Sparkly Vellum Poinsettia Joyful Christmas Card - 52 {C}CT Oct Colour Challenge

It's time for a colour challenge at 52 {C}CT this week and Danielle, our October hostess, has switched things up by giving us two colours NOT to use!  So No Red and No Green on your Christmas cards this week.

 

I've opted for aquas, (Bermuda Bay and Coastal Cabana) white and silver for my card.  Danielle and I share a love of non traditional colour schemes for Christmas cards and I've loved using aquas, blues and white for quite a few Christmas cards this year!  The card base measures 5 3/4" square.  I embossed a piece of white CS with the Northern Flurry folder and stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.  I added foiled paper from the Winter Frost DSP pack, layered onto a Bermuda Bay mat, added some silver ribbon and layered onto a Coastal Cabana mat.   I then chose something that is traditionally red - I've used the wonderful poinsettia stamp from the SU! Joyful Christmas Season set. I stamped the flower twice onto vellum CS using Encore silver ink, sprinkled super sparkly Star Dust embossing powder on the image and heat embossed.  I fussy cut, layered and popped up two flower shapes to create my sparkly poinsettia.    I added a gorgeous Frosted Finishes embellishment to the flower centre and sprinkled a few rhinestones on the white panel to add more sparkle.

Here's the inside and the envelope.  I embossed the bottom piece of the white panel with the Northern Flurry folder and added a Coastal Cabana strip.  I stamped the sentiment on a separate piece of white CS, heat embossed it with Star Dust powder, stamped the frame and cut it out with the matching Apothecary Accents Framelits die.  I added tiny punched snowflakes and rhinestones.  For the envelope flap I simply stamped a portion of the poinsettia and heat embossed with Star Dust powder.

So that's what I made, please go and see what the other DT members created to inspire you and then I hope you'll play along with us at 52 {C}CT and make a Christmas card featuring non traditional colours!  I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs to see what you've made!

Supplies:
Stamps:  SU! 'Joyful Christmas' set, 'Basic Label' single stamp
CS: SU! Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White & white CS vellum
Patterned paper:  SU! 'Winter Frost' DSP
Ink: Encore Silver
Tools: SU! 'Northern Flurry' embossing folder, Apothecary Accents Framelits die, X Cut snowflake punch,  heat tool
Embellishments & accessories: Stampendous Star Dust embossing powder, SU! silver ribbon, Frosted Finishes embellishment, Rhinestone Jewels, Dimensionals