Christmas Ornaments in July

Hello Crafty Friends.  I always love a bit of Christmas in July - can you believe we are over halfway to Christmas now?

I got the idea for this card after looking at THIS picture and THIS card.  I loved the idea of a plaid poinsettia and having folliage in the background.  

To make the flower, I used a stencil and some black ink to make the plaid, stamped the GIANT POINSETTIA image twice, fussy cut it, glued some Dazzling Diamonds (SU!) to the edges, and then added some crystal beads covered in gold glitter to the middle.  I sponged over the background after embossing with Pine ink from Close to My Heart and set the poinsettia on a label die cut decorated with Gold Stickles.  My grandson said it needed something in the "bare" spots so I stamped the TRIPLE HANGING CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS and used one on the left and the hanger from one on my punched circle I had laying on my counter.  Both were outlined in Gold Stickles. To finish it all off, I used part of the MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL greeting (I love the font on that stamp). 

Now I have one more Christmas card done!

Hope you are having a lovely week.

Hugz

Nancy

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