One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #11

Hey there everyone!  It's that time again for another fun challenge over at One Layer Christmas Card Challenge!  As per usual, it's anything goes with an optional twist.  And if you use the twist you earn an entry for the prize drawing.  What's the twist this time?  I think you'll like it.  It's poinsettias.

I love using poinsettias for my Christmas cards.  I've got a few lovely pointsettia stamps too.  I decided to try something I wanted to experiment with ever since I made THIS card.  Take a look...

I decided to test out colouring on black cardstock with some coloured charcoal pencils.  They gave a much brighter colour than regular pencil crayons.  I first stamped my jumbo poinsettia (Stampendous) and embossed in gold.  Then I coloured it using red and some green and used yellow to highlight a bit.  They can be a bit messy to work with but I love the effect.  Reminds me of enameled jewellery.  You will need to spray with a fixative so the charcoal won't smudge though.  I finished off the card by stamping the sentiments (Clearly Besotted) in gold and heat setting them.  Its dramatic and lovely, I think.

I hope you'll pop on over to OLCCC and check out what the other DT members have created.  Wonderful cards, all of them.  Hope you'll join in on the fun too!

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On another note, you may (or may not) have noticed a change in my photo layouts.  For Mother's Day, I received from my boys a photo light box!  I've been wanting one for a while.  It's really cool too.  It came with its own lights and a table tripod for your camera and four different coloured backdrops.  And it folds up for easy storage!  Here let me show you.

I'm still playing around with getting good photos and I need to replace the bulbs on the lights.  They are older bulbs and get very hot quite quickly. They can be replaced with some more efficient LED lights.  One of the cool features is the lights and tripod fold up and store in those pockets in the front.  I really love this gift and it was such a surprise.  :-)

Anyway, thanks so much for dropping by and I hope you all have a fabulous day!

I'm going to link up to the following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - K is for Keep it Simple.
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - pick a previous colour challenge. I went with color challenge #34 November 2014. Red and green with gold or silver.  I chose gold.