creating your own poinsettia...

Hello my fabulous friends!

On the LDRS Creative blog, we are doing a Count Down to Christmas, and today, it's my turn to share some inspiration!

So, for your Christmas inspiration today, I want to show you how you can transform one of our fall stamp set into a beautiful poinsettia! It's really easy, I promise!

In fact, this is a WONDERFUL way to dip your toe in the water if you've been a bit intimidated by masking in the past. The masking in today's project is VERY forgiving, and doesn't require extreme fussy cutting!

Paper: Georgia Pacific white cardstock, black cardstock; DCWV Glitzy Glitter

Stamps: LDRS Creative Fall Full O' Leaves

Ink: LDRS Creative Kiss Me Red; Copic Multiliner

Coloring: Copics

Red- R24, R29, E19

Green- YG03, G14, G16, G19, G28

Other: LDRS Creative Stamping Mask Paper; rhinestones

Let's jump right into making this card!

To start out, we are going to make a couple masks. Stamp this solid rounded leaf twice on the matte side of the Stamping Mask Paper. The color here doesn't matter, I just chose 2 bright colors so you could easily see in the photos where the masks were going.  

When you fussy cut your leaves, cut inside the line...  Meaning, you want a little bit of the stamped image left behind on the outside piece of Mask Paper (the piece you are going to throw away).  This little sliver of the image you cut off will help offset the thickness of the mask so you don't end up with any haloing. 

Using the Kiss Me Red hybrid ink (it's Copic friendly), stamp the leaf 5 times in as even of a circle as you can.. Mine isn't perfect, but it will be fine. Just try to space them fairly evenly. 

If you want part of your flower hanging off the edge of your card like I have, be sure to protect your stamping surface. Hybrid inks are designed to stay put once dry, and you probably don't want part of a red petal forever stamped on your table... 

Now it's time to create the second layer of petals. 

Place your masks on two adjacent petals. a little bit of the red petal should be showing around the edge (remember how our masks are slightly smaller than the image because we cut off that outer sliver).

You want to stamp your next petal right between the two masked petals.

Continue moving your masks and stamping petals. If you notice (like I did) that you didn't quite trim off enough of the petal, and are getting white lines around the edges of the petals, you an off set the masks slightly (like I have). 

Once you have all your petals stamped, it will look something like this.

Don't worry if the masking isn't absolutely perfect.. both the small white halos, and small dark halos can be fixed in the next step. This is a REALLY forgiving masking project!!!

Using alcohol markers, add veins and shadows to each petal. This is the perfect time to fix any halos you got.  

Because we stamped in red ink, you don't have to color each petal. The lightest red marker I used is a mid-tone color. Most of the petal is the original red ink. It's amazing what a little bit of detail work does!

To create the green band, I simply used a ruler and a Copic safe multiliner and drew in some lines. I then colored it with the green... This creates a lovely, bright contrast to help accentuate the poinsettia, all without adding bulk or having to fussy cut the whole flower. 

To finish it off, I added some little yellow rhinestones to the center. 

Nice and simple, and very festive!

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See you soon!
~Kassi

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