Before we take a look at my card, I have some sad news to share. This month will be the finale for The Flower Challenge. We've had 9 wonderful years thanks to the brilliant idea by Aileen Ryan and Vivian Hodge and with the assist of Karren Johnson running the challenge for the last two years.
On a personal note, I found The Flower Challenge shortly after it had begun and was thrilled to have a place to share my floral creations. I was even more thrilled when Viv reached out to me in late 2021 and asked me to join the design team. I'm going to miss my wonderful teammates but I'm hopeful we'll see one another in other blogosphere places! And I will miss seeing all the beautiful floral creations each month.
So, given that this is our final challenge, I hope this inspires you even more to join us this month. We'll be back with reminder cards on the 15th and the winners will be announced on January 4, 2026.
So, now on to my cards. I made two because they were so very quick and easy.
The very large embossed poinsettia is from a Gina K class I took in November. It was created only for the card kit that accompanied the class, so it's no longer available. But obviously any poinsettia die or stamp set would work here.
The folder came with the poinsettia die along with 2 fir branch dies. The flower was die cut, then embossed. I used the coordinating stencils and one of her new ink colors, Light Cranberry, which was just released on November 24th.
To create the panel the flower and sentiment are resting on, I first used a Thermoweb Toner Sheet with a piece of Gina K Sparkling Silver Fancy Foil. Actually I made two, and used the other on second card. the Altenew Ornate Nesting die was cut from the panel and I was impressed with how beautifully it die cut. And how darn sparkly it is! For the flower center, I used Kuretake Silver Mica Ink, added the sentiment plus a few prism gems and called it done!
Look at that sparkle!
My second card is similarly CAS. I left the flower white, painted the centers like the first card, then mounted it and the sentiment on a scallop die cut panel. I was going to add some gems but there wasn't really a good place. I debated adding it to the flower center but opted not to at the time. But I may change my mind...what do you think?
Okay, my friends, I hope you'll visit the challenge blog to see my talented teammates' beautiful creations for our final month and then slip off to your craft room and create your Christmas floral. The challenge will remain open until Christmas Day and we would really, really love to have you help fill the gallery one last time. 💕
Thanks for stopping by and take care!
Stef
- Simon Says Stamp/Gina K Grand Poinsettia ef, stencils and die
- Altenew Ornate Nesting die
- Memory Box Fringed Scalloped Frame die
- Spellbinders Sending Joy Betterpress sentiments and dies
- Gina K Sparkling Silver Fancy Foil and Therm-a-web Toner sheets
- Kuretake Silver Mica ink
- Gina K Light Cranberry ink
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