Hello friends. Hard to believe it's December already, isn't it?! Hope your cards are all finished and in the process of being mailed out, but if not, we have a fun challenge for you this month at
The Flower Challenge to help you finish up if you're still in need of more Christmas cards (or birthday cards, thank you's, etc.) This month we are looking for
SPARKLE on your cards, along with flowers too of course!!
Here's what I came up with...
I'll apologize up front for my photography skills as I wasn't able to catch all the sparkle that shows up in real life with this card! I used Speckled Aura Gold foil for the
Glimmer Ferns (Spellbinder's) in my background on black cs and then added a red Poinsettia die cut from red glitter cs.
(WF -
Layered Poinsettia Die)
I used The Greetery's Deco Frames Die for the border on black background panel...thought it added a little something, something. For my sentiment I added Memory Box's Special Merry Christmas die cut with gold mirror cardstock (cut 3 times for a bit of added dimension).
Here's a close up where hopefully you can see a bit of the sparkle from my Poinsettia and even a bit on my foiled ferns too.
We can't wait to see the gallery filled with
SPARKLING floral cards, so check out the inspiration from the DT and then play along with us right
HERE. This challenge is open till
Wednesday, Dec. 25th @ 5:00PM.
Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!
5 comments:
I also found it hard to capture the sparkle but it really does show up especially against that very dramatic black panel which I will be tracking down to buy. The gold additions work so beautifully with that beautiful Poinsettia.
Marie
I see it, I see it!! But understand that it is probably the sparkly-est in real life! So gorgeous, Marcia - and I do love the Deco framing!
Can you believe I was the ONLY one who didn't use a Poinsettia?? lol
=]
Beautiful. I see the sparkle on your lovely poinsettia. Love the frame and the lovely foiled ferns.
Oooh, gorgeous card, very elegant! I see the sparkle in the red poinsettia, but I know exactly what you mean, grrr. It's much more fabulous IRL. Love the dark background with the deco folder and those gold ferny leaves. I'm still making Christmas cards while mailing the ones already done. I always say I'll do better next year...
That deco frame was the perfect choice for my favorite little WF poinsettia! I like how the gold jazzes things up. Pretty card, Marcia!
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