Shabby Chic Poinsettia card

I thought I would throw in another Shabby Chic card into the mix for my Christmas card series this year.  I am using some Poinsettias I had made for making last years cards, so decided to do a white cream and gold theme.  

I started off with two scrapbook papers, one is a Kaisercraft paper from the Sea Breeze collection called 'Sea' and I used the side that had a lovely pale wood grain.  The second paper is a Teresa Collins paper called Noel, I used the music paper.  I cut them down to layer them, and distressed the edged and then stuck the woodgrain paper down first, backed the music paper with some craft foam and then stuck that down as well.  

Next came the poinsettias, that were made with an old die set from Marianne designs, I used three different sizes I think. There are lots of Poinsettia dies out there on the market, so just use what you have.  For the foliage I used the Impression Obsession Pine branch die and the holly branch also by Marianne Designs.  

I wanted to use one of the chipboard frames I had bought from 'Make it Crafty' in Australia some time ago, so I painted two coats of Gesso to make it white.  

I glued this down onto the music paper and then started arranging the poinsettia flowers and the foliage until I was happy with how they were looking. 

I made a string double bow and then a cream ribbon bow and tucked them under the poinsettias.  

I also had a brass looking metal snowflake embellishment, but decided to foil it with some gold foil, so I used some deco foil transfer gel and ran it through my minc machine once the transfer gel had dried.  I also had a paper clay frame I had made with a silicone mold, so I rubbed a little gold buff-it around the edge of that to tie it in. 

Lastly I made a sentiment banner and tucked one end under the paper clay frame, and curved it over the other side of the frame and stuck it down on the card with a glue dot.  

I stuck three bling star/flowers, one on the centre of the snowflake embellishment and two on the card to finish it off.

I always like to put my shabby chic cards into a handmade box, to protect the flowers and to allow for the dimension.  It just makes them look a little more special.  

So I decorated this box again with some left over foliage and some smaller poinsettia flowers from last year, these ones were made with the Cheery Lynn Poinsettia strip die. 

Here is a video on making the card or you can view it on full HD on my You tube channel here.

The materials I have used to make this card are:

Handmade box and card to fit it.

Kaisercraft 12 c 12 paper from Sea Breeze collection

Teresa Collins 12 x 12 paper called Noel

Marianne designs poinsettia die

Marianne designs holly branch die  

Impression Obsession Pine branch die

Gold micro beeds

Snowflake stamp set for sentiment

Ayleens Tacky glue

Versafine onyx black ink

Ranger clear embossing powder

Heat gun

Metal snowflake embellishment

Deco foil transfer gel

Champagne deco foil

Cream satin and organza ribbon

natural hemp string

Frame silicone mold

paper clay

Gold buff-it

Quilled precision applicator bottle

Cosmic shimmer dries clear glue

Cheery Lynn poinsettia strip die

Craftwise bling star flowers

Make it crafty chipboard oval frame

White gesso

Mushroom sponge

3L glue dots

double-sided tape

craft foam 

Tim Holtz distress tool

I hope you enjoyed the card, something a little different for a Christmas card but a style I particularly like, lots of components but really easy to put together for stunning results.