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Poinsettia Pearls Christmas Card

Christmas Cards

29 Sep

Hello, Crafters.

Just a quick reminder to all my customers, if you place an online order by 6 pm tomorrow evening that is for £75 or more, you will be able to choose a stamp set from either of our current catalogues. I will order this stamp set for you and send it out with my regular Happy Mail!  If you’d like to take advantage of this offer, please place your order via my online shop here: http://www.janbcards.stampinup.net

I love Designer Series Paper (DSP) which has been designed to go with some of the dies from that bundle. Poinsettia Place DSP falls into this category and I die-cut four of the red berry branches and two poinsettias that I have featured on today’s card. My plan was to use two poinsettias and two or three berry branches. Once I had identified which poinsettia was the one that would fit the die I carefully cut it away from the surrounding flowers. Then I identified the second one and carefully cut that away as well. I put the poinsettias to one side and started looking for the berry branches. Like the poinsettias, it wasn’t difficult identifying which ones I needed.

I did the same with the branches, i.e. I cut around the branches I needed without cutting into other nearby branches. I lined the poinsettia and one berry branch up on my Magnetic Plate and ran them through my Cut & Emboss machine. I reached for the second poinsettia and it was nowhere to be seen! I carried on die-cutting the berry branches. When I sat at my desk I had another look for the missing flower and then I started thinking maybe I didn’t cut two out! I knew I had because I could see the two gaps in the sheet of DSP where I’d cut them out. I didn’t have time to worry about the missing poinsettia and decided to make a card with just one!  As I picked the die-cut up the second one fell away from behind it – I’d die-cut the two of them at the same time!

Needless to say, the one underneath hadn’t been lined up and I was cross with myself for being so careless and wasteful. Fortunately, the five smaller petals on the inside hadn’t been damaged so I fussy cut them and used them as a second layer to the main image! I would not have deliberately damaged a complete flower just to use the smaller five centre petals so it turned out to be a good result! I don’t have precise measurements for my card except to say the centre Very Vanilla Cardstock (CS) panel measures 2 3/8″ x 4″ which is 1 3/8″ shorter on both sides to a regular top layer – that was luck, not judgment! The Crumb Cake CS layer underneath is just a tad bigger and the larger Very Vanilla CS layer is the regular middle layer size with the Crumb Cake layer underneath just a tad bigger.

The two Very Vanilla CS layers were embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. Using Dimensionals I adhered the poinsettia to the card front and also the smaller piece in the centre. I cut half of the stems off the berry branches and then adhered them in place, again using Dimensionals. In the centre, I added a Beaded Pearls. I stamped HAPPY CHRISTMAS using Crumb Cake Ink on a scrap of Very Vanilla CS; it’s from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set. I used a stitched die from the Ornate Frames Dies which matches the Perfectly Framed Stamp Set. I finished the front of the card by adhering tiny and small Basic Pearls randomly all over the small panel!

To decorate inside the card I added a top layer and a middle layer both in Very Vanilla CS! I had a die-cut berry branch leftover and adhered it in the bottom right-hand corner using Tombow glue. The layout of this card, with a change of flower and sentiment, would make an excellent wedding card!

That’s it from me today. I look forward to being back with you tomorrow and in the meantime, please take care and stay safe. Happy crafting.

JanB. xx

Products used for this project: please click on any of the links to be taken to my 24/7 online Stampin’ Up! shop. The Hostess Code for SEPTEMBER 2020 is AYW6BVVJ. Thank you. xx

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock

Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock
[121685]
£8.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock
[106550]
£9.00

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper

Poinsettia Place Designer Series Paper
[153487]
£10.75

Poinsettia Petals Bundle (English)

Poinsettia Petals Bundle (English)
[155148]
£52.00

Itty Bitty Christmas Bundle (En)

Itty Bitty Christmas Bundle (En)
[153019]
£42.25

Ornate Frames Dies

Ornate Frames Dies
[150664]
£32.00

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder

Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder
[152718]
£8.25

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Pad
[147116]
£7.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
[121029]
£3.50

Beaded Pearls

Beaded Pearls
[153534]
£7.50

Pearl Basic Jewels

Pearl Basic Jewels
[144219]
£4.75

Stamparatus

Stamparatus
[148187]
£46.00

Simply Shammy

Simply Shammy
[147042]
£7.50

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
[149653]
£112.00

Magnetic Cutting Plate

Magnetic Cutting Plate
[149656]
£22.00

Paper Trimmer

Paper Trimmer
[152392]
£23.00

Paper Snips

Paper Snips
[103579]
£9.25

Take Your Pick

Take Your Pick
[144107]
£9.00

Bone Folder

Bone Folder
[102300]
£6.50

Grid Paper

Grid Paper
[130148]
£11.75

Small Grid Paper

Small Grid Paper
[149621]
£6.00

Silicone Craft Sheet

Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
£5.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Multipurpose Liquid Glue
[154974]
£4.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals
[104430]
£3.75

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
[144108]
£3.75

Cardstock Layer Sizes: A4

Card base 8¼” x 5¾” scored and folded at 4 1/8”

Middle layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5½”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3¾” x 5 3/8”

Cardstock Layer Sizes: Letter-size

Card base 8½” x 5½” scored and folded at 4¼”

Middle layer: 2 pieces 4” x 5¼”

Top layer: 2 pieces 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”



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  1. Kay says

    September 29, 2020 at 8:27 am

    What a beautiful card Jan,
    Looking forward to replicating it
    Thank you for such wonderful inspiration. Take care and stay safe
    Kay x

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    • Jan says

      September 29, 2020 at 10:43 am

      Many thanks, Kay. I know I was extravagant with the pearls but I think it’s those that make this card! Enjoy. xx

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