For those of you who do not know, in my everyday life I am a public health nurse, and with the current H1N1 chaos, I REALLY need a little peace these days!! So I took a little time to myself yesterday.
The white poinsettia card was made using some of my "found" items. The cardstock is plain burgandy. I had a large piece of the swirled, glittery fabric from a bouquet I received about a year ago. I kept it in my stash for just the right card. I have Plenty for more cards. LOL. I cut out the Spellbinder's poinsettia in two shades of white and one large one in a forest green. I used gold Stickles for the center. The flourish is a piece of the Sizzix Decorative Swirls with Berries and Holly.
The second picture is to show the effect of the shimmer paint on the poinsettia.
This card is the traditional colors. I really do love it. I put this poinsettia on embossed white cardstock (again an SU embossing folder.)
Second photo shows dimension. I had seen a couple of cards using the Spellbinders set of poinsettias. I wasn't sure mine would turn out, but just by bending the petals in different ways, it quickly took shape.
Enough for tonight.
When I first began making my own cards, I purchased a stamp to "Hallmark" my items. Here is what it says,
"'...here I had been paying this guy sixty dollars, twice a week, for five years and I was still depressed. So, I quit analysis and started buying rubber stamps. Now every week I spend one hundred dollars on stamps and I have never been happier. If I could only get Blue Cross to ...'"
I think that describes the feeling all too well!!!
FYI it was a Judi Kins stamp. I don't know if it is still out there, but it's a great one!!
Wouldn't it be great to have $100 per week for stamps?!
On to my Christmas fun. This card started as a scrap. I found it about a week ago. It is the red part of the card. I had cut out the heart with the Spellbinders heart set and tried out a scallop punch (Fiskars) on the bottom. Apparently, I then had placed it in the red scraps. I pulled it out of the scrap box and put it in a holly embossing folder and it turned into something lovely. On top of this beautiful holly paper, with a few add-ons, it turned into a pretty decent "scrap" card! I love the SU tag. I made it with the new embosslit. The Merry really stands out. I finished the card with a little holly stamp and the new SU shimmer paint.
One other thing many of you may not know about me is that my dear first grandchild's name is Holly, so I have many, many holly items. My next blog will be about the "paper bears" I have made for her for Christmas. But, I digress.
One other thing many of you may not know about me is that my dear first grandchild's name is Holly, so I have many, many holly items. My next blog will be about the "paper bears" I have made for her for Christmas. But, I digress. The card below was made using a new Basic Grey Christmas paper (thinking of you, Elly) and more scraps. I die cut red and shimmer white papers with the SU top note die cut. I stamped a evergreen sprig (also SU) on the back of the white shimmer paper and attached them to the DP. I stamped the ornaments with the new shimmer paint and punched them out with the new SU ornament punch. I attached the red and silver cord to the back of the ornament, punched a small hole in the top and pulled the cord through it. I attached the cord with tiny dimensional circles. Now, for those of you who DO know me, you are probably asking yourself if I spent more than $100 on new "toys." Well, I just happened to be the hostess at stamp club last month, so I spent some and got LOTS of freebies! Whahoo!!
The white poinsettia card was made using some of my "found" items. The cardstock is plain burgandy. I had a large piece of the swirled, glittery fabric from a bouquet I received about a year ago. I kept it in my stash for just the right card. I have Plenty for more cards. LOL. I cut out the Spellbinder's poinsettia in two shades of white and one large one in a forest green. I used gold Stickles for the center. The flourish is a piece of the Sizzix Decorative Swirls with Berries and Holly.
The second picture is to show the effect of the shimmer paint on the poinsettia. 
This card is the traditional colors. I really do love it. I put this poinsettia on embossed white cardstock (again an SU embossing folder.) 
Second photo shows dimension. I had seen a couple of cards using the Spellbinders set of poinsettias. I wasn't sure mine would turn out, but just by bending the petals in different ways, it quickly took shape. 
Enough for tonight. I do hope this finds each of you looking forward to celebrating the blessings of Christmas and the Great gift of a Savior we were given so many years ago!
