Poinsettia Ornament

Today's card was inspired by this lovely Magnolia stamp.  Tilda is wrapped up warm and cosy in her red hooded coat and green boots and gloves, which I feel sure are fur lined.  In my imagination, she is carrying her basket of poinsettia flowers home to help decorate ready for Christmas.  I coloured the image using ProMarkers, adding a touch of green Spica glitter pen to the buttons on her coat.  I used Glossy Accents dusted with Glamour Dust on the trim of her hood to give them a little extra dimension and depth.  I cut out the image using nestabilities labels 6 and cut a larger layer out of red card to go underneath the image.  I also embossed the red layer with my Cuttlebug snow embossing folder, although this doesn't really show up on the photograph.  The round sentiment is from magnolia which I stamped up with Brilliance ink in red.  I stamped the Magnolia poinsettia image twice, coloured with ProMarkers and cut out.  I then added them to the card, together with fronds cut from a scrap of green card using a Martha Steward punch.  I created the background layer by taking strips of double sided card and using a border embossing punch with a snowflake design.  I then layered up all the strips to cover the front of the card.  It is the first time I've tried this technique and I am so pleased with the result that I shall probably use it again soon!

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wynneth

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