Simple and elegant is what I was hoping to achieve with this card…. and another way to use your Poinsettia Place bundle without the dies, but instead using the Stitched Shapes – a great set of dies with nesting sizes of circles, ovals and squares – all with the lovely stitched edge detail. The card… Continue reading Poinsettia Place: Simple and Elegant
Playing with Poinsettia Place again today – and this time the focus is on just the dies and the DSP. My original sample used the stamps too to stamp the petals before die cutting – but I think I prefer the one i made in my video with the die cut and embossed petals. Which… Continue reading Poinsettia Place: Mini Gold Hoop Wreath
So this card style is a great one for DSP….another 2 for 1 card – or at least you get two different cards by cutting 2 pieces of DSP This card also comes together really easily if you already have some die cuts made – I always cut a few extra (especially in white) so… Continue reading Poinsettia Place: Diagonal Split DSP card
Now you may well ask – why do I need a box that folds flat? Well the reason I need them is so that I can have some to hand when I need a quick box and I don’t want them to take up too much space Often that means that they can be a… Continue reading Poinsettia Fold Flat Boxes
So today I am hopping along with the Inspireink hoppers again – and this month the challenge is Christmas….well….I might just have overdone Christmas crafting in the last few weeks … and red and green were not what I wanted to work with…. So how about a Blushing Bride Poinsettia? I have (or at least… Continue reading Inspireink Blog Hop: Christmas
So it’s a while since I made some of these – but I still love how they turn out and how different they look in different papers….I have an idea for another version too! The other great thing about these is that they are a great activity to do with kids – I used to… Continue reading Poinsettia Petals – Fold Flat Tree Decoration
Little boxes on the hillside….do you know the song? Well this isn’t a little box – it is a really good sized one – perfect for Christmas but useful at any time of year to make a gift look really special – and if you want to make in advance – it is not difficult… Continue reading Poinsettia Place Curve Topped Big Gift Box
With Christmas approaching, it won’t be long until the trees are up (yes..I know some already have theirs up) and we are hanging decorations. How about creating some of your own? or what about adding a mini wreath to pictures or light fittings around the home? These are perfect, because you can make them whatever… Continue reading Poinsettia Place: Origami decoration
Oops…. forgot to actually finish writing this – so aplogies! This is another of my Poinsettia Place project…I’ll be doing a live later this week to show you the full range – but this is a fancy fold that is perfect if you are just starting out being a little more adventurous with your card… Continue reading Poinsettia Place: Fold Flat Card
So Christmas continues with Poinsettia Petals this time… and a way to still get beautiful cards without doing any die cutting. Sometimes (particularly when I am making cards in bulk) I don’t always have the time to do die cutting, and I also have crafters in my classes who don’t have die cutting machines, so… Continue reading Poinsettia Petals Foldback Gatefold Card
