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I have been crafting since May 2008, when in desperation to find an unusual birthday card for my Mum, I gave up looking in the shops and decided to have a go at making my own. I soon realised that crafting is addictive and I haven't brought a card since. I am slowly starting to sell my cards now to friends, family and work colleagues. As my confidence has grown I have started to enter Challenges on line and in magazines, and I love having to think outside of my comfort zone to come up with something different. I really like the current trend for vintage and shabby chic. I really enjoy using die cutting in my designs and am just starting to poke my toe in the water with regards to stamping and colouring my own images.

Friday, 8 February 2013

P is for Poinsettia


Over at http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ the theme for this weeks Christmas card is P is for penguins or anything else beginning with P. This time I have focused on one of my favourite plants of the festive season, a native of Mexico I love the wonderful Scarlet colour of these plants.

Again the card is part of my charity recycling project and have been made from pre loved Christmas cards donated by work colleagues with the addition of some freebie backing papers.


I fussy cut the two Poinsettias from the front of a card which left the lovely sentiment because that was irregularly shaped I matted it onto a scrap of mat gold card. The backing is from the rear of another card which I trimmed to fit a 5x7 card blank and added a green doily the sentiment was placed in the top right hand corner and the Poinsettias positioned to hide the irregular edge. I finished with the flourishes cut from the back of another card and the bow salvaged from the front of a card. The finishing touches were bright red gems added into the centre of the 'flowers'

I am entering the card into the following challenges

http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ - P is for Penguin or anything else beginning with P
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/ - Anything goes so long as it's Christmas


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2 comments:

  1. What a lot of patience to cut the poinsettias - it was worth it though because this is a gorgeous card - another lovely one for my CHNC challenges x

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  2. Great card! Well done! Thanks for joining at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas extra challenge this month.

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