Poinsettia Spray and more!

Hi everyone - I'm back with my third and final entry for the current Christmas Kickstart Challenge #97 - Positively Poinsettias. Jo & elf Bobby want to see poinsettias on a Christmas card & I have so many poinsettia items in the stash that it was hard to chose!!

Supplies: Paper - Printed A2 card; 

many scraps; Spellbinders Betterpress Porcelain

Dies - Spellbinders Poinsettia Spray &

Essential Four Petal Labels

Press Plate w/Die - Spellbinders Merry & Bright Sentiment Strips

I really enjoy die cutting and assembling the floral sprays from Spellbinders - so fun!! I'm using the Poinsettia Spray for the first time here. As I used each die, I put it on a magnet sheet for next time. Usually I do this when I buy a set but I'm quite behind on "processing" my dies!! I totally used scraps from one of my loaded plastic bins. Assembled each piece and added it to the holly spray. Then I looked through my labels and decided on the Four Petal ones. Cut a background and a mat layer, stacked them and added to a printed A2 card - can't remember if it was from Hobby Lobby or Michaels. Added the poinsettia spray and a pressed label from the bits box. Done!

I'll also add my card to Darnell's April NBUS Challenge #73 since my poinsettia set is new & to her IDEAS project where this week Anything Goes.

And here's my card from Friday's Craft Roulette Episode #264 which I just made yesterday.

Supplies: Paper - Park Lane A2 card;

Anchor Paper cardstock; Echo Park patterns

Stamps - Hero Arts Simply Handmade (retired);

Waffleflower Postage Collage Lucky

Dies - AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - Recollections Stickers & Vellum heart;

DMC embroidery floss & needle

I couldn't watch live since I was at my Regional singing convention. Quartets sang Friday night and choruses on Saturday. The chorus I'm in won the chorus contest and my former lead and bass singers won with their current quartet Spice. We had a great time!! But back to card-making...

Mary Gunn Funn had Ardyth (Clever Card Making Inspiration) as the guest artist. Ardyth was making her 12th appearance on CR - wow! She likes to find unexpected ways to use our craft supplies. The wheel spun:

• Project - Card for an Influencer: I made one for a fashion design.
• Colors - Dreamy: I found a color palette HERE; gold/lavender/blue/peach/white (#13 on the website's list of 15).
• Element - Craft(er)/Crafts(ers): Sewing is considered a craft.
• Random - Off Center: Everything is off center, except the floral background mat layer.

I thought I'd try using the shareable photo that the CR contribution page gives you when you upload. What do you think? It has the parameters as well as the banner with my contribution number - this makes 55 already! Saves me from having to take a photo of the parameters too!

I stamped the sewing backgrounds on blue and lavender card stock & die cut with stitched rectangles. Die cut a gold floral pattern with the A2 mat layer die & added all three to an A2 card. I wanted some ephemera so made a trip to Michael's and found the sewing stickers which included the scissors, thimble and Sew Happy sentiment. Also found some vellum hearts which I thought would make a cute focal point. They were quite sheer so I layered three of them. Also stamped a sub-sentiment and made a little banner. Added a threaded gold needle to the heart too - found the gold ones at Michael's in the embroidery section; my stash only had silver ones.

That's it for today, friends. Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with the last of the month Diva post - hope you'll stop back!