Poinsettia Blooms, Holly Collage and Wrapped Stitch Rectangles by Jean Okimoto

Poinsettia Blooms, Holly Collage and Wrapped Stitch Rectangles create a classic holiday design here today. Red velvet - the paper, not the cake (!) - adds texture and dimension to this traditional scene. I almost want to apologize for a traditional design in red and greens because it's so unusual for me! Hello - Jean Okimoto here today - Happy Halloween to everyone celebrating this spooky holiday.

Cut several layers of Poinsettia Blooms from red velvet paper - the dies cut crisply and emboss them at the same time. Cut the centers from yellow glittered cardstock.

Cut the 2" x 3.25" Wrapped Stitch Rectangle from textured pale green cardstock.

Cut the Holly Collage and the Poinsettia Blooms pods from green cardstock.

Stamp "CHRISTMAS WISHES" - from the Blessed to Know You clear stamp set - on an pale green A-2 card with Peeled Paint Distress Oxides.

Assemble the card and add clear gem stickers.

Quick and easy!

Big thanks to everyone from last weekend's COOL WINTER WISHES from SEATTLE class at Impress! Hope you enjoyed the class and all of the techniques - and were inspired to create more cards featuring Memory Box, Poppystamps, Open Studio and the great Seattle companies we're fortunate to call our own. Thanks too - Ann, Shari and Lauren - for keeping us well-stocked and filling those baskets with everything we need for our holiday cards!

Looking forward to this weekend's ASIAN HOLIDAY GREETINGS class at Impress too. We're making six Asian-inspired designs - including a simple origami bird and Christmas tree - with great dies, accents and artpapers. Here's a picture of a few of the beautiful silkscreened and printed papers we'll be using. Do you have a stash of artpapers but hesitate to cut them with trimmers, punches or scissors because they tear and shred? Memory Box and Poppystamps dies are the solution! They cut these textured handmade papers as easily as they cut through cardstock - and create perfect squares for all of your origami projects.

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