Purple is a color that you don't normally associate with Christmas and, in some parts of the world, frost and cold are also non-existent during this holiday. I don't think poinsettias are ever purple, but I really like the look of this one.
That gorgeous designer paper is from Stampin' Up!'s Feels Like Frost collection that was carried over from last year. Isn't it just gorgeous? My poinsettia petals were cut from Highland Heather cardstock using the Poinsettia dies, and I used a Sponge Dauber to lightly add Whisper White Craft ink to give them a soft velvety appearance.
A couple of things worth noting . . . see the silver foil strip of paper under the sentiment? All of the papers in the Feels Like Frost collection have a gorgeous photographic image on one side and hand-drawn designs with silver foil on the other side. That shiny foil strip was cut from one of the gorgeous papers specifically to tuck beneath the sentiment (which is from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set)--just a pretty little detail for the recipient to discover. Another fun detail are the glimmery die-cut sprigs. They were die-cut from retired glimmer paper, and the purple one was colored with a Highland Heather Stampin' Blends marker. It's too bad that Stampin' Up! no longer carries white or silver glimmer paper because it colors beautifully with Stampin' Blends.
I've always thought of blues when I think "frosty", but this pretty paper will now have me also thinking of purple. What do you think? Do you like the purple poinsettia?
1 comment:
This is a beautiful card, and the color is especially striking.
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