Tuesday, 24 July 2018

Joyful poinsettias

Hello and welcome to the blog today. After a hectic few weeks, I started a much needed 3-week break from work. I spent the major part of my first week sleeping in and sitting out on the shaded terrace reading. After finishing my second book in a long time, I felt the urge to play in a few of my favourite challenges before the linky closes, so I have been spending the afternoon in my craft room.


I started by finishing a panel of masked and stamped poinsettia. I had started this panel a long long time ago (possibly 2 years ago) but never got around to finishing it. And then I put it away somewhere safe and could not find it again ... until recently. Anyway, the current challenge over at CAS Christmas was just the incentive I needed to finally finish it. I used my well loved poinsettia stamp by Winnie and Walter. For the colouring I used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, and the sentiment is by Simon Says Stamp. I used one of the lighter red SN markers to add colour to the sentiment. I adhered my panel to a red card base (SSS, Schoolhouse red).

I'm playing at:

CAS Christmas - Poinsettia


The Flower Challenge - #22 Monochrome


Allsorts -  #476/477 Flowers all over




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14 comments:

  1. Ericka Strange25 July 2018 at 01:15

    Love the red and the poinsettias are so pretty. The sentiment is perfect! Thanks for playing along with us at The Flower Challenge.

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  2. Papercraft Boutique25 July 2018 at 04:26

    I'm so glad that CAS Chirstmas Challenge encouraged you to finish this beautiful card, Marianne! The red poinsettias are simply gorgeous! You did a fantastic job with masking and coloring them. The shading makes poinsettias look so realistic. The design is wonderful too. Thanks for sharing this beauty with us at CAS Christmas. Hideko xx

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  3. Christine Alexander25 July 2018 at 06:15

    So glad you finished this poinsettia for CAS Christmas. OMG the colours are stunning and the depth of shading is amazing. Thanks for joining us :)

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  4. Loll25 July 2018 at 08:38

    Your masked and coloured poinsettias are GORGEOUS! Wonderful colouring with lots of shading to give them so much dimension, Marianne! So glad you found this beauty and were able to finish in time to join us! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Christmas! xx

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  5. scrappymo!25 July 2018 at 08:42

    Beautiful!

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  6. Trina P.25 July 2018 at 09:19

    Wow! 2 years of stashing this away! So glad you found it and finished it. It’s beautiful and I love your vivid and bold colouring. Gorgeous deep red colour is eye-catching. Thank you for joining us at Less is More. x

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  7. Bonnie25 July 2018 at 16:45

    What a beautiful poinsettia card, Marianne! You have such depth of color on these beautiful blooms and the style of the sentiment fits perfectly! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Christmas!

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  8. Anonymous25 July 2018 at 20:09

    Wow, these poinsettias are amazing! What a stunning card! Enjoy your break :-)
    Cheers, Barbara

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  9. Kathleen25 July 2018 at 23:07

    Beautiful card, love the rich colours of the poinsettias and the CAS look of the card. Thank you for joining our 'Flowers all over' challenge at Allsorts.

    Kath x

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  10. brenda26 July 2018 at 09:23

    A super creation Marianne with such striking colours along with great design, many thanks for joining our 'Flowers all Over' theme at Allsorts challenge.

    B x

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  11. Aileen26 July 2018 at 14:27

    Im so glad you decided to finish this card. Your colouring of the poinsettias is stunning and the design shows it off to perfection. Thank you so much for joining us at The Flower Challenge and we hope to see you there again soon. Aileen DesignTeam

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  12. Mervi27 July 2018 at 17:08

    Lovely and beautiful card. Fabulous design.
    Thank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m

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  13. Nstiz28 July 2018 at 07:30

    WOW on your amazing coloring. Your shading is phenomenal in reds, the hardest color I find to shade. This is just so perfectly done.

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  14. Anonymous14 August 2018 at 11:20

    Oh Marianne, wat goed dat je deze kaart afgemaakt hebt.
    Je lichtval op de poinsettias is zó mooi!
    😘 Ineke

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