So, here are the two cards together.....very different, but with the same layout. You can read all about the first card here. If I'd had more time, I was thinking how fun it'd be to take this same card and make it again, in a completely masculine style. And also, maybe a kid birthday card, or even a sympathy card, etc. Would have been fun to recreate the same card for several different occasions, swapping out colors, images and sentiments as needed to suit each theme. It's a great way to get a bunch of cards made, without getting bored, while still keeping things fairly easy to reproduce without a ton of thought!
So for my Christmas version, I used a couple sentiments from Sentiment Staples: Christmas. I used the same bitty dot vellum, and the same Scallop Stackers: Large die....I just trimmed off the top of the die cut. I also used the same Shape Shifters: Square 2 dies -- gosh, I love that one -- and just swapped out my colors. I again went with kind of unexpected colors for that layer, to add a fun and interesting pop of color between the card base and the focal flowers, this time using Olive Twist and Tropical Teal.
As for the flowers, I paired the blooms from Blooming Amaryllis with my holly leaves from Spruce & Sprigs. I die cut the flowers from white card stock and skipped stamping the solid images, allowing some of the white to show thru. I just added the large detail images in hibiscus burst and pure poppy, following up with raspberry fizz centers and scarlet jewel on the tips of the stamens. Next, I pulled out the Nuvo gold embossing mousse and an ink blending tool, and swiped some all around the edges. When you're just doing a really light brushing of the mousse, it dries pretty quickly.
Then, for those leaves (my favorite part -- gah!), I stamped them in tropical teal and olive twist (same colors as the Shape Shifters layers) using an ink blending tool to soften the blend between those two colors. Then, I did the same thing with the gold embossing mousse, only this time, I followed that up by swiping a glue pad around the edges, too, and then I sprinkled on some martha stewart glitter! Good grief, I love how those turned out! Total show-stoppers in real life! After adhering everything to the card front, I added some older Prima adhesive gems from my stash.
Have you ever given yourself your own little Transformation Tuesday challenge? You totally should! It's fun! And if you do, please tag me on Instagram! I'd love to see what you make! I hope I've given you a little inspiration to get your creative juices flowing!
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{Merry Christmas Blooms supplies -- click on thumbnails}
