Christmas cards with poinsettias made out of stamped leaves

Hello!

It´s Melina here today with some Christmas card inspiration.
Can you believe it´s soon Christmas!? I can´t...


Here´s what I did:
I used the leave stamps from Crazy Flowers #1 and Crazy Flowers #2.
I stamped them and heat embossed the images using both silver and gold embossing powder.
Then I had some serious fussy cutting to do!


I punched out three small circles as a base for the flowers and started to glue the leaves 
down in layers, going from the bigges to the smallest in the middle. I finally glued some mini beads in the center and splashed some white paint onto my poinsettias.


Here are my finished cards.






Rubber Dance stamps used:
Crazy Flowers #1
Crazy Flowers #2
Old Book Page
Whimsical Winter

Thank you for stopping by today!
xx Melina





Comments

Bibi Lindahl said…
Oh my goodness me, your cards are gorgeous Melina!!! I would never have guessed that this was not a poinsettia stamp if I hadn't recognised the leaves you've used! Love how the flowers look over the Old Bookpage stamp - and the way you distressed those it really looks as if you have used a real book pages! The blue background is also very beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing! ♥ ♥ ♥
Saturday, December 09, 2017
pearshapedcrafting said…
These are all so beautiful and such a clever idea too.
Saturday, December 09, 2017
Preeti D. (aka Dutt Preety) said…
Wow! Such a cool idea :) they really look like poinsettias. Love the beautiful cards.
Hugs
Preeti
Saturday, December 09, 2017
Craftyfield said…
So effective! Great lateral thinking... Beautiful cards!
Saturday, December 09, 2017
Shilpa Nagaonkar said…
What a cleaver idea to make Poinsettia, Melina, beautiful cards too! Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Saturday, December 09, 2017
Inky and Quirky Designs said…
Your cards are just adorable and elegant Melina, brilliant use of the lovely leaf stamp too
Hugs
Donna xx
Sunday, December 10, 2017
ionabunny said…
Gorgeous. Love how you made these. Hugz
Monday, December 11, 2017
Susanne Rose said…
How amazing! What a fantastic idea to create a poinsettia with the leaves!!! Love it.
Friday, December 15, 2017
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