Today I have a very quick post to share a Christmas card I made after finding a background piece I made with alcohol inks a while back. I thought it would make a good background to a new poinsettia die I recently bought.
I inked a piece of bristol board with distress inks before die cutting and stacking 3 times, mounted it onto the AI background and stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, done!
The sentiment is actually heat embossed in poppy red, but it doesn't up on the green card, never mind. you can't really see in the picture but there is a bit of foiling on the background that gives a bit of shine. I also added some stickles to the flower centre.
I am sharing this at:
CAS Christmas - Poinsettia
A Place to Start - Your favourite holiday/celebration
Heart 2 heart Challenges - Christmas in July (no CTMH products used)
Double Trouble #89 - Christmas in July (Thing 1)
Addicted to Stamps & More - Die Cuts and or stencils
Supplies:
Cardstock: Bristol board; Adorable scorable coated card
Ink: Distress Inks; Versamark
Stamps: Uniko simply said
Dies: Creative Expressions CED3179
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27 comments:
Great CAS card and love the die and beautiful inky background
carol x
Great card, love the colours. Anesha
Such a pretty AI background to showcase that pretty poinsettia. Thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas.
Great idea, with this beautiful die!
Was it fun, your days with the grandchildren? Did you enjoy it?
It's always a pleasure when something ready inspires a card, isn't it? :) I love crafting in this way. Your background piece looks amazing with the CE poinsettia die cut! Enlarged the photo and saw the pink foil, gorgeous detail!
have a lovely weekend
Gorgeous AI background and equally gorgeous diecut, they look wonderful together on the green base, Cathy x
Lovely background for the Poinsettia, Hilary! I love the die cut itself too - great buy! Too bad the red embossing doesn't show as it is, but the green cardstock looks magnificent!
Your AI piece is perfect for the poinsettia! Lovely card! Have a beautiful weekend!
What a pretty die cut poinsettia and alcohol inked background, Hilary! Loving all that green!
love the colours you used on your poinsettia and a great background. Thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas
Beautiful use of your background piece, lovely CAS card! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble.
Beautiful card and the colours are sensational. These dies sure do look lovely stacked up like this.. xx
Wow - this is stunning! The alcohol inked background is perfect paired with the shades of green. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble and Heart 2 Heart :)
Quite a beautiful card, Hilary. Hope you had a lovely weekend.
What a beautiful CAS card with a wonderful alcohol inked background. The die cut poinsettia looks so pretty Hilary x.
Eventually here Hilary and of course a very pretty Christmas card when I arrived.
I've got two boxes of new alcohol inks waiting to be played with, bought the full set from Lavinia as the colours looked nice and bright compared with my old Ranger ones. I found a couple of new ways of using them recently, one onto very smooth silver glitter card which I tried out with my old inks and gives a lovey finish. Still rather hooked on using it on vellum as well.
B x
Your distressed background is so pretty with the poinsettia die frame... striking card. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble and Heart2Heart.
A beautiful card was created from your find. I should also search my leftovers ... * wink *
This is lovely Hilary, the die cut is very striking over that AI background. I think you could press that die into year round service just by switching up the colours, it doesn’t scream “poinsettia” so obviously you couldn’t disguise it!
LOVE your new poinsettia die, Hilary! You have really showcased it to perfection with the AI background. LOVE it! xx
I love this, what a great card! Thanks for playing along with Heart 2 Heart Challenges (H2H).
Brandi R.
DT member H2H
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This is lovely, Hilary! Gorgeous colours... Perhaps I do need Pine Needles Distress Ink after all, Jo x
Beautiful CAS card! I love the background behind the die cut! Thank you for joining us at Heart 2 Heart!
So beautiful.
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I love this die!
Thank you for sharing with Addicted to Stamps and More!
Susan
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This is so beautiful, Hilary Jane! Love the background & the inking for the die cut!
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