Showing posts with label Poinsettia & Holly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poinsettia & Holly. Show all posts

Monday, December 15, 2025

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Dec '25 / Jan '26

Hello Friends and Happy Monday!  It's the 15th of the month and time for a new challenge at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Blog.  The challenge is Anything FLORALS Goes with an optional floral picture for inspiration.  The lovely picture this month is:


Purple is my favorite color and this bouquet would look lovely on my holiday table.  I was inspired by the colors and used the Poinsettia digital images from the Poinsettia & Holly Set by Fred, She Said for my team project, and colored the images using Copic Alcohol Markers.


I've kept this card CAS, and added a dark plum mat behind the focal panel.  It's coming across as black but it's Blackberry Bliss from Stampin' Up.

After coloring, I've splattered with Dr. Ph. Martin's Bright White Ink.  The sentiment is included in the set and I've actually printed the A2 sized panel that's in the set, leaving it oriented as it comes.


Lastly, I've added Gold Stickles to the flower centers and called it complete.  The team and I hope you'll join us at the Challenge this month as share your Floral Focused projects with us.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna xx

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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Warmest Holiday Wishes from Our Family to Yours

Happy Christmas Friends!  I would like to share the last 2 Christmas Cards for 2024.  The first card features a die cut Poinsettia and patterned paper from Scrapbook.com.  Also, a sentiment from Memory Box.



The second card features a wreath made from die cut stars.  The patterned paper used are snippets from a holiday pack by American Crafts.  The small stars have been popped on foam pads, the background panel has been embossed with a snowflake embossing folder.  A plaid bow added and the sentiment is from Memory Box.




I hope you have the merriest of days, full of love and laughter. Until Next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:
Poinsettia Card:


Wreath Card:

Monday, July 15, 2024

Classic Design Challenge Jul/Aug 2024

Hello Friends and Welcome Back to my second post for this Monday! Today begins a new challenge at The Classic Design Challenge Blog and our generous sponsors this month are The Paper Shelter and Fred, She Said Designs.  The theme is Always Anything Goes with an Optional Twist.  The Twist this month is: Summer Holiday/Vacation.

For my team project, I've colored the Poinsettia & Holly digital image from Fred, She Said, using Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers.  This is officially my first Christmas Card of the 2024 holiday season!


This image comes in a set that includes a 4.25"x 5.5" card front panel, which is what I'm featuring here.  Now, this card was a comedy of errors, my green marker was going dry so I had to switch colors after the 1st leaf (see leaf to the upper right), then I wanted the stamen to be gold but after applying gold Posca Ink, they sort of got lost, so I dotted with black Posca ink - now they look like spider eyes.


The sentiment is included with the image, so no stamping a sentiment was needed.  I've covered the poinsettias and holly berries with Wink of Stella and dotted gold Posca ink around the floral clusters.  The Twist is always optional, but I thought that Christmas in July could be considered a Summer Holiday!    

We hope you'll join us this month and share your projects.  We hope to inspire you and love seeing everyone's creativity.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:
Dragonfly Dreams