Time for another CAS Christmas Challenge! This month our host is Linda and she's chosen Poinsettia as the theme.
I stamped and heat embossed the poinsettias with red glitter embossing
powder, and then did the same in gold embossing powder with the
sentiment - I debated whether to put it below or in the right angle of
the poinsettias but went below to balance the tall side of the card with
the shorter top side.
When I die cut it with a stitched rectangle, it looked really unbalanced to me - I truly prefer symmetrical layouts on my cards so having an image up in a corner is a challenge for me. So I added some gold sequins in the lower white space (as well as in the centre of each poinsettia) and that made me happier!
Looking forward to seeing your CAS cards featuring poinsettias! For more inspiration, check out the cards by this month's fabulous Guest Designer, Sandra (Sandma's Handmade Cards) and the rest of the Design Team over at CAS Christmas!
Also linking up with Addicted to CAS:
Supplies:
Stamps - Tim Holtz poinsettias, PTI sentiment
Ink - ColorBox red and gold
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - red glitter and gold embossing powders, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, gold sequins, fun foam
Your poinsettias are so pretty in the glitter embossing powders Susan - I bet they really shine IRL! I often spend more time on trying to decide where each item will go than in picking out what images to use - it just has to please your eye! xx
ReplyDeleteLove these glittery poinsettias, Susan! I love the gold sentiment and sequins! Well balanced and lovely, my friend!
ReplyDeleteLovely embossed card Susan. The poinsettias are so beautiful, shiny and glittery with the red embossing powder. Perfect pared with gold. Great colours for a beautiful and elegant Christmas card. xx
ReplyDeleteI love this fresh and wonderful design of your poinsettia card, Susan! Definitely your eyes go straight to the flowers in the top left corner, then to the heat-embossed sentiment down below, and finally follow to the gold sequins (coming full circle). The sparkle of the poinsettia must be prettier IRL!
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Beautiful Susan, I liked both options for lay outs. The poinsettia looks pretty cascading down to the sentiment but I also like the additions of the sequins :)
ReplyDeleteGreat design and perfectly balanced x. A really pretty CAS card Susan x.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card Susan and I really like the addition of the gold sequins. Thank you once again for asking me to be your GD for this month, I've really enjoyed it. I'm fairly new to CAS cards and I'm finding your challenge is doing a great job of pushing me out of my comfort zone, which is a good thing as I'm trying lots of new ideas and having fun with new techniques x
ReplyDeleteIt looks perfectly balanced to me Susan and absolutely beautiful too! I struggle with having to have things lined up and symmetrical too, so you're not alone there! CAS and lovely, lovely card my friend! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteAnother beautiful red and gold colour creation… seems to be popular with the DT. Love the sparkle from the glitter EP. Great design and well balanced.
ReplyDeleteYour trio of poinsettia's are so pretty, Susan! I love how you placed them in the corner, and with your gems I think it looks perfectly balanced? A beautiful CAS Christmas card!
ReplyDeleteI bet your poinsettias are even more gorgeous IRL with all the pretty red glitter. I think your sentiment was placed in the perfect spot, Susan. TFS Love and Hugs...Nancy
ReplyDeleteBeautiful CAS card Susan, love the glittery embossing, has such a festive feel. Your sequins and sentiment are perfectly placed too, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteSusan, very pretty glittery poinsettias. Lovely card.
ReplyDeleteHello again...I just wanted to stop by and thank you for playing along with us at ATCAS!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at Addicted to CAS!
ReplyDeleteJust love your glittery red poinsettias - so pretty in the corner, Susan!!
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