Well, it's getting closer to Christmas so I thought I would share a Christmas card with a poinsetta that I made using some WOW embossing powder and embossing pen.
First you need sets of petals and leaves. You can hand draw and cut them or use a die cut if you have one. You will need 3 largest in green, 5 medium in red, 3 small in red and 5 extra small in red. It's actually easier to hand draw them, that way you can just use the embossing pen to draw and then emboss and cut out last. If you draw the petals, just draw a line down the center of each and add "veins"! Curl them upward from the center slightly. Below is a picture of my finished leaves before putting them together.
I used Cable Car Red powder and Tea Garden Green. I sprayed them all with gold glitter spray also!
I cut a small circle for a base from red cardstock and then just started adhering the petals with glue dots in layers like pictured below:
Last, I added the little gems for the centers. I used some old…
First you need sets of petals and leaves. You can hand draw and cut them or use a die cut if you have one. You will need 3 largest in green, 5 medium in red, 3 small in red and 5 extra small in red. It's actually easier to hand draw them, that way you can just use the embossing pen to draw and then emboss and cut out last. If you draw the petals, just draw a line down the center of each and add "veins"! Curl them upward from the center slightly. Below is a picture of my finished leaves before putting them together.
I used Cable Car Red powder and Tea Garden Green. I sprayed them all with gold glitter spray also!
I cut a small circle for a base from red cardstock and then just started adhering the petals with glue dots in layers like pictured below:
Last, I added the little gems for the centers. I used some old…