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Neon Poinsettias

Where did the summer go? Kids are back in school, with all the insanity that goes with it, vacations are a not-so-distant memory, and it is once again time to get busy with the important things in life...crafting for the holidays! Yay! All of September the Dream Team will be featuring all the new goodies we have for the "Most wonderful time of the year", the fall and winter holiday season. New stencil designs, new dies, and...brand new embossing folders featuring some of our top-selling designs, all to be found on-line through the Stencil with Style web-site, or your local papercrafting store.
Here's my holiday inspiration for this week:

I used the brand new Tall Poinsettia stencil (LL 3046), as well as the sentiment portion of Season's Greetings (LG 677). For the Poinsettia, I used white embossing paste on my black cardstock. After it dried, I used several colors of the totally rad Radiant Neon ink pads from Imagine Crafts, which were applied with daubers. I hope you can see the subtle color changes and shading that I did.

It was quite fun to work with such non-traditional colors for this card. I applied the sentiment in much the same way, but I masked off the holly leaves and berries. And I just used black ink for it. Simple and FUN for the holidays!

Please check out the rest of the team that is posting this week. Thanks for stopping b. Have an inspiring day!

Kristi Parker Van Doren

   

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Viki Banaszak said…
The neon colors are lovely! I love me some non traditional colors.
September 11, 2014 at 3:37 PM
Viki Banaszak said…
The neon colors are lovely! I love me some non traditional colors.
September 11, 2014 at 3:37 PM
Janis said…
Wow!! That looks great against the black!! Nice job!
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September 11, 2014 at 3:48 PM
Lyn Bernatovich said…
Beautiful Alison! I love the color variation in the poinsetta, the scallop border and vertical sentiment. A gorgeous creation!
September 11, 2014 at 4:48 PM
Pam Hornschu said…
This is beautiful! Great pop off of the black. Was that textured cardstock? It almost looked fuzzy...
September 11, 2014 at 6:00 PM
Kristi said…
Very cool card! Love it!
September 11, 2014 at 7:03 PM
Kristine Reynolds said…
Love how the colors pop on the black!
September 11, 2014 at 7:03 PM
Lynell Harlow / Dreamweaver Stencils said…
Wow....i never would have thought of the neons! It looks stunning with the black!
September 12, 2014 at 3:37 AM
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