Stampin' Unicorns with Elizabeth Giles: Pretty Poinsettia

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Pretty Poinsettia

Today's inspiration came from the crazy WISCONSIN whether. Those of you who don't know how it goes...on Thursday...the sun was shining so bright. THEN...rain...ugh...I can handle that. So then it was overcast...and THEN it started to snow. And I don't mean just a little snow...it was HUGE flakes! So very pretty...if it was DECEMBER but it's still October...I want autumn...not winter.

None the less...I got this new BUNDLE: Poinsettia Petals and dies. AMAZING! Seriously...so much detail and layers that you can make anything look awesome.

If you'd like, you can check out how this card came to inspiration on my FB Live. You can find this video by going to Facebook: FB Live 10.15.2020

or by visiting YouTube: FB Live 10.15.2020 YouTube

One of the things we discussed was our "not so favorite" color from Stampin' Up! Well mine was Shaded Spruce. So as we started creating the second card of the night...when I grabbed the Poinsettia Petals stamp set, they encouraged me to use Shaded Spruce...so I accepted this challenge. Below you'll see how I added more of this colors to my card.

Our Stampin' Blends are so great! You can take this Very Vanilla Gold Edge ribbon and color it whatever color you'd like with these BLENDS! They dry so quickly too!

Another trick I showed, especially with these dies, was to use a little washi tape to keep the embossing die together with the cutting die. You don't need much, just across one end of the dies...and they will stay in place perfectly...emboss and cut in one crank through. Oh and have I mentioned how much I absolutely love the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine?!?! Well I do... it is so slick...I have named it "The Machine" (use authority when you say it).

Of course to add dimension, I used the wood plank embossing folder too. The Poinsettia was created using gold heat embossing on Rich Razzleberry and Blackberry Bliss.