Poinsettia Mandala

What do you see? A poinsettia or a snowflake? How many of your stamp sets can do double duty? This card was created with the November Stamp of the Month, Snowflake Mandala. While I certainly see the snowflakes in the combined set….I also see a perfect stand alone poinsettia! Here is a look at the complete set-

It could just be that my favorite holiday stamps are snowflakes and most recently poinsettias. I think the snowflake stamps makes a gorgeous poinsettia! I stamped the image once onto Candy Apple cardstock and then onto New England Ivy cardstock and heat embossed in gold. A little fussy cutting and I had my poinsettia and a few leaves to go with. I applied the leaves directly to the card base and adhered the poinsettia with 3-D foam tape for added dimension.

I am playing along with the sketch challenge at Fusion Card Challenge. To follow the sketch design, I added a 1/4″ strip of gold glitter cardstock. My sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in gold. A few gold glitter gems complete the card. Here is the original sketch design-

All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:

• S2211 Snowflake Mandala Stamp Set (Only available in November)
• Z3238 Gold Glitter Paper
• X6038 Candy Apple Cardstock
• New England Ivy Cardstock-Retired
• 1385 White Daisy Cardstock
• Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad
• Z2066 Gold Embossing Powder
• Z2023 Gold Bling Gems-Retired
• Stitched Panel Die-SSS

I have also entered my card in the following challenges:

• CAS on Friday-Sparkle
• Crafty Chicks-CAS
• Jingle Belles-Banner (Poinsettia)
• Little Red Wagon-Flower Power
• Try It on Tuesday-Traditional Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don’t miss out on adding the Snowflake Mandala stamp set to your collection for only $5 with a qualifying purchase, you can get all the details here.