Hello and welcome to the November Blog Hop by the Stamptastic Friends, an amazing group of Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators who want to share their creations with you all, this month with a theme of Non Traditional Christmas Colours. Whether you have come straight here to me, or hopped from somewhere else, be sure to hop on over to the rest of the team to see some fabulous makes.
Non Traditional Christmas Colours
I have been using a lot of non traditional christmas colours already this year, as I have been loving the blues and purples that some of out products have leant themselves too, so I thought ‘what could I do that is even more different?’
It wasn’t until I sat down to read a magazine this week that inspiration caught hold. It was a magazine about Victorian Christmas, and all the photographs were in black and white, so I decided to give this style a go for myself. I hope you like it!
I bought the Poinsettia Petals bundle because I loved all of the stamps and dies, and could just see clusters of elements all layering together, and that is what I have tried to achieve here. The only stamp that isn’t from this set is the small dotty stamp that I used to heat emboss the black background.
I just love the Glittery Organdy ribbon that Stampin’ Up! sell, but I just don’t find reason to use it often enough, so that definitely needed an outing here, and I have also added some Frost White Shimmer Paint to the leaves, once I had heat embossed them with white powder onto black cardstock.
The centres of the Poinsettias have a cluster of Basic Rhinestones for some sparkle, and I tied in the silver by also using some Silver Foil for the clusters of berries that you can see poking out. I always arrange my display first, and then stick it all down, the Poinsettias being on dimensionals and then the leaves and berries tucked in underneath them.
Isn’t this greeting great! Simply stamped onto the Whisper White card in Memento Ink, I really do wish that magic and wonder bloom this holiday. I mounted the card onto Silver, Black and then Thick Whisper White Cardstock, the layers adding to the dramatic effect that the black and white creates, though ideally I want to frame this piece I think, if I can find the right kind of frame. It is roughly 5″ x 7″, as I used the full size poinsettias.
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I love your card. Very creative choice!
Gorgeous card. I feel a case coming on for a few more special cards this year. All that die cutting so many elements, they’ve got to be special. x
Stunning card Heather. Not colours I would have thought of for Christmas, but they work so well. xxx
Such a creative card Heather I wouldn’t have thought to use these colours !
Gorgeous card Heather. The colours are so effective. x
Beautiful, elegant card! The silver foil finishes it off perfectly!
Wow what a lovely card. Love the black and white theme.
such an elegant card – I would never have thought to use those colours but they are gorgeous