Christmas Greetings to Eveyone

Hi all. I thought I needed to pop in and show you this little card I made. As you know this is my first year for “The Daily Marker’s 30 Day Color Challenge.” I am having a blast! Unfortunately I am finding it really hard to post concerning my daily coloring, other than on Instagram. My decision is keep it as is, but when I actually create something, that’s when I will post on my blog, Pinterest, etc. Below is the beginnings of my card and Day 9 for "The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge."

Without further ado…my creation today is all about Christmas greetings. I love coloring flowers, all kinds of flowers, so I decided to start with the “Mondo Poinsettia” clear stamp set, designed by Julie Ebersole of Ellen Hutson LLC online store. The beautiful “Christmas Greetings” sentiment is part of the Simon Says Stamp “Poinsettia Set.” This set is part of Simon Says Stamps “Believe in the Season” new releases.

I really had no idea at the time the design of my card, so I just started with blending cardstock and Copic coloring. Copic colors were R81, 83, 85, 89. I wanted that really deep and rich pink. After the coloring, I fussy cut them out and laid them to the side.

Next step was my background. I trimmed Tim Holtz watercolor paper to a 5” square. My finished card is 5.25” square. I blended Distress Inks Chipped Sapphire and Stormy Skies. After that was dry, I splashed water drops, removed the drips with a paper towel, and then sprayed some Shimmer Spritz for added shimmer. As you will note in the picture below, I added stamped images of the same Poinsettia clear stamps I colored with Copics. When I fussy cut an image I like to have the same image on the base and color it in.

To complete the card, I added the Poinsettias. “Christmas Greetings” was embossed with Rangers Gold Tinsel embossing powder. For more bling I added the green Swarovski green crystals to the centers of the Poinsettias. I used fun foam on the back of the main panel for dimension. I used some Gina K Designs 100# base weight Cranberry Tart cardstock (perfectly matched the colored poinsettias). All of these layers were then added to a 120# pound White cardstock, also from Gina K. Designs.

Challenges that I am entering are:

Color Crazy Challenges – Anything Goes

Polkadoodles – Anything Goes

Christmas Blog Challenge – Poinsettias or Snow Is Falling

The Outlawz Friday Challenge – Winter is on the way

Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! If you have any questions, please contact me.

Aletha Jane

AJ’s Design Artz

Some of the links below in the thumbnails are affiliated links. If you click on those affiliated links and purchase from that online shop, I will get a commission. All supplies have been purchased by me. Thanks so much to everyone who is supporting my art work.

Misti	Memento Tuxedo Black	Memento Markers	Distress Inks	X-Press It Blending Card	Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper
Copics	Spellbinders Tool-In-One	Cranberry Tart 100# Cardstock	White #120 Base Weight Cardstock	White Detail EP	Gold Tensil EP
Versamark	Mondo Poinsettia	Believe in the Season	Spectrumnoir Sparkle	Shimmer Spritz	Fun Foam
ATG gun	PPA	Scotch Foam Tape

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