Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Hi Bloggers.

I launch the Pick of the Day tonight on Ideal World. The times and channels are currently as follows -

Today 9pm and 11pm - Ideal World
Tomorrow 8am, 9am and 10am Ideal World, 12noon Create & Craft, 1pm Ideal World, 3pm Create & Craft, 4pm Ideal World, 5pm Create & Craft, 7pm Ideal World.

Not sure how much sense I'll be making by the end of it but hope you can join me for some of the shows.

Here's today;s card -

For the background, I randomly stamped one of the trees from the Justrite Holiday Magic Clear Stamp Set using Forest Moss Distress Ink. Next I stamped some berries from the Justrite Festive Poinsettia Clear Stamp Set (there's 3 different ones on this set - I think this set will be the first to sellout) using Peeled Paint Distress Ink. I made sure the ink was dry and then ran it through the Grand Calibur with the Spellbinders Holiday Magic M-Bossabilities Folder. I ran it through a second time to extend the design and inked around the edges with Peeled Paint using Cut n Dry Foam.

I stamped the sentiment from the Justrite Christmas Labels 20 Clear Stamp Set using Olive Archival and added Cosmic Shimmer Clear Embossing Powder. I did not heat set just yet. I stamped the frame from the same stamp set, again using Olive Archival, added clear powder and heat set the lot. I cut it out using Spellbinders Labels 20 and inked through the die with Peeled Paint. I cut some holly corners using the Spellbinders Holly Motifs Die Set and added them to the frame as shown.

I stamped the 3 smallest poinsettias from the Justrite Festive Poinsettia Clear Stamp Set using Peeled Paint Distress Ink. I cut them out using Spellbinders Layered Poinsettias Die Set (it's easiest if you cut yourself a template first to do this accurately). There's really no point in embossing them as all the detail on this is from the stamps. I also cut a larger poinsettia out of green card - I did emboss this one as I didn't stamp it. I curled the petals with my fingers and layered them up, securing with Cosmic Shimmer Dries Clear Glue. I added 3 x 3mm Cream Pearls to the centre. I tied a bow using Green/Ivory Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and added my poinsettia to it.

I assembled the card as shown adding some Cream Pearls in the corners and some dots of Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA in Vintage Golden Green around the edges.

See you later!

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.