Add some depth to your holiday cards by creating a dazzling background that is sure to add a festive flare to your seasonal cards.
Today Natasha has creating this charming poinsettia card with a brilliant background made of multiple stamp sets. We love when you mix sets and think outside of the box; some of the most creative outcomes were just happy little accidents. Follow along as Natasha shows us how to make a dazzling holiday background & poinsettia card.
Steps to make this card:
- Die cut poinsettias and leaves from 5822D Build a Bloom Poinsettia #4 Die. Also die cut pine needles from 5823-03D Set Pine Bough Die. I always die cut more than I need when making flower clusters. I would suggest die cutting at least 2 sets of everything for this card to achieve a similar floral arrangement. I will also note that I did not die cut the center elements for the poinsettias.
- Add ink to the die cut pieces. Crimson followed by Pumpkin were used on the poinsettia leaves. Grass and Juniper were used on the leaves. Basil was used on the pine needles. I also splattered white onto the pine needles.
- Using an A2 panel of cardstock, stamp the holly from 37033 Holly & Cheer – 4×6 Stamp set in Juniper to begin a mixed media background. I then use elements from 3006 Splatter Stains – 4×6 Stamp and further fill the panel. Crimson, Cinnamon, Caramel inks were used for those elements. I then stamped the holly two more times with black ink and then added more white splatter.
- Assemble the poinsettias. In lieu of the die cut centers, I decided to add yellow diamond dots to mimic the small circles and give more texture and dimension.
- Arrange the floral elements. Build a base with the pine needles and then add the flowers. Add more pine needles to fill in gaps. Also use foam squares to raise some elements, while gluing other elements directly to to the panel.
- Finally, stamp and die cut a sentiment from the 37033 Holly & Cheer – 4×6 Stamp set. I used white cardstock for contrast. Pop that over a flower.
