Hello friends! The first of November is upon us and we have a new challenge over at Color Hues. This time, the lovely and talented Karen has chosen red and black for her color duo.
This beautiful combination works well for so many occasions but I thought it would be an elegant look for a Christmas card. For my card design, I used the sketch for the current challenge at The Paper Players. If you see this before 3 pm EDT today, you still have time to play along.
As I was searching my stash of patterned papers for another project, I came upon a 6x6 pad from HoneyBee Stamps that is probably about 2-3 years old but still yields some beautiful patterns for the holidays and found two pieces in red and black plaid that would work for the card front.
I could not believe my good fortune! They didn't line up precisely but using the strip of matte gold cardstock did the trick to hide it. I pulled out a new favorite die set from Spellbinders, the Christmas Bird Poinsettia and created a red floral image, using red Copic markers to color the white die cut.
The poinsettia was added to the card with a foam square, then I tucked in the die cut leaves and branches, most from the same die set. Using the matte gold for the flower center, one of the branches and the sentiment tied in with the gold horizontal strip. The final step was to add a bit of sparkle with some pretty red gems.
Thanks for taking time to stop by and I hope you'll head over to the CH blog were my very talented teammates, along with our guest designers Colleen Begley and Izzy Scrap, have some gorgeous inspiration for you. We'd love to have you play along; the challenge will remain open until 9 am EST November 14th.
Take care!
Stef
- Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia and Christmas Greetings die sets
- HoneyBee Stamps Lovely Layers: Winter Greenery die (the black branch)
- HBS Holiday Traditions 6x6 patterned paper
- Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold cardstock
- Picket Fence Studios Candy Cane Gem Mix
12 comments:
Stef, I'm swooning over that lovely, dimensional poinsettia + leaves + branches focal image. Your plaid and gold background: beautiful. Talk about an inspiring card for our challenge; I love it!
hugs~carol
Beautiful Christmas card Stef. Love your use of the red & black checked paper and gold strip. You did an excellent job of coloring your white poinsettia, it is lovely.
What a pretty poinsettia, love the depth! Wonderful card, Stef!
That patterned paper was a great find, and a perfect background for the beautiful poinsettia---one of the prettiest I've seen! The addition of the die cuts behind the poinsettia add so much dimension and interest. A gorgeous card!
You had me with the red & black plaid Stef (I love plaid!!), and the addition of that lovely Poinsettia and the gold accents just make this whole card SHINE! Lovely, lovely card my friend!! Hugs. :0)
Love your poinsettia Stef, looks fab too against the plaid DP. The little gold accents really give it extra oomph. :)
What a gorgeous Christmas card, Stef. I should not be surprised that the poinsettia started off white! What incredible depth you achieved with your Copics. Wonderful job!
What a gorgeous die cut poinsettia with your beautiful coloring and touched of gold Stef - the plaid background is perfect behind it! Julia xx
Love that plaid background, Stef! And that poinsettia is awesome! So beautifully colored and just the perfect amount of foliage around it!
What a gorgeous poinsettia and paired well with the plaid patterned paper!
Beautiful mix!!! I think it looks like a wrapped present with gold ribbon and a poinsettia bow. The depth of coloring on that flower is incredible!
I'm late arriving but I have to say the perfect patterned paper and the perfect poinsettia make the most beautiful card Stef!
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