Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper – mmm…Stampin' Time

This week’s GDP#269 is a COLOUR CHALLENGE.

I mentioned, in an early post, that one of my goals is to participate in more blog hops and challenges – this is week two and I’m still enjoying the challenge.

I have been playing with the new BLENDING BRUSHES, that will be available to customers from January, when our new January to June Mini Catalogue goes live.

So, I decided to use the brushes to blend Garden Green and Just Jade as onto Whisper White cardstock. Then I used that to cut a branch from the BEAUTIFUL BOUGHS DIES. I also cut two more branches from vellum.

I overlapped the branches and secured them using mini glue dots. The REAL RED BRAIDED LINEN TRIM was perfect to tie a bow around the branches. I finished this part of the card with a generous application of CLEAR WINK OF STELLA.

The layer of Whisper White was given texture using the SUBTLE 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER.

A piece of PLUSH POINSETTIA SPECIALTY PAPER was placed over the textured layer. I popped a few dimensionals under the branches before placing into position.

The Real Red MERRY CHRISTMAS was cut using the WORD WISHES DIES. The cardstock had someFOAM ADHESIVE SHEET so that it would have height on the card front.

The final, blingy element comes courtesy of some RED RHINESTONE BASIC JEWELS.

Two smaller branches were cut from the same blended background and attached to the card insert and envelope fornt.

It’s the first of December and getting closer to Christmas. This may well be one f the last Christmas cards I make this year.

Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.

These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, I will be happy to help you place an order for any of them.

Product List

Word Wishes Dies [149629] $63.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $17.50	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50
Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper [153486] $19.25	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00	Just Jade Classic Stampin' Pad [153115] $13.00	Real Red 3/16" (4.8 Mm) Braided Linen Trim [153546] $12.25	Whisper White C6 Envelopes [106588] $13.00
Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $14.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

This wine bottle gift box was made to hold a full sized wine bottle, just in time for Christmas.

Yes, it will hold a full sized bottle of wine.

I used SHADED SPRUCE 12″x 12″ CARDSTOCK, as well as the stunning PLUSH POINSETTIA SPECIALTY PAPER and the RED VELVET PAPER PACK.

I used Real Red and Shaded Spruce as my main colours, with the white from the flocked poinsettia paper and sentiments STITCHED SO LOVELY DIES elements (even though they look like Very Vanilla in this image).