Krafty Chicks challenge #811 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. We are slowly adding to the Christmas pile, which really takes the stress off later in the year. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I saw a fun sketch on the CAS on Friday challenge that I wanted to try so that was the starting point for my card.  I wasn't in the mood for cute so thought I would pull out some poinsettias and I think my card turned out really elegant.  I hope you like it too.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the flowers:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and 2 strips of gold mirror card which I adhered to the white panel with liquid glue.  I stamped the poinsettia and coloured it using the coordinating layering stencils before cutting it out with the matching die.  I also die cut three plain white poinsettias to stack up for some extra dimension.  I stamped and gold heat embossed the sentiment and used a sentiment strips die to cut it out.  I adhered the poinsettias with liquid glue onto the background and then added the sentiment directly on top of the poinsettia also with liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel before adhering it to the card base with double sided tape.  For the inside I cut another white panel and added a thin strip of the gold mirror card along the bottom horizontally with liquid glue.  I stamped, coloured and die cut a smaller poinsettia and adhered it over the strip with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink before adding the panel to my card base with double sided tape.  A very clean and simple card but quite elegant I think. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG optional peppermint twist

Addicted to CAS challenge - garden

Beautiful Blossoms challenge - anything floral goes optional mood board

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - embossing heat or dry (my sentiment is heat embossed)

CAS on Friday challenge - sketch

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist blooms or butterflies

Craft Rocket challenge - no design paper

Daisy Chain challenge - flowers

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed optional mood board

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - clean & simple optional baby animals

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

Try It On Tuesday challenge - make it feminine 

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs - holiday floral stamp & die set

Gina K Designs - merry sentiment strips stamp (for both sentiments)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - ink pads - red hot, faded brick, jelly bean green, fresh asparagus

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

gold mirror card from my stash

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x