Poinsettia Bauble

Hi bloggers!  I really wish you could see this card in person as it is just lush.  I found a piece of burgundy velvet paper at a stamp shop in Florida and that is what served as a starting point for this card.  I cut the largest of the new Christmas bauble 2012 dies and used the negative piece as an aperture for my velvet paper to show through. I embossed it with the Wild Poinsettia embossing folder for texture.   Admitedly this is the most simple of all the ornaments so it did need a bit of dressing up.  I thought it would look just spiffy with poinsettias cascading across it, so that is just what I did.  I decided to do a little twist on them and to help them show up a bit better axgainst the deep background colour.  I made my poinsettias out of a traditional deep red colour, but chose to do some leaves in milk coloured card (Yes, I know you will never find that combo in real life, but it's a card so I thought I could get away with it!)  I added some of our new flatback pearl embellishments to the centres of all the flowers.  I made another layer for my ornament to sit on, also out of embossed milk card.  I matted it with matching burgundy card to set it off.  I added a double bow tied from our satin/grosgrain ribbon in deep burgundy (I love this ribbon in this colour) and added one of the new pearl embellishments.  These will be available on the shows that I am doing on Aug. 21st for all of you that have emailed me asking where they can get them!  I added a bit of tulle netting behind my bow for a bit of dramatic flair too (from my craft stash).

This is a very easy card to make, just a bit time consuming because of all the poinsettias you need to cut (just for those really special friends at Christmas time, I think!)  I hope you like it as it is a bit more traditional than most of the ones that I have shown lately.  All for now, Sue x