A Triangular Poinsettia and A Dog with Gifts

Two Christmas cards today!

First up for The Flower Challenge "Shaped Cards":

 

I have a triangular card:

The card base is a red tri-fold triangle.  I added a white layer that I embossed with an embossing folder of tiny triangles.

I put a scrap of white cs in my MISTI, inked up the poinsettia / holly sprig with markers, and die cut it with its matching die.  I found a tiny sentiment that just fits in the top section.


Today's second card is for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown "Gifts":

 

And the Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Something New".

And the ABC Christmas Challenge "B is for Bingo":

 

I chose the centre vertical column.

I love the Penny Black sets with the adorable animals, especially the dogs that look very much like my English Cocker Spaniel.

Stamped, coloured with Prismacolour pencils and Gamsol, die cut with a wonky circles die, and bordered with red.  The wonky circles seemed to fit the idea of the dog trying to balance those gifts!

Thanks for stopping by today to see two more of my cards!

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Local King poinsettia, Penny Black sentiment
Ink - SU Real Red
Paper - red shimmer cs, white cs
Size - 4" across at base, 5.5" tall
Accessories - Local King markers, Local King poinsettia die, SU embossing folder

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Penny Black
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - Bristol cs, red cs, ivory shimmer cs
Size - 4.75"square
Accessories - Prismacolour pencils, Gamsol, MFT wonky circles die, Lil Inker stitched circle die

Triangular Poinsettia

 
This week's SCS Ways to Use It challenge is "Shape Up" - a card in any shape except squares or rectangles. And also add some pink to honour  Breast Cancer Awareness month.

I have some triangular card bases in my stash so this was a perfect opportunity to use one. I coloured my poinsettia with a mix of red and pink markers to get in the pink for the challenge.

I cut a slightly smaller white triangle and embossed it with the SU ef with small triangles on it.

The poinsettia and holly spray are by Local King (a Vancouver company) and some of their stamps come with matching dies. I coloured directly onto the stamp with their markers which are meant to be layered over each other, so started with two shades of pink and added a bit of red at the base of each petal.

I'm also posting it in the Happy Little Stampers "Poinsettia" Christmas Challenge.

Supplies:

Stamps: Local King poinsettia, Stampendous joy

Paper: shimmery red triangular cardbase, white cs

Paper Size: 4" across at base, 5.5" tall

Ink: Local King markers

Accessories: SU ef, Local King poinsettia die