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“Clean & Simple Christmas Magic: Sparkly Red Poinsettia Card”

On By patriciamanhireIn Patricia's CreationsLeave a comment

Kia ora Koutou

There’s something truly magical about Christmas crafting when clean and simple design meets a touch of festive sparkle. Today I’m sharing a beautifully elegant Christmas card featuring sparkly red poinsettias, crisp white space, and just the right hint of gold with a hot foiled background full of flourishes. It’s classic, timeless, and surprisingly easy to create and mass produce.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creation.

The Inspiration

This hot foil plate set is designed to create envelopes but I wanted to use this to create a fun Christmas card instead. Adding a gold postage edge base creates the feeling of an envelope and as a postage stamp. Adding some gold highlights and some sparkle with red poinsettias and berries brought this card together. And this card was so quick and easy to make when time is starting to run out…

The Design

🌺 Creating the Sparkly Poinsettias

For the focal point, I used red glitter cardstock to die-cut the poinsettias. The sparkle catches the light in the most beautiful way, making the flowers look festive without the mess of loose glitter. Layering the petals adds texture, and a small gold centre brings everything together.

✨ Adding Touches of Gold

Gold pairs effortlessly with both red and white, so it’s the perfect choice for accents. I used a gold-foiled sentiment with a corner flourish, some die cut flourishes and gold holly leaves on a gold postage edge card to lift the card for a luxurious finish.

🌟 Keeping It Clean & Simple

The hot foiled design on the background is key—it gives the design breathing room and sets the them of the card. Keep embellishments minimal, and leave plenty of white space. A simple postage edge shaped card is enough to add interest without shifting the design away from CAS.

💡 Perfect for Mass Production

This is a great card design if you’re creating your Christmas cards in batches. Once the poinsettias are die-cut, and the background is hot foiled assembly is quick and easy. The result is a card that feels thoughtful and elegant, but doesn’t require hours of intricate detail work.

🎁 Final Thoughts

If you’re looking for a Christmas card idea that’s clean, modern, and festive with just the right amount of sparkle, this red, white, and gold poinsettia card is a perfect choice. It’s timeless, elegant, and guaranteed to make someone smile when it arrives in their mailbox.

Share the Joy

I’d love to know — do you love this colour combination?

And don’t forget to pin this project for later inspiration — you’ll definitely want to revisit it when the Christmas card-making mood hits! 🎄

✂️ Supplies I Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

S5-540 Postage Edge Rectangles

GLP-124 Hollyday Stationary and Envelope Corner Hot Foil Plate

Die of the Month – November 2020 Pop up 3D Vignette Poinsettia Sleigh

S4-1240 Winter Label Motif

S4-1239 Holiday Label Motif

Other Products Used:

Craft Perfect Mirror Cardstock – Honey Satin

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 80 Ib cardstock

Hammermill Cardstock

American Crafts Glitter Cardstock – Red

Spellbinders Hot Foil – Aura

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Bearly Art Glue

Small foam squares

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Happy Crafting

Patricia

Clean and Simple Lush Lilac Card

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Heartfelt Creations2 Comments

Kia Ora and Welcome Back

This is my second post featuring the stunning Lush Lilac Collection from Heartfelt Creations.  I love doing a wide range of cards and today I am featuring a clean and simple card that also has some foiling for a touch of elegance.

Materials Used:

HCD1-7170 Lush Lilac Die

HCPC-3816 Lush Lilac Cling Stamp

HCDP1-Lush Lilac Paper Collection

HCFB1-466 Lush Lilac Mold

HCPC-3768 Woodsy Critters Stamp set

HCD1-7124 Woodsy Critters Die

HCPP3-452 White cardstock

HCDA2-45 Stack and Store Daubers

TSMP900 Tuxedo Black ink

TSMP707 Memento Bamboo Leaves

TSMP802 Peanut Brittle

TSMP600 Danube Blue ink

159723 Art Glitter Dries Clear

PGM15015 Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear

HCST1-401 Deluxe Shaping Kit

Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangles, Go Press and Foil, Brilliance Pearlescent Purple, Itty Bitty Clear Sparkles, Foam dots

Instructions

Cut a piece of white cardstock 8 ½” x 5 ½”, score along the long side at 4 ¼” and fold to create a 4 ¼” x 5 ½” base card.  Using the Largest edge die, hemstitch die and the second largest edge die from the Hemstitch Rectangles die set foil with gold using the Go Press and Foil machine.  Using a sharp knife and ruler trim the edges before adhering to the front of the card.  Using the second largest edge die cut a piece of white cardstock and adhere to the base card with foam tape.  Die cut the house image using the third largest edge die from the Hemstitch Rectangles die set and adhere to the front of the card as shown.

Cut the sentiment out from the paper collection, shape and adhere to the front of the image as shown.

Stamp the small lilac spray image from the HCPC-3816 Lush Lilac Cling Stamp set in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock.  Sponge the leaves with Bamboo Leaves ink and the lilacs with Purple ink.  Shape and adhere on the top left of the patterned image over the sentiment.

Stamp the lilacs from the HCPC-3816 Lush Lilac Cling Stamp in Pearlescent Purple ink, sponge with the Purple ink and die cut with the corresponding die.  Shape the lilacs with the HCFB1-466 Lush Lilac Mold, allow to dry and adhere the lilacs to small lilac spray. Add Crystal Clear glitter to the lilacs with Glue Gloss and little bitty sparkles to the centres.

Stamp the small bird images from the HCPC-3768 Woodsy Critters Stamp set in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and die cut with the corresponding dies.  Colour the birds with Peanut Brittle and Danube Blue inks, shape and adhere around the lilacs and sentiment as shown with foam dots.

To finish, add Ultrafine Glitter to the house image with Dries Clear Glue.

For more inspiration and to find out who has made the semi-finals of the Design Team for 2018-1029 please visit the Heartfelt Creations blog here: https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/blog/672/springtime-inspiration-and-announcing-the-semifinalists

Have a good week and Happy Crafting.

Ka Kite Anu

Patricia