Christmas in July

Hello and welcome to another addition of my craftiness!  Today is a fun challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks, our very uber talented Tina is hosting this weeks challenge.  And asked us to create 'Christmas in July'.  So I thought since I had a bit of time to play with some dies, and create these flowers to look like poinsettias.  I hope you get a chance to go to 4 Crafty Chicks and see what the design team is creating, and entering your Christmas in July project. 

I really do like the stamps and dies from Spellbinders and what Heartfelt Creations has, and these are again one of my favorites.  I stamped Christmas Poinsettia PreCut Set stamp on red card-stock using color box silver ink then and added clear embossing powder and heat set it. Then using the Sun Kissed Fleur Heartfelt Creations die, I cut out the flowers and then once laid out, I sprayed with water. Using my Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit shaped my flowers and pinched the ends and this is what I came up with.  I arranged them on my card using glue dots, as well as foam dots.  I added more die cuts, using spellbinder dies, and then added my sentiment, which again is from Heartfelt Creations called Bright Christmas PreCut Set.  

I do hope you get to play with your metal dies, whichever company you have.  They are a ton of fun, and it is amazing how they turn out.  Till next time happy crafting, and see you over at 4 Crafty Chicks for this weeks challenge.  Cheers!

Supplies: Card size 5x7, SU-White/Red/Green Cardstock, Stamps-HC-Bright Christmas PreCut Set, HC Christmas Poinsettia PreCut Set, Dies-HC Sunkissed Fleur, HC Arianna Lace, SB Parisian Motifs, SB Exquisite Labels 11, HC Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit, Wink of Stella, Foam Tape, Memento Black Ink,  Clear Pearls.
Challenges entered:
Crafting with an Attitude-#5 Anything Goes
DL.Art-Anything Goes
Sugar and Betty's-Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft-Anything Goes
Card Mania-#70Anything Goes
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday-Use Die Cuts