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

Hello Enjoy Today Another Magnolia Card

The Magnolia DSP is absolutely gorgeous!
Quite by accident I discovered that one of the dies can be used to die cut one of the Magnolia flowers directly from the DSP.

Below is the card I made using these die cuts

The base card is a top fold Basic Black, layered first with Whisper White and then Magnolia Lane DSP which had been matted with Mossy Meadow card stock.

Some Mossy Meadow Baker's twine was wrapped around the DSP/Mossy Meadow piece before it was adhered to the card front.

The art piece is a rectangle of Whisper White with a Balmy Blue washed background.  A Basic Black stitched frame encases this background.

The  sentiment is Black embossed on the lower part, and three die cut Magnolia buds are adhered with dimensionals at the top.

This art piece is adhered to the card front at an angle.

On the inside I place a strip of DSP as well as another floral die cut.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Good Morning Magnolia

Inks:  Black Memento, Versa Mark, Balmy Blue

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow, Magnolia Lane DSP

Accessories:  Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Magnolia Memory Dies, Mossy Meadow Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Black Embossing Powder, Aqua painter