Monday 17 November 2014

Happy Birthday

A birthday card using a traditional Christmas Poinsettia flower - well that was a bit tricky as I kept wanting to make this a gorgeous red poinsettia.  The image is stamped in red ink and embossed with pearl white embossing powder giving it a lovely soft outline. Then I used distress inks to water colour the flower in autumn (orange) shades, with a touch of red and green...so I can post this to Seize the Birthday challenge with the Topping: Monochromatic Orange. Also posting to Shopping Our Stash #177 - use a holiday stamp set to make a non-holiday card 
Thanks for taking a peek Robyn

SOS #177: NOT Ready For Christmas 

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12 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! That would be tough not to color that awesome image, but you pulled it off

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  2. oh my gosh, that is sooooo pretty and so very autumnal, what a great idea to use a poinsettia for a birthday card!!! thanks for SHOPPING YOUR STASH with us this week! <3

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  3. How unique to make the flower orange, it is a great look. The background paper is a good companion piece.

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  4. Oh, I think you might just have started a new trend with your glowing orange poinsettia, Robyn! Well done!! Hugs, Darnell

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  5. Fabulous use of a holiday stamp set for a non holiday card!! Thanks for playing along with the Shopping Our Stash crew for the "Not Ready For Christmas" challenge this week!

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  6. Great use of the Christmas stamp for a birthday card, thanks for playing along with Shopping Our Stash for the not ready for Christmas challenge.

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  7. Very pretty and a unique way to use the poinsettia stamp. Love it done in oranges. Thanks so much for joining us at Seize the Birthday.

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  8. Loved this idea...to use a Holiday stamp to make a non-Holiday card. I am going to have to file that idea away! Your card is beautiful Robyn! I love that your used our topping this time and our graphic! You are awesome! Thanks for joining us at STB and for inspiring me!

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  9. I LOVE that you've colored the poinsettia orange! It's so pretty! Thanks for joining us at Shopping Our Stash!

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  10. So beautiful!! I love the red embossing it's perfect for your colour shades

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  11. WOW! This is stunning!! Your coloring is amazing! Thanks for joining in the fun at Shopping Our Stash!

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Thank you for taking the time to comment, all encouragement and inspiration is very welcome. May your day be a happy and extra special one, cheers Robyn