Today is Rubbernecker Stamps Blogger Challenge. Shelly is hosting the challenge today and she has given us a great one for this holiday season of making sparkling, glimmering and shining cards.
I combined my challenge project with SCS's Tuesday color challenge to use red, black and kraft. These really are not easy colors to use for Christmas but I snuck in some olive green and decided it works fine. I stamped my Rubbernecker Winter Holiday Poinsettia image with black craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I masked out the flower and then stamped the Pine Sprig image around the flower with Olive craft ink and embossed again. I colored the poinsettia with Distressed Fired Brick and Adirondack Red Pepper reinker and used a little Distress Peeled Paint for the little center inner leaves and painted the berries with Summer Sun. I stamped an additional poinsettia on scrap kraft, painted and cut out to pop up on the original flower to create dimension and interest. I used a tiny dauber to stamped Real Red craft ink berries around in the greenery, painted little black shadows around the berries with black craft ink and created tiny little berry stem tops and embossed with clear embossing powder. My final touch was to add Diamond Glaze to the berries and around the petals and to apply Diamond Dust Glitter for sparkle. It is sad that this effect does not show well at all in the photo. I layered the image with black cardstock that I made shine with versa and clear ep.
Stamps" Rubbernecker Winter Holiday Poinsettia nd Pine
Paper: Real Red, Kraft, Black
Ink: Black Craft, Adirondack Red Pepper, Distress Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Summer Sun
Accessories: Diamond Dust Glitter, Martha Stewart Glitter, Clear EP, Brushes, Sponge Daubers, Versa
Wow, this is gorgeous. The flower petals just jump off the page. Great job as always! and the mitten card above is so cute!
Posted by: Jessica | November 22, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Your work is always stunning this is no exception
Posted by: laura | November 20, 2008 at 01:19 AM
Wonderful cut-work & 3-D, Kittie! I especially love it all atop the pine sprig! I'm off to get that baby in my shopping cart!
Posted by: Savor the Journey | November 20, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Just lovely, love the combo of the pine sprigs and the flower. Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, I was thrilled.
Posted by: SUE DREES | November 19, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Soooooooo festive & sooooooo lovely!
Posted by: Linda C. | November 19, 2008 at 10:38 PM
BEAUTIFUL!!!
I love the pine sprigs!!! and the glittery poinsettia is just beautiful!! The high contrast of the black and red is so dramatic--great for a glittery card!
Posted by: Juliana | November 19, 2008 at 05:41 PM
Another stunning card Miss Kittie!
Posted by: Starla(star) | November 19, 2008 at 02:21 PM
Gorgeous, Kittie! Love all that sparkle and shine on the poinsettias!!!
Posted by: broni | November 19, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Beautiful card! I love the Poinsetta's and don't really own a stamp for one, I HAVE to get one, love the sprakle on it! Thank you for picking me as a winner of your blog candy, too! I am doing the "happy dance"! I sent you my address...thanks!!!
Posted by: diane | November 19, 2008 at 09:38 AM
GORGEOUS!!!!!! Wow, Kittie, the sparkle on those poinsettias is just fabulous!!!!!! I love how you added the pine boughs and berries as the background...absoluteoy STUNNING!!!!
Posted by: Joan Ervin | November 19, 2008 at 09:26 AM
This is like a wonderful floral arrangement. I can feel the spirit of the holidays in this beauty Kittie!
Posted by: Shelly | November 19, 2008 at 09:20 AM
Kittie, I'm chuckling as I view this fabulous design. You are not going to believe this, I designed an image very similar using the Me & Carrie Lou stamps last weekend. I haven't blogged it yet because I'm painting several and want to get them all going a day at a time through the holidays. Great minds think alike, eh! {{{hugs}}}
Posted by: Jerri Kay | November 19, 2008 at 08:46 AM
stunning card, Kittie! I love the colors and layers
Posted by: Tracy Harp | November 19, 2008 at 08:33 AM
Wow Gorgeous Kittie!!
Posted by: Candy aka cwilliams | November 19, 2008 at 07:43 AM