A Card a Day in December--Day #11

Happy Holidays! Is everyone getting into the holiday spirit? Our house is decorated and I have done a bit of baking, but I have not wrapped any gifts yet! I better make that a priority next week!

I have still been making Christmas cards! How about you? I have put around 80 in the mail this season!

I created this card using the Poinsettia Petals bundle and decided to try a softer color combo of Crumb Cake and Petal Pink. I am so happy with how it came out! It has a real soft elegant feel to it in my opinion.

The card stock base is Crumb Cake and I added a base layer of the same color. I loved the wood grain pattern in the Poinsettia Place Designer Series paper and it looked perfect as a border on this card. I stamped a few leaves to poke out on the base layer.

I cut a large circle in Petal Pink from the Stitched Shapes dies. I still remember how excited I was for these when they first came out as a special release. I hardly ever actually put them away as they are getting use so frequently.

The sentiment is actually stamped in Calypso Coral ink as i wanted to be sure that it would stand out and I love how the two colors look together.

The poinsettia is stamped and embossed with gold embossing powder and colored in using our Stampin’ Blends in Petal Pink. I added one of the gorgeous Beaded Pearls to the center and a bit of gold metallic thread to the backside. A few gold pearls and this card was complete!

I hope you have been inspired by my 11th card share this month!