Fasten your seatbelts this holiday season is going to be amazing!

Why you ask? Because of the Christmas stamp sets and paper just waiting for your creativity.

One of the biggest sellers this year is the Poinsettia Petals bundle. Send warm wishes from your home this season with cards you make using this set. The images include custom poinsettias and messages to personalize your cards. 

The dies not only cut but they emboss as well which is super cool. Today's card uses heat embossing to make the poinsettia flower a real stand out. I love heat embossing on Christmas cards - it adds a fancy touch and makes each card super special. 

Pair the paper with the embossed flower, add an embossed layer, some ribbon and embellishments and WOW, this card is ah-mazing!

Did you know that the Poinsettia Place paper used on today's card is on sale this month?

 

Yes it is - along with 14 other packs of paper! Click here to see all the packs on sale - but only until 31 October. 

Supplies:

• Stamp Sets – Poinsettia Petals Bundle (155148)
• Card Stock – Thick Whisper White (140272); Old Olive (100702); Vellum Cardstock (101856)
• Stamp Pads – Soft Suede (147115); Whisper White Craft ink & Refill (147277)
• Misc. – Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper (DSP): (153487); Gold Foil Sheets (132622); All the Trimmings Ribbon Combo Pack (153541); Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder (152718); White Stampin’ Emboss Powder (109132); Lovely Labels Pick a Punch (152883); Heat Tool (129053); Wink of Stella (141897); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430); Mini Glue dots (103683; Stampin’ Seal (152813)

Measurements:  

• Thick Whisper White:         11” x 41/4”     5 1/4" x 4”      3/4" x 2 7/8”
• Old Olive:                               1” x 3”
• Vellum Cardstock:               6” x 6” square
• Gold Foil                                3/4” x 5 1/4” plus scrap for berry branch & poinsettia centre
• DSP:                                       1 3/4”  x 5 1/4"
• Ribbon: 6”                            6 1/4" for bow          

Instructions:

1. Score card base at 5 1/2".
2. Glue DSP approximately 1” from top edge of 5 1/4" x 4” Thick Whisper White panel. Glue Gold Foil piece below, butting the edge to the lower edge of the DSP.
3. Add layer from Step 2 into the Tasteful Textile 3E Embossing Folder and run through the Die Cutting Machine.
4. Stamp small & large poinsettia petals onto Vellum using White Craft Ink. Sprinkle with White Emboss powder. Heat set using the Heat Tool. Cut out both poinsettias using the matching dies and die cut machine. Cut berry branch and poinsettia centre from Gold Foil.
5. Glue poinsettia flower centre to middle of smaller poinsettia flower. Use Dimensional to adhere to larger flower. Add Wink of Stella to all petals and set aside.
6. Use Lovely Labels Pick a punch to one end of both the Old Olive & Thick Whisper White banner pieces. Using Soft Suede ink, stamp greeting onto Thick Whisper White banner. Glue the Thick Whisper White banner to the top of the Old Olive banner.
7. Wrap 6” of Old Olive ribbon around embossed Whisper White layer and adhere on back of panel. Make a small bow from remaining 6 1/4" of ribbon. Add Dimensionals to the back of the Old Olive banner and position on the card front, centering over the ribbon and setting the right edge of banner approximately 1/2" from right edge of DSP/Gold Foil. Make a tiny bow from the remaining 6 1/4" piece of ribbon and attach to the right side of the Thick Whisper White banner using a Mini Glue Dot.
8. Adhere the Gold Foil berry branch to the back of the poinsettia flower using Stampin’ Seal. Add a Dimensional to the under side of the poinsettia flower and adhere near the top left of the DSP layer.

Add a personalized greeting inside the card and enjoy sending your beautiful project to someone special.