Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Jingle Belles - Mele Kalikimaka

I have been purposely staying out of craft stores because my "stash" at home is more than well stocked, however, I was in need of something in particular and found myself once again wandering the aisles checking out all the "new" stuff that I hadn't seen and this paper with the pineapples was so noisy (you know how something screams to you in a store, like the Oreo's you don't need to eat or the shoes that pinch but they look cool and they talk you into buying them anyway) that I had to buy it - sale or no sale price.  And it struck me, as I was already adding it to my basket, that this might be perfect for this fortnight's Jingle Belle challenge, except a pineapple is not a flower.  But it came home with me nonetheless and I made it work (or so I like to believe). 


I had a totally different flower in mind for this, but after I spent way too much time die cutting them with all their little bits, they looked way too busy. So I grabbed this poinsettia from Ink on 3 and embossed them in gold.  The leaves are actually the tops of a pineapple stamp that I had that I also embossed in gold to mimic what is on the background paper.  You can see from the photo below that there is some sparkle to this and also that the flowers, leaves, and sentiment are raised to give it more dimension.  



Now I have to figure out who is going to have a pineapply good Christmas this year!

I have one more idea for a card for this challenge - something again a little out there - let's see if I get it done in time!

Please mosey on over to the Jingle Belles blog to see the gorgeous floral creations for this challenge.  You won't be disappointed!

8 comments:

  1. The pineapples add a festive touch nonetheless, beautiful card!

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  2. Pineapples and poinsettias ... how fun ... so glad you shared your blooms with us at Jingle Belles.

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  3. A very pretty card Lorraine! And I like the pineapples, and who says they can't be Christmassy?! The red and gold looks stunning together!
    Sunshine.
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  4. Lorraine,

    Your greeting cards are gorgeous! I really need to begin thinking about Christmas designs but I'm not sure if I'll handstamp this year. I have a stash of store-bought cards I can fall back on if I fail to get creative. It looks like you really enjoy your hobby. :)

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  5. ohhhhhhhhhhh how i *LOVE* this! so much so, that if you hadn't actually added the flowers i might have seen the colorful fruits with their spikey foliage haircuts and thought, "that totally counts" lol! the golden triangle full of poinsettias make it EVEN BETTER tho! (i might actually save the pic just for that cool layout/sketch idea!) thanks for helping us celebrate festive flowers at JINGLE BELLES! ♥♥♥

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  6. I was thinking that the leaves matched the pineapples perfectly but weren't the same. Those are suoer-sup pineapples.

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  7. I just received THIS beautiful card in the mail - thank you so much! It is even better in real life! I just love the colours and the gold really makes it 'pop'. Thank you so much:-)
    Sunshine.
    ihearttostamp.blogspot.com

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