Ok can someone please tell me why there are now only 7 weeks until Christmas! Where has the year gone! I am not too sure that in all this time of lockdown I have made enough Christmas cards. Have you? Well today I thought I would use this gorgeous InColor and make a Poinsettia Christmas card.
This week Magenta Madness
So I have paired this gorgeous vibrant pink colour with Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, White and Gold!
This card is really quite easy to make with all the wonderful equipment that Stampin' Up! has for you.
Firstly if you want to make multiples of the base I got the idea from our Stampin' Up! Managers Shannon and Emma who did a workshop a few days ago. I love doing fancy folds and have made many Z-fold cards but I never thought to actually adhere down that front z-fold part. I have stepped up their cards quite a bit but I got the base of the card idea from their work shop.
As you can see from this photo I have folded my base card of Early Espresso in half like normal and then scored a 3 cm panel on the front and folded that back and just before adhering it down I added 5 cm x 14.5 cm panel to the front of the Wonder of the Season Specialty DSP. Then I adhered a 2.6 cm x 14.5 cm strip of Poinsettia Place DSP to the front folded back panel.
It makes quite a nice backdrop for the striking Magenta Madness Poinsettia!
Now to finish off the base of the card before doing the poinsettia I have added another strip of the Wonder of the season specialty DSP the same size as the strip on the front and added a piece of Whisper White card so you have place to write your greeting.
For the gorgeous Magenta Madness Poinsettia I stamped the 3 different sizes onto Whisper white in Magenta Madness plus the leaves in Mossy Meadow and ran them through the Stampin' Cut 'N' Emboss machine all at the same time. I just had to run the leaves one more time and I was good to go. I put a dimensional between all the layers and then I wanted a bit of ribbon and bling so I opted for the Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and the Beaded Pearls to finish of the card.
This time I didn't want to put Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays as I thought the card spoke for itself!
If you have any questions about about my card or would like to get the catalogue in your hands please let me know I would love to help.
Please head on over to the host of our weekly Colour Creations Showcases, Cathy Proctor and there you will find more inspiration for Magenta Madness and the list of the talented team from AWH who are participating this week: Cathy's Blog
Here is the list of the products I used in my card today:
Product List 
Thank you for spending some crafty time with me today.
Take Care,
Wow Sharon that Z-fold looks great with the flap folded back and I love your colour combination too. Thank you for sharing your beautiful Magenta Madness card with us tonight!
ReplyDeleteI would never have thought of using Magenta Madness for a Poinsettia but your card looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty, and festive, Sharon! Yay for getting more Christmas cards made!
ReplyDeleteGreat card Sharon. I love your version of the fancy fold. I'll have to chase up the workshop by Shannon and Emma. Magenta Madness is lovely for the Poinsettia. xxx
ReplyDeleteGreat use of the DSP on your Z fold card, Sharon. I love that you used the DSP piece with the writing and your Magenta poinsettia is super pretty!
ReplyDeleteGreat card Sharon, I have never used the Word DSP I couldn't find a use for it. But you have really given me some inspiration to try something with it, as your card is really pretty.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to use Magenta Madness for a poinsettia and another great fancy fold card Sharon
ReplyDeleteYour poinsettia looks amazing in Magenta Madness!
ReplyDeleteOoh, a Magenta Madness poinsettia - GORGEOUS!!! I would not have thought to stamp one in that colour, so thank you my friend for such wonderful inspiration. It looks amazing with all the other elements and DSP, and that fun-fold.
ReplyDeleteFabulous card Sharon. I love the way you 'force' the colour combinations sometimes and use something a bit out of left field. Your Magenta Madness poinsettia is so striking.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely, well thought out card my friend! Very clever use of the alternate Z-fold to show off the DSP.
ReplyDeleteI seriously need to make sure my poinsettia stamp sees ink before too much longer.