One Layer Poinsettia

 Happy Thursday, all!  The Jingle Belles challenge this week is to make a one-layer card, and the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge is an interesting color palette:

And the Christmas Kickstart challenge is poinsettias:

so I pulled out an old SU favorite, Poinsettia Petals, and went to work:

At first glance, this seems to be rather a not-very-cheery Christmas card, but the photo really doesn't do it justice!  I heat-embossed the poinsettia with Pebble Path and Versamark inks and clear embossing powder, and colored it with the Moody Mauve and Blackberry Bliss inks.  In hindsight, I would not add the shading around the outer edges, but you know how it does....once you start, you gotta keep going! I added some speckles and a pretty sentiment, all on a Basic Beige card base:

The embossing really gives it a nice touch!  I added a sentiment from the same poinsettia set as well as some stamped berries:

One-layer cards can be a challenge, but it can be done!  Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Greetings of the Season, Country Birdhouse (speckles), Poinsettia Petals (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic Beige
Ink	Versamark, Pebbled Path, Moody Mauve, Blackberry Bliss
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Aquaapainter

RRCB251 Little Cuties Birthday

Happy Wednesday, peeps! My pastor's daughter is having a birthday, so this card is for her! Since the Retro Rubber challenge is "Anything Goes", I decided to go with that, using a set from 2017 called Little Cuties...it's a favorite go-to stamp for children and Easter! 

So here we go:

I know my pastor's children always wanted pets, but alas, the only pets they have are hamsters! I don't have any hamster stamps, so this was the next best thing!  I stamped each animal in Smoky Slate ink, then colored them in with Blends. 

 I added a Fresh Freesia scalloped mat, a few sequins and some sequined ribbon and mounted it all on a panel of Fresh Freesia DSP and matching card:

Another retired stamp called Little Delights (2021) had the perfect sentiment for the inside:

Hope she likes it!  And just as an aside....if you need to know the date of any stamp, you can go on Splitcoaststampers.com and look in the galleries.  The Stampin' Up one has all their stamps and the date they came out!  Very helpful!  

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Little Cuties (2017, ret), Little Delights (2021, ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Fresh Freesia, Fresh Freesia DSP (ret)
Ink	Smoky Slate, Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Sequins (ret), Dimensionals, Sequined Ribbon
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Scalloped Contours Dies (ret), Blends

Inspire.Create #189 Easter Wishes

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Happy April!  Glad to turn a new page on my calendar!  I have a fun Easter card today; it uses some old and new stuff!  Here we go:

The new stuff (sentiment dies) comes from Simon Says Stamp's Happy Eggs, and it was stamped in Fresh Freesia!  The old stuff is the eggs, diecut with the retired Excellent Eggs Dies, as well as the Altenew cover plate background:

I diecut the eggs from Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sea Foam and Soft Sky cardstocks, then re-assembled them and added some My Favorite Things stitched flowers---another oldie!  Everything went on a Purple Posy card base, and another oldie was stamped on the inside; it's from CTMH's Easter Animals!

I am entering this in the Inspire.Create spring/Easter challenge:

Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

"This is a true saying, to be completely accepted and believed: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am the worst of them, but God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the worst of sinners, as an example for all those would later believe in him and receive eternal life.  To the eternal King, immortal and invisible, the only God--to him be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen." 1 Timothy 1:15-17

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Happy Eggs (Simon Says Stamp), Easter Animals (Close to My Heart)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Purple Posy, Pretty in Pink, Lemon Lolly, Soft Sky (ret), Soft Sea Foam, Fresh Freesia
Ink	Fresh Freesia
Accessories	Silver Pearls, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Excellent Eggs Dies (ret), Happy Eggs Dies (Simon Says Stamp), Dotted Swirls Cover Plate Die (Altenew), Stitched Flowers Dies (My Favorite Things)