Hello, friends! I hope you are doing well, and gearing up with sweetness for the upcoming holidays and festivities.
Many MANY years ago, before unmounted and clear stamps were the norm, and during a mega Stamp Show in Orlando, I purchased this beautiful poinsettia stamp from Mitra at Impression Obsession. It's a virgin, I'm shamed to say. Two cards are embossed in silver EP on dark blue cardstock. Two cards are stamped with VersaFine Clair and heat embossed with clear detail EP. Interestingly, in person, the clear EP cards look more fantastic than the silver EP! But through the camera lens, the Silver looks more majestic!
After fussy cutting the embossed images, I "painted" with bleach so the colored cardstock would show through. Add extra bleach in the areas you would like highlighted. Be sure to use either very cheap brushes, or nylon brushes for this technique.
The magenta colored card was dry embossed and inked with distress inks.
The silver embossed cards are layered with black squares for extra drama. The turquoise layer is actually colored vellum, with edges folded behind white layers.
Card Interiors:
The digital sentiment is a freebie you can download in two versions.
My gift to you - Arrangements of the same sentiment for use on the inside or outside of your projects. Please do not sell these Sentiments. Use on any of your projects, including projects involving any design teams you might be on.
Click on the image to bring it to full size. Because of the changes Google Made with Blogger (June 2020), your image will appear to be solid black. Don’t panic. Right click and do a SAVE AS PNG. Once it is saved on your hard drive, you can open it and it will have a transparent background. I create PNGs instead of JPGs so they can be placed anywhere on a scene or project, and so backgrounds can be made using them. Please let me know if you have any problems. I hope they serve you well!
Enjoy!
Products: Stamps: Impression Obsession D4261 Poinsettia Square, IO Warmest Thoughts C5394 (interior of card), Colorado Craft Company Pine Cone and Branch BB264 (sentiment Merry Christmas), Silver & Clear EP, Bleach technique, Assorted colors of SU cardstock and TH distress inks, Turquoise and "white" vellum, silver & turquoise glitter, Craft Essentials Diamond Tiles EF EFOB0013
Thank you for hosting challenges. I'd like to play in:
- Jingle Belles 11-22-24 "Banner Holiday" inspired by the poinsettias and sparkles in the fun banner Lauren made!) 12/4
- C.R.A.F.T. #741 Christmas - lovely poinsettias which are placed all over our home, and lots of sparkle for additional joy. (sep post) 11/27
- Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #23 (poinsettias) 12/12
- Christmas Bingo Challenges #10 Nov 1 - Using B COLUMN "Hand Colored with Bleaching Technique", "Slimline Cards", "Free"
- Merry Little Christmas Challenges #59 12/15
10 comments:
This collection of cards is fabulous! I love the colors and bleaching techniques you used to create the magic with this pretty poinsettia stamp. It's first showing is fabulous! Thanks too for those wonderful sentiments for the Christmas season!
Wow Donna, these are absolutely stunning!! Have a happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms!
Diane BB DT
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WOW absolutely fabulous selection of card, love the beautiful stamp and different techniques you have used.
Carol x
These are stunning Donna! I like seeing how many ways you used this lovely stamp, all so elegant and stunning dear friend.
Oh my they are all lovely, I like how you changed their orientation so it gives them a different look! So pretty with the embossing, as is your insides so nicely done too! Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
love all of those pretty poinsettias ... so glad you joined us at Jingle Belles.
Fabulous selection of cards, love the beautiful stamp and different techniques you have used Donna.
A beautiful set of cards, I love that you have created both same but different designs. Thanks so much for sharing with us over at CRAFT Challenge!
I like how you made 4 cards and none are identical even though they’re the same layout and concept. Interesting to see how they turned out so different using clear vs silver embossing. On photo I prefer til silver ones too.
These are all utterly gorgeous, Donna! I'm a fan of the three panel layout, and the colors are rich enough to make me happy! Love the dry embossed and inked background. You remind me I would like to revisit the bleach technique. I have the right brushes. The stamps are really beautiful. You know how fond I am of the oldies. Hooray for finally inking these timeless beauties. As always, sorry to be so late. I've been on somewhat of a blog break in order to catch up on some other things. Bless your generous nature for sharing those gorgeous sentiments, too. Hugs!
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