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Happy Wednesdat

Today’s the day the the Elegant Centerpiece dies become available to everyone! Stylish and versatile, the Elegant Centerpiece Dies are magnificent for creating those one of a kind, jaw dropping shaped cards, decorative accent pieces or embellishments on your favorite paper crafting projects! Add a unique flair to your cards or add elegant decor to any paper crafting project.

For my card I have created a very elegant festive Christmas card with the new Elegant Centerpiece dies.

For details on the products that I have used in my card can be found here.

Instructions:

Cut a piece of  Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper 12” x 6”, score at 6” along the long side and fold to create a base card of 6” x 6”. Cut a piece of silver cardstock 6” x 6” and adhere to the front of the card. Cut a piece of pale blue pattern paper 5 3/4” x 5 3/4” and adhere to the front of the silver card. Cut a piece of white card 5 7/8” x 5 7/8” and die cut using the No. 2 die from the HCD1-7370 Simply Elegant Centerpiece Die. Cut a piece of fun foam 5 3/4“ x 5 3/4″ and die cut the centre out using the No. 2 die from the HCD1-7370 Simply Elegant Centerpiece Die and adhere behind the white frame and then adhere to the front of the card.  Die cut three decorative dies – one out of silver cardstock and two out of white cardstock using the No. 2 from the HCD1-7370 Simply Elegant Centerpiece Die. Adhere the two white decorative dies together and then adhere to the silver decorative die slightly offsetting the dies. Adhere to the centre of the card. Die cut two inner decorative dies using the No.4 die from the HCD1-7370 Simply Elegant Centerpiece Die. Adhere the white die cut over the silver die cut offsetting them. Die cut a frame from white cardstock using the No. 3 and No. 4 dies from the from the HCD1-7370 Simply Elegant Centerpiece Die and adhere the frame and decorative dies to the centre of the card.

Stamp the large and small sprays from the HCPC-3959 Holly Berry Spray Cling Stamp set in Versamark ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Colour the leaves with Leaf Green and Vivid Chartreuse inks and die cut with the coordinating dies. Adhere to the left of the card as shown. 

Stamp the poinsettia images from the HCPC-3957 Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set and HCPC-3958 Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Sets in Versamark ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and heat emboss with silver embossing powder.  Colour the centres of the flowers with Buttercup ink and the leaves softly with French Ultramarine ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Shape using the coordinating mold. Assemble using two of each size petal. Pierce the centres and insert silver stamens using Dries Clear glue to fasten. Add Frosting Powder using clear gloss gel medium and trim the threads and adhere over the sprays as shown.

Stamp the small spray image and the leaf image from the HCPC-3957 Large Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Set and HCPC-3958 Small Festive Poinsettia Cling Stamp Sets in Versamark ink on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper and heat emboss with silver embossing powder. Colour the leaves with Vivid Chartreuse and Leaf Green inks and die cut with the coordinating dies. Colour the backs of the leaves with Leaf Green ink and shape using the coordinating molds. Add Crystal Clear glitter using clear gloss gel medium, trim and adhere around the flowers as shown.

Stamp the sentiment from the HCPC-3960 Holiday Village Cling Stamp Set on pale blue paper and die cut out using the No. 2 arrow die from the HCD1-7204 Arrows and Banner Die Set.  Mat with silver cardstock and adhere to the centre of the card as shown.

Other Products:

Altenew Obisidian Pigment ink, Ranger Silver Embossing Powder, Versamark ink, Fun Foam

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Ka Kite Anu

Patricia