Happy Wednesday!! It's time for another challenge from
The House That Stamps. This week we have a beautiful inspiration photo for you:
And here is the card I created:
Oooo . . . can you see what caught my eye? Yep, the map portion! I just love the color contrast between the land and the sea portion. And then, add in the red of the poinsettias?!! I'm in love! So, I tried to recreate that on my card. I started by inking a white die cut panel with sea and sand colors and some blender brushes and stamped the Metro map image over top. Then, I stamped, colored and fussy cut multiples of the poinsettia image. I placed them around the edge of my panel to find out what layout worked best, then used some Glad Press 'n Seal to keep them stuck in place while I die cut them into the same size as the inked panel. I attached foam squares to the back of each flower before placing them onto the inked panel. Since they were still attached to the Press 'n Seal, it was super easy to put them in exactly the right spot. I stamped the sentiment (actually I did this first before adding all the poinsettias) and added just a tiny bit of color to the globe image. I stamped the sentiment again onto a piece of kraft card stock, cut it out and popped it up with foam tape as well. I finished it all off with some gold nuvo drops in the open areas between the poinsettias.
Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you head on over to
The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo. And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.
Supplies:
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" Stitched Rectangle
Challenges:
Oh how original - love the map and then the Joy - works perfect for this weeks inspiration challenge. I have never used press and seal in my craft room (yet) but this is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove the map in the background. and all of that fussy cutting - wow! Press n seal is a staple in my craft room. Awesome job!
ReplyDeleteHow gorgeous, that map background is fabulous, I would of never thought of that! Like all the beautifully colored poinsettia's!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty, Heather! So glad you captured the map! I couldn't figure out a way to do that. Beautiful creation!!!
ReplyDeleteTotally agree how beautifully the Poinettia's pop form the sepia backdrop, lovely to see you at We Love Chocolate Baroque December challenge, thanks so much for joining in.
ReplyDeleteB x
love the contrast in colour between the map and poinsettia and the gorgeous layout thank you for joining in at MMM
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! Thanks so much for playing along in the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge. Good luck with your entry and hope to see you again. Sladjana (DT for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends)
ReplyDeleteThe poinsettias look gorgeous and a great and very different background. Thank you for joining our 'Anything goes' challenge at 'We love Chocolate Baroque'
ReplyDeleteKath x
It's gorgeous, the map is the perfect backdrop indeed. Thanks for playing along our December challenge at Die Cut Divas.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card! :) Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. I love how you've incorporated the map and included the world as the 'O'. Thank you for joining in the Crafty Calendar Challenge this month. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteLiz xx
Fantastic card. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas, Arlene, DT for Die Cut Divas.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous layout! Thanks for playing along with us at Make My Monday Challenge. Looking forward to seeing your creative projects in the future galleries.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and pretty card. Thanks for joining us at Creatalicious Challenges . Hugs Neva
ReplyDeleteFab creation, thanks for joining We Love Chocolate Baroque challenge, good luck.
ReplyDeleteHappy crafting
Tracy x