Hello friends! I hope you have had an opportunity to check out Alex Syberia Designs' November Holiday Release.. There is a wide range of products to meet your holiday crafting needs. Stamps, dies, stencils, hot foil plates ... this release has you covered from super sweet to gorgeous! Today's card has a mixed media vibe and features a really beautiful die set, Joyful Poinsettia.
The background was done on Bristol Smooth card stock using Distress Mica Spray Stains. I worked with Winterfrost and Merrymint to create a quick and easy background. The panel was oversized so I could trim it down to 4 1/4" by 5 1/2" focusing on the area I liked best. This also meant I would have enough to die cut my sentiment.
The Joyful Poinsettia Die Set consists of 11 dies; five are petal layers. I cut each petal layer twice, except for the largest that was cut once, from Canson XL Water Colour Paper. Several leafy branches were cut.
The poinsettia was coloured with powdered pigments for bold colour.
When dry, the poinsettia petals were hand shaped and assembled offsetting one petal layer from the other.
Noel Die was used to cut both a section of the leftover background and black sheet foam. The sentiment was stacked.
The tips of the leaves of the leafy branches and the flower petals were painted with liquid adhesive and dipped in chunky glitter.
The background and elements were spattered with PH Martin's Bleedproof White.
The leafy branches were were adhered to the card front with the poinsettia in the middle. The sentiment was added to the lower, right hand side.
The centre of the poinsettia was mounded with gold Nuvo Crystal Drops an d left to partially set. It was then covered with matte gold half pearls.
A few red half pearls complete the card.
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