Poinsettia Petals Easy Christmas Cards

Every Thursday at 11 AM ET I go live on The Joyful Stamper Facebook Page.  Everyone is invited for some stamping fun!  After the Live class, I'll post the replay and project sheet below for the cards we made.  Did you know I offer the class kits free?  Just place a $35 order (before shipping and tax) by midnight Sunday October 11 and use the Host Code 4JHNU9ZJ.  You can create right along with me!  I even included a Shop By Project clickable image at the end of this post!  This week's projects feature the Poinsettia Petals Bundle.

Oooh, I LOVE the soft prettiness of this card!  And I love the clever use of Designer Series Paper (DSP) strips.  My Stampin' Up! team leader Lyssa Zwolanek showed us that trick.  And wouldn't you know, I had some Pointsettia Place DSP strips lying on my desk, leftover from designing October's Creativity Kit (read more about those at the end of this post!).  The strips are 5"x1/2" each.

I embossed a 4-1/8"x5-3/8" piece of Soft Sea Foam cardstock with a Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing Folder to create a more interesting background.

My favorite part of this card is the Soft Sea Foam dimensional poinsettia.  The Poinsettia Dies are SO fun to play with!  I stamped them in Mint Macaron, die-cut and stacked them, then heavily brushed on Wink Of Stella to make them SHINE.

Clean and simple cards are always needed at Christmas since most of us are making multiples or sending more cards than normal.  This one is pretty AND simple - I have a hard time stamping in this style so I was jumping out of my chair with excitement over this card!

The card is a Cinnamon Cider 5-1/2"x8-1/2" card base with some berry sprigs stamped in Cinnamon Cider ink.  The sentiment is also stamped in Cinnamon Cider on a 3/4"x2" piece of Whisper White cardstock.  The poinsettia is stamped in Real Red and the leaves in Shaded Spruce, both on Whisper White.  

🌞Joyful Stamper Tip: Get two shades from one ink pad by stamping off.  After inking the image, stamp on scrap paper once (or twice!) before stamping on your cardstock.  I used this technique to fill in the poinsettia and leaves.  The technique is also called generation stamping.

Those red sparkly gems (and the gold ones on the first card) are from the Wonderful Gems pack in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  They add the perfect little touch of glitter!

--->>>Project Sheet with measurements <<<---

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Place a $35 minimum order in my store by midnight Sunday October 11 and I'll send you the packets to make my Facebook Live projects.  You must use the October Host Code 4JHNU9Z when ordering.  

Sunday October 11 is the last day to sign up for October's Creativity Kit.  This month's kit features the beautiful Poinsettia Petals Bundle.  Details here.

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