Poinsettias & Holly

Two projects today, one for the current ODBD Shining the Light (#37) challenge "anything but a card" and one for the current Waltzingmouse Sketch (#23) challenge. 

First up, my ODBD project.  Since it had to be anything but a card I decided to make a gift bag and tag.  I used the beautiful Poinsettia Background stamp and the Holly Tag set from ODBD, along with the matching tag die.  I stamped all the images on watercolor paper with Ranger Distress inks (Fired Brick & Forest Moss) and then did a bit of coloring using just the paintbrust and water to draw out the color from the inks.  Some Art Glitter (Inca Gold) was added to the centers of the poinsettias and Candy Cane Stickles to the holly.  Both the tag and the bag were finished with some hunter green seambinding tied into double bows.

For my Waltzingmouse card I used one of the holly images from the Heartfelt Creations set Elegant Holly Swirls.  I stamped the image on watercolor using Forest Moss distress ink and then using water and a paintbrush painted the holly by drawing out the color from the ink.  The large berries were colored using a red watercolor pencil, water and paintbrush.  Candy Cane Stickles were added to the smaller berries.  A hunter green button was tied around the wide striped ribbon and then adhered it to the piece as shown.  The sentiment was stamped on watercolor paper using Forest Moss. 

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Gina K Designs:  Rocket Red & Spruce; Watercolor paper:  Strathmore; Stamps:  ODBD Poinsettia background & Holly Tag; Heartfelt Creations Elegant Holly Swirls; WMS Nutcracker Sweet; Ink:  Forest Moss & Fired Brick Distress Inks; Seam binding; ODBD tag die; Spellbinders small oval die; Cuttlebug; Art Glitter; Candy Cane Stickles