All the stamps came from a recent issue of Creative Stamping. First I stamped the poinsettia, then I masked it and used the foliage stamps to stamp the sprays around it, following the positioning of the inner petals. This is where my first attempt went wrong - although the flower has 5-way symmetry, I stamped 4 lots of foliage, one pointing to each corner. With the mask in place it looked fine but once I removed the mask, the 5 and 4 jarred horribly, making it look very unbalanced. Heigh-ho, I can chop those bits up and use then on other projects.
Once the stamping was complete, I used a pencil to add a few strokes of red to the centre of each petal (yes, I know that technically they are bracts, not petals, but this is a craft blog not a gardening one!) and finished the centre with a few dots of gold Liquid Pearls.
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Fab'n'Funky - Christmas
Inkspirational - mask
Less is More - One layer, Winter Flora
Fabulous one layer card love the stamps and great masking
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Brilliant one layer card, Jane, lovely design. xx
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! I can't wait to see what you do with your first attempt!
ReplyDeleteEvelyn
Fab one layer card. I'd never be able to do that, it would just look rubbish and end up in the bin!
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Susan
Gorgeous Christmas card Jane, fabulous masking - thank you so much for playing along at Fab'n'Funky challenges this week hugs Judith xx
ReplyDeleteLove this one Jane. xx
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you persevered with this, it's a beautiful design. I too picked up that copy of Creative Stamping, I've yet to use the set but there are some lovely images in it. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x
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