ODBD Christmas Candles Christmas Card

This ODBD Christmas Candles Christmas Card is my last Christmas card for 2015. Among other items, it features Our Daily Bread Designs Christmas Candles Dies, which I think are rather striking.

ODBD Christmas Candles Christmas Card

I used the ODBD Lovely Leaves Dies to enhance the candles.  I placed the vines and pine needles behind the candles and added poinsettias onto the vines.  I made the poinsettias on the vines, four corners, and bottom of the candles with the Spellbinders Holiday 5×7 Holly Frame Dies (S6-040).    I used the same die to make the Very Vanilla holly and berries frame upon which the candles sit.  (By the way, the Spellbinders Holiday Collection Dies are 50% off while they last.  Use discount code HOLIDAY50 when ordering.)   Lastly, I used ODBD Merry Christmas Dies for my sentiment.

Other supplies used: 

Stampin’ Up! Lost Lagoon Card Stock (item #133679)
Stampin’ Up! Very Vanilla Card Stock (item #101650)
Stampin’ Up! Tip Top Taupe Card Stock (item # 138336)
Stamping Up! Red Foil Sheets ( item #139607)
Stampin’ Up! Crystal Effects (item #101055)
Stampin’ Up! Lost Lagoon Marker (item #138333 – 2015-2017 In Color package of five)
Stampin’ Up! Real Red Marker (item #100052)
Stampin’ Up! Tip Top Taupe Marker (item #138333 – 2015-2017 In Color package of five)

 I hope you find inspiration through my ODBD Christmas Candles Christmas Card!



Swallowtail ButterflyGod’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs by Beverly Polen

Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper Blue Poinsettia

It is a delight to share with you my Stampin’ Up! Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper Blue Poinsettia Christmas card.

Home For Christmas Designer Series Paper - Blue Poinsettia

Stampin’ Up! Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper:

Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper Blue PoinsettiaHave you seen blue poinsettias?  Here’s a picture of a group of them.  Aren’t they pretty? They are beautiful to me, but maybe that is because I love the color blue.  I guess there are a lot of colors of poinsettias.

blue_poinsettia

Back to my card!  The card measures 4-3/4″ x 5-1/2″ which is an odd size.  I made it this size so I could get on the card the elements I wanted.  Besides the Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper, the card also features Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia dies and Spellbinders Curved Borders Two dies.  For the left side of the card, I used the mistletoe design from the Stampin’ Up! Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper, Spellbinders Curved Borders Two Dies, and Stampin’ Up! Pacific Point Card Stock.

This picture is a closeup of the poinsettia that I created with the Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia dies.  I embossed the poinsettia with Stampin’ Up!’s Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder (101930).  I added a small amount of yellow and green glitter glue (i.e., Ranger Stickels) onto the center of the flower.  To further enhance the poinsettia, I added some “branches” behind the flower.  I used Martha Stewart’s Branch Medium Punch to create the branches.  The poinsettia sits upon an oval floral die cut from the Spellbinders Oval Floral dies.

Home For Christmas Designers Series Paper-Blue Poinsettia

I used the Spellbinders Curved Borders Two dies also for the inside of the card. Instead of using the Pacific Point Card Stock, as I did on the card front, I used the mistletoe design from the Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper when using the Curved Borders dies.

Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper Blue Poinsettia

Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper Blue Poinsettia

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Butterfly

God’s Blessings!

Stamping With Guneaux Designs

By

Beverly Polen

Home for Christmas Designer Series Paper Blue Poinsettia