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Christmas

Hello! It’s Ira again with another card, but first let me thank you all so much for your lovely, sweet comments. Really appreciate you taking the time to leave my teamies and me such fine words!

Today I have another Christmas creation for you. I have used only one die this time 😉 I first started out by inking up my white card with distress ink. I then added a doily, distressed this, too and subsequently sponged white gesso on my card. With the gesso still wet, I sprinkled frantage and glittery powder, took out my heating tool and made sure my card was dry for the next step. The beautifully delicate Large Flourish Tree was cut out and glued onto my card, the corners are also made of parts of the same die. Some lace, seam binding (which I coloured first) and a flower were added as well. It’s a very easy and quick card to make, took me about 10 minutes 😉 Can’t wait to see what you’ll be creating with this die! Please remember you still have a couple of days to leave your comments in order for you to win one of the new Poppystamps dies! The die we’re giving away will be the Large Flourish Tree:

        

 I used only one die for my card, the refined, intricate Large Flourish Tree:

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71 Comments

  1. This is so elegant and beautiful. LOVE this die. Would love to finally be one of the lucky winners this time!!!!
    <3 J
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  2. OMG! THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CARD I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME! AND TO THINK YOU DID IT ALL WITH ONE DIE. . . . I HAVE TO TRY THIS! NOT TO SAY THE OTHER CARDS HAVEN’T BEEN NICE, I HAVE ENJOYED THEM ALL, BUT THIS REALLY HAS THAT “GRAB ME” AFFECT THAT STOPPED ME IN MY TRACKS! FABULOUS JOB, GREAT CARD! THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

  8. Gorgeous card! I love the colors and the tree die is so intricate and lovely. Nicely done.

  11. Wow! What an amazing card! It’s so beautiful and elegant! I love the details and the soft colors.

  12. I can’t believe you used only one die to make this beautiful, elegant Holiday card! And it only took 10 minutes besides….marvelous!

  13. Very lovely card. This die makes the card very elegant. A treasure with my other dies! 🙂

  14. Beautiful card with all that gorgeous texture! Love the soft, pretty color and that awesome Large Flourish Tree die! So pretty!

  17. This is really lovely! I love the way you used bits of the same die cut to decorate the corners. I wasn’t really all that excited about this die but now I can see the possibilities.

  20. Ira this is beyond fantastic…love the soothing blue and the texture you achieved is amazing. Am off to your blog to see more of your creativity. And such fabulous showcase of the new poppy stamps die.

  21. What a beautiful tree die! I think this is my fav. tree that I have seen other than the small freemont pine that I have. I love what you have done with the doily and lace and embossing. Awesome job. Thanks for sharing.
    Katie B.

  26. This card is truly stunning & so hard to believe that it’s a 10 minute creation. Looks beautiful & frosty just how Christmas should be. Good idea to snip down the tree die cut to make corner flourishes

  27. Wow Ira, what a lovely Christmas card!
    And so elegant! I’d like the colors blue white.
    The tree die is wonderful…
    Greetings from Eva from the Netherlands.

  28. What a beautiful card! It is so soft and pretty! I love it! Thank you for the inspiration, Ira!

  32. I can’t believe this took only 10 minutes! Very creative use of the flourish tree to make a distinctive and beautiful card. Thanks for sharing your technique. I’m going to try this with my tree, although I expect it will take me lots more than 10 minutes!

  33. Amazing how you were able to create this beautiful and elegant card using only one die.

  34. Amazing texture on this card! Such a pretty die! Love that you used the same die in the corners too!

  37. Beautiful card, Ira. I never know quite what to do with gesso, but a great idea!

  41. I cannot believe you made this elegant, beautiful creation in just 10 minutes. What a wonderful card!

  46. I love the tip of cutting the die apart. I like to see the finished work.there are so many lovely dies in this release.

  48. This card looks so elegant with this die! Loved the smooth colors you worked on it!

  54. So many elegant card ideas-must add the flourish tree die to my Christmas supplies

  57. Wow, what a masterpiece! If a win this die, you’ll have to come with it!

  66. Sparkle on indeed. Love the layout, it creates an almost picture frame, just gorgeous

  70. Ooh! I really like what you did by cutting and separating the flourishes to use as embellishments. Great job!

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