Pink Poinsettia Noel - Stampin' Up!® 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar

   My house is slowly but surely getting decorated for Christmas and we even have snow falling right now to make it feel even more seasonal.  I've already mailed out the bulk of my Christmas cards (yay!) but I'm still finding myself making a few more here and there especially when there is a good challenge!  The Color Hues challenge has a really fun one that can be seasonal or not and I couldn't resist it!  They want us to use shades of Pink and Green this time!  So fun!

  I pulled out the 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar stamp set and decided to turn the floral stamp into a poinsettia.  I don't think it's meant to be a poinsettia but I think it works nicely as one!  

  I started with a Strawberry Slush card base that you can't see and added 2 pieces of DSP to the card front.  The Old Olive strip is in the Gathering Together Specialty DSP and then Strawberry Slush piece can be found in the Florals in Bloom DSP.

  The flower is stamped in Pretty in Pink and is then topped with a Strawberry Slush die cut (die is one of the Advent Calendar items).  I stamped and fussy cut a few Old Olive leaves to tuck underneath before adding the flower to a Stylish Shape square.

  The 'Noel' is from the Wishing You Joy stamp set and is stamped in Old Olive.  The finishing touch is a cluster of gold sequins in the center of the flower.

  I really like how this one turned out and the I think the color combo is a fun one to use to get a little non-traditional for this time of year.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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Stamps: Wishing You Joy, 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive

Paper: Strawberry Slush, Basic White, Gathering Together Specialty DSP,  Florals in Bloom DSP

Accessories: Stylish Shapes dies, 12 Days of Crafting Advent Calendar dies (Online Exclusive), dimensionals, gold sequins