Monday, November 18, 2019

Bold Poinsettia


Happy Monday, peeps!  I have my last two stamp camps today, so I am squeaking this in quickly!  When I saw a gorgeous poinsettia card made by my Paper Players teammate Su Mohr, I knew I wanted to give it a try.  You can see hers HERE.  She used the smaller leaf from Rooted in Nature,but I wanted to try it with the larger leaf...and it makes a BIG poinsettia!  So here we go:


I ended up using both the large and small leaves, all stamped in Lovely Lipstick ink, along with some Old Olive leaves to create my Christmas poinsettia!  I backed it with a panel of Old Olive gingham, and instead of using sequins for the center (which is a fabulous idea), I simply punched a circle of Gold glimmer paper:


I stamped a sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas in Gold Glitz ink, and to intensify the goldness as well as make it dry faster, I brushed on some gold Pearl-ex!  My final addition was a trio of Gold Pearls in the upper right hand side.  Thanks, Su, for a great inspiration!


Dana and Wayne treated us to dinner at a Brazilian steakhouse, where the servers come around to your table with huge skewers of different meats and slice off pieces for you!  It was amazing!  And yummy!


Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

8 comments:

Kampin' Karen said...

What a great card, your stamping is perfect, and a great photo of you and John.

I Card Everyone said...

LeAnne, this is absolutely stunning!! You girls are creative geniuses to use those gorgeous leaves for a Poinsettia!! LOve that floral center - looks like a brooch!
The first Brazilian steakhouse I visited was in Philadelphia!! LOVED it - and that salad bar, too! But we often forgot to turn over the disc - yikes!!! you two look happy, and beautiful!!!
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Mary said...

LOVE this, must try it!

Cindy Beach said...

Love your card, that gingham makes it warm and bright!
A very lovely couple too! Enjoy your stamp camps.

Linda Callahan said...

Wow that is one gorgeous poinsettia. Wish I lived close enough to come to a stamp camp!!

Lisa Elton said...

This is spectacular LeAnne!! Oh wow, I just LOVE it!!

barb mann said...

LOVE the pic of you & John! I even had to pin in my favorite things! What a nice treat for you two!

barb mann said...

Oh LeAnne, Sorry forgot to mention - LOVE the card too. I also saw Su's and had to pin as well as of course yours too. GOTTA case as usual. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Barb