Polka Dot Orchard ~ Petals for the Pittman's ~ Merry Christmas

Hey there crafty friends!

I'm back with another wonderful Christmas card... I think I'm a little obsessed this year!! Lol... but I'm pretty happy with the stack of Christmas cards I have in my stash! I can't believe that I'm actually ahead *knock on wood*... I don't want to jinx my progress!!

Today's card is using one of the fabulous digi images available in the Petals For The Pittman's Set One. If you're not familiar with the fundraiser going on right now, I invite you to check out the Polka Dot Orchard blog... there's lots of information there, as well as the link to play along with the Linky Party!  Just create something with a floral theme and link up for your chance to win one of the many prizes that have been donated for this wonderful cause! 

But hurry... time is running out!!

I have a serious love of poinsettias!! I particularly love the pink and white ones... they are so beautiful! I knew when I saw the poinsettia in the Petals For The Pittman's Set One, that I just had to make a card using this set!! It was such a fun flower to color too. I started by resizing and combining three of the poinsettias in a Word Document. I also inserted and resized the sentiment from the Magic of Christmas digi set. I printed off my images and got to coloring. I used the following Copic markers ~ R0000, R81, R85, YG03, YG11, YG63, Y13, Y15, and Y35.

I also added some Sakura clear gelly roll pen to the center of the flowers for a little bit of glittery goodness! I hope you can see some of the shine in this picture.

Once my flowers were all done, I decided not to just die cut them with a stitched rectangle die which was my original plan. I couldn't cut into all those pretty leaves that I just colored! So, instead I laid down my die and traced around it with a pencil and then I fussy cut it. Turns out it was a little too big! LOL So, I used a ruler and trimmed it down some more being sure to cut around the leaves. I was planning on leaving it to where my card base could be 4-3/4 x 6" but I don't actually have any 12 x 12 card stock left in my stash to make that size of a card. I probably could have pieced together a card but decided against it and just downsized my card to an A2 size with the leaves sticking out on the edges. I do have a few extra large envelopes so I can still make this work... just as a side note, this is one of those cards that I would hand deliver or send in a package with gifts. No plans to pay extra on postage for this one! I mat my focal piece with True Black card stock and then set it aside. I adhered a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of Plaid Patterns Merry & Bright patterned paper by My Favorite Things to a white card base. I then popped up my focal piece using foam tape. To finish off my card I added a few black enamel dots. Done and I am loving it!! I sure hope you like it too!

Thanks so much for checking out my blog post!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal