Gilded and Bleached Poinsettias

I am so excited for the return of the holiday season which gives me a GREAT reason to get out my poinsettia from "A Year of Flowers"! On today's card I embossed the Rocket Red mat with the flower several times with gold detail powder and then bleached it out using a Q-tip, just like I did on the leaf card in this post. (after completing that card, I just HAD to go see what bleach would do to the other Pure Luxury colors! More samples with other colors to come! ;) I was pleased to see the red cardstock turn the poinsettia to muted shades of pink and cream when I painted on the bleach, just like the different poinsettia varieties. :)

Here is a closeup to show the poinsettia I embossed on white CS and then colored with four Copics (Strong Red, Cardinal, New Leaf and Pale Olive) I cut it out, it's just one layer, but the shadowing with the two darker Copics really makes it look multi-layered and popped it up onto my circle die cut mats. I just love this embossed and colored poinsettia! I used my die like a stencil and rubbed on a little gold from the holiday rub on paste collection to make the white layer pop and match the white trim on the ribbon and thin reveal of the card base. The ribbon and Pure Luxury Rocket Red, Good as Gold and White are all included in the new Holiday Cheer StampTV kit.

I don't know about you, but I am just getting more excited about my favorite holiday with every card I make! Have you started on yours yet?? ;)