Happy weekend everyone! After the madness of Halloween and Trick or Treating, we’re rounding off half term with a firework display at our local Scout group – unlike the big displays, they don’t feel the need to include explosions that make your chest feel like it is going to implode, so the little ones (and slightly bigger ones!) don’t get scared!! I can smell the sausages on the BBQ already 🙂
The card I’m sharing today is another crisp, simple Christmas card.
This time, I’ve made poinsettia flowers using one of the Tonic Petal Punches, using three layers (1 green and 2 red layers of leaves) and then popping some gold seed beads into the centre for the flower. These have to be the best punch investment I have made this year – they’re so flexible, I’ve been able to create a variety of flowers, simply by changing the paper or popping beads in the centre or combining different petals together! I mounted the completed poinsettias on a kraft ring, cut using the Silhouette, to retain the circular shape.
The wreath was mounted on the textured white card background with 3D foam pads. For the sentiment, I combined print and stamp – I only had the word Christmas as a stamp but felt that it needed a little more than that. So I printed “with love at” on a tag shape, then used the print and cut option on the Silhouette, adding “Christmas” by hand afterwards. I recut the outline of the tag in a contrasting colour, to frame the sentiment, then added it to a strip of festive red satin ribbon.
I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:
CAS On Sunday – Sketch challenge
Festive Friday – Element: Wreath
The Paper Nest Dolls – Anything Goes
Silhouette Challenges – Anything Holiday
Thanks for reading x
Very nice! I think the poinsettia wreath is really pretty. Thanks so much for playing along with ASM this week!
Enjoy your firework display – that’s another of the things I miss since moving to the US – a good bonfire party and fireworks on 5th November!!
Thanks Deborah! Will wave a sparkler for you later 😉
CAS and just beautiful! :0)
Thank you Marcia 🙂
This is so beautiful! Such great dimension from those classic colours and shapes! Thanks so much for joining us at Festive Friday!
Thanks Ardyth
Oh, I really love this! The poinsettias are adorable! Thank you so much for joining us at Festive Friday this week!
Thank you Meredith!
Such a pretty card love that wreath. Thank you for joining us over CAS on sunday.
Thanks Anja
What a gorgeous wreath! I love those flowers, very pretty. Thanks for joining us at ATSM this week!
Thanks Nonni!
Wow, your wreath is so beautiful! It looks like you put a ton of work into each individual flower. The seed beeds in the centers really set it off. Thanks for playing at ATSM. 🙂
Thanks Shana
what a beauty!
Thanks Stacey
So simple yet so elegant…. love this… thanks for sharing with us at the PND challenge blog…. xo Nikki DT
Thanks again Nikki!
Great card! Thanks for sharing with us at Paper Nest Dolls Challenge!
Sue DT PND
Thanks Sue
Oh, how pretty! Love the layers on the flowers The beads are perfect for the middle. Thank you for playing along with us at Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.
What a great card ;o)
Thank you for joining us at CAS on Sunday!
LOVE your wreath!!
Thank you so much 🙂
Beautiful, love the poinsettia wreath! Thanks for playing along with us at Silhouette Challenges!
Thanks Lee-Ann
Breathtaking poinsettias. Love the bead centers!
Thank you