Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Pink Christmas! ♥

Hello and good morning crafty peeps! I have a card I want to share with you that I've made for a most important challenge: JINGLE BELLES! In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Lauren and Stephanie will donate $2 each for every Christmas card entered. The catch? Your new card has to have some notable pink on it!



The "Pink Christmas" prompt will run at JINGLE BELLES from 12am on Friday, October 10th to 6pm on Wednesday, October 22nd; as in previous years, Stephanie and Lauren pledge to donate $4 per linked-up card to The Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The only requirement is that all link-ups be NEW holiday cards with some noticeable pink on them... so in other words, not just Rudolph's NOSE, lol!

Participants may use sketches, combine challenges, and include any other colors in addition to pink; you can showcase however many cards you'd like in one post, don't worry, we'll still count every single one of them towards the total!


Thank you very much for your support!
♥♥♥


Can't say it any better than that! Ok, so on to my card:


 Here is the inside:

I die cut three of the poinsettia backgrounds (2 vanilla cs, 1 green scrap dp), and 2 of the outlines in the same pink background paper). After gluing the outlines on the backgrounds, I went over it with diamond Stickles. While that was drying, I distressed the green leaves and inked the edges with antique linen DI. I did the same for the pink panel. I heat embossed both sentiments in Champagne EP. Before gluing down the poinsettia, I dug in a box of rarely used goodies, and found some of this gold netting to pop out from under it. Score! The flower is finished with a pink rhinestone. I love the shabby chic look to this card!

Now, it's time for you to make a pink Christmas card! (or as many as you want!) It's for a great cause! Stephanie and Lauren are hoping to reach $500, so let's make that goal happen! WE CAN DO IT!!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a fantastic day!

Chris

Supplies
Stamps: MFT - Seasonal Sentiments
Ink: VersaMark; Ranger DI - Antique Linen
DP: MME - Collectable; green scrap
CS; Darice
Accessories: Grand Calibur; Poppy Stamps - Luxe Poinsettia outline & background dies; Stampendous - champagne EP; Webster's Pages - gold netting; heat gun; Tonic - distressing tool; Ranger - Diamond Stickles; rhinestone from stash
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent; Scotch - Scrapbooker's glue; Glue Dots

13 comments:

  1. Just so beautiful with the vintage green and pink. Loving the scrumptious flower.
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  2. well *I* love the shabby chic look of this card, too, missus. actually i love EVERYTHING about this... yowza... how cool is that amazingly layery embossed poinsettia for one thing?! plus, it always ROCKS when the inside is as cool as the outside! (i don't do that nearly enough, but you've shamed/inspired me to try to do better!) thanks for "thinking pink" with us--AGAIN-- at JINGLE BELLES, it is very very appreciated! ♥♥♥

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  3. Both inside and outside are fab!

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  4. So pretty and feminine, Chris ... the dimension on the bloom is fabulous and I love that you took the design to the inside! Anita :)

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  5. Beautiful, Chris! Shabby-elegant-pink... all good!

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  6. My, I do love a pink poinsettia ... so glad you went PINK for a cause with us at Jingle Belles.

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  7. the detail of those petals! LOVE it! And sparkly - even better :)

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  8. So pretty love all the details on the poinsettia and the gold fibers Awesome job.

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  9. Very elegant and beautiful, Chris! Love the poinsettia, and the gold mesh with it, too!

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  10. First of all this is an amazing gesture and your contribution is gorgeous, Chris! The poinsettia looks lovely in pink! Thanks for having me for a few weeks at SOS ;-) Take care, Ira x
    Ira’s Crea Corner

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  11. Ah this is soooooooo pretty and elegant :) fabulous colors and textures !

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  12. Hi Chris . . . thanks for popping by my blog. Loving your pretty pink poinsettia card.

    Hugs, Sarn xxx

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