Happy Holidays

Hi friends! Happy Thursday! Can you believe there are only a couple days left of July?! Where is the time going?! I’m thrilled to share a Christmas card with you today that I created for Prickley Pear Stamps with their new Sketched Florals Poinsettia stamp set released just yesterday! Wow. Just wow. This set is beyond gorgeous. I see this one getting a lot of use in the years to come!

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base and layering panels from CutCardStock Basis 110# White cardstock, a layering panel from CutCardStock Red Wagon cardstock (which I adhered to the card base), and plaid patterned paper panels (which I adhered to the white layering panels). I stamped the poinsettia image on Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock in Ranger black soot archival ink and colored it with Karin Brushmarkers. I cut the colored image with a Cottage Cutz Double-Sided Oval Die and adhered it to the card front. I stamped the sentiment in black soot ink on a scrap piece of Basis White cardstock, trimmed it and layered it on a scrap piece of Red Wagon cardstock, and adhered it to the bottom of the focal image. The final step was adding several Kat Scrappiness gold pearls with my Trinity Pick Up Stick.

And one more peek… I just can get over this image! So gorgeous – and the vibrant Karin Brushmarkers just brought it to life!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. ABC Christmas Challenge: N is for New, O is for Old (new stamp)
2. Christmas Craft Creations: July Challenge – Patterned Paper

3. Classic Design Challenge: July #7 – Anything Goes
4. Crafty Gals Corner: #233 – Christmas in July
5. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #186 – Anything Goes
6. Little Red Wagon: #664 – Stitching Sensations

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Prickley Pear Stamps products used:
Sketched Florals Poinsettia stamp set

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: CutCardStock Basis 110# White cardstock, CutCardStock Red Wagon cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest 110# Solar White cardstock, The Paper Studio Four Seasons and Everything In Between paper pad
Ink: Ranger black soot archival ink; Karin Brushmarkers- Fire Red, Olive Green, Lime Green and Canary
Dies/Punches: Cottage Cutz Double-Sided Oval Dies
Accessories: Tonic Studios 12″ Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tape Runner, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool, Big Shot, Kat Scrappiness Gold Pearl Mix, Trinity Pick Up Stick

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps and dies at Prickley Pear Stamps! If you’d like to save 10% on anything on the site when you shop at Prickley Pear Stamps, use the coupon code LESLIE10 at checkout! And be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the Prickley Pear Stamps Facebook page to keep up with news and sales, and join Prickley Pear Pals (the fan group) for lots of fun crafty ideas and to share your creativity! And finally, we’d love to see you visit the Prickley Pear Stamps blog that’s in the process of being revived and become a Follower! Hope to see you there! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,