52CCT - Colours .....

...  Hello, good morning!  It's time for our colour challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  Patricia has picked some wonderful colours - soft pink, soft yellow and soft green - just gorgeous.  Here's my card:

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Big Bloom Poinsettia; PTI - Wet Paint Holiday
Inks: Stampin' Up! - So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding, Pink Pirouette; Memento - Grey Flannel; Versamark
Dies: Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles #5; PTI - Wet Paint Holidays
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Pistachio Pudding; Ranger Watercolour Paper; Gold Embossing Powder; Gold Mirri Card; Spray 'n' Sparkle - Gold; SU DP - Pink Pirouette

I took inspiration for my card from the new Muse: Christmas Visions Challenge - MCV#1 - Kimberley's card is just stunning.  I'm also submitting to Merry Monday - MM#157 where the team would like us to use dry or wet embossing on our card.  I pretty much kept to Kimberley's layout and I also used poinsettia.  I created a watercolour background using SU inks and then stamped the poinsettia in Versamark, heat embossed with gold powder and cut both flowers out.  I made the base from pale green card and die cut two panel to go on top.  I die cut the greeting from gold mirri card, stamped the ampersand and then adhered the words.  Before attaching the flowers I sprayed some gold sparkle over them both.  On the inside I cut a panel of white card, added a couple of small poinsettia and finished with a bold Christmas greeting.

I made this card yesterday afternoon just as we hit a record high temperature for the day - 30°C (86°F) - sunny and humid - not the kind of weather that makes me think of Christmas :)  Do visit the blog and check out the cards from the rest of the team.  Have fun!