" Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon, dimensionals, glue dot.

Poinsettia gift wrapped card - Challenge 143 - 1,2,3 LNS Group

Challenge 143 is to use 1 stamp, 2 embellishments, and 3 colors. - such a fun idea.

This card is a partial CASE from someone who's watermark I could not read - so if you recognize your card please let me know and I will give you credit.  The poinsettia on this card was originally created by Connie Babbert (I believe last year) so thanks Connie for the idea.
Would you believe the petal of the flower is made using one of the stamps from the French Foliage stamp set?  Who would have thought?

Here's how I made the poinsettia:

1. Stamp 13 leaves with Cherry Cobbler ink onto Regal Rose card stock
2. Cut out each leaf
3. Punch out a 1 1/4" circle in Regal Rose card stock
4. Attach 7 of the cut out leaves to the 1 1/4" circle using snail adhesive to form the bottom layer of the flower
5. Cover the entire flower with Versa Mark, cover with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and emboss with heat tool.
6. Individually emboss the remaining 6 leaves
7. Attach individually to the flower base, using snail adhesive at the bottom of the petal and a stampin' dimensional toward the top.  This gives the flower some lift and dimension
8. Place pearls in the center of the poinsettia.

The rest of the card:
The base of the card is Cherry Cobbler, followed by a layer of Alwys Artichoke.  
The Very Vanilla card stock layer was doubled embossed using the Starburst embossing folder and Iridescent Ice embossing powder.
3/8" Artichoke denim jean ribbon was attached both ways to make the front of the card look like a wrapped present.
The sentiment, from Hand-Penned Holidays, was stamped using Always Artichoke ink on Very Vanilla card stock, and matted with Always Artichoke. The one end was made into a tag shape to accommodate the size of the card.  
The sentiment tag was placed diagonally at the crossroad of the ribbons.
The poinsettia was adhered to the card using dimensionals - also on top of the crossroad.


Stamps: French Foliage, Hand-Penned Holidays
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Versa Mark
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, Rose Red
Accessories: Starburst embossing folder, Iridescent Ice embossing powder, Pearls, 3/8 Artichoke denim Jean ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals