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Today I have a very special announcement to make. You may have noticed a change in my watermark? The card I'm sharing today is my very first as a Colour INKspirations Challenge Crew Member. Yes, the guys over at Colour INKspirations have asked me to be on their Design Team and I was very honoured to accept!

Feel INKspired to join the challenge? It's so easy! Firstly, get some INKspiration by checking out all of the creations of the Colour INKspiration Crew in the challenge album on our Facebook page. Then you have 12 days from today to make and upload your creation to the Facebook Colour INKspiration Group. You don't have to have a blog to participate but if you do you can link back to your post. Make sure you use all of the challenge colours. You can also use neutrals such as Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand and Basic Black as well as Metallics.

Not a member of the Colour INKspiration Facebook group yet? Just click here and ask to join Colour INKspiration, add the group to your favourites and share it with your crafty friends so they can join in the fun too. We can't wait to see what you create with these gorgeous colours.

Supplies Needed:

Poinsettia Petals Bundle
Cardstock: Whisper White Thick and regular, Pretty Peacock, Chamgpne Foil, Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Coastal Cababa, Pretty Peacock
Stampin' Blends: Petal Pink, Pretty Peacock, Colour Lifter
Embellishments: Basic Pearls
Punch: Banners Pick A Punch
Tools: Cut & Emboss Machine, Paper Trimmer, Paper Snips
Adhesives: Tombow, Dimensionals

All products are available here in my online store or alternatively you can get there by clicking on the tab above or on the link under each product thumbnail further down.

Putting it all together:

Take a strip of watercolour paper measuring 2 1/2" x 7", and paint strips of colour.

Stamp the full poinsettia flower twice in Petal Pink ink and colour the flowers with the Petal Pink Stampin' Blends. Die cut one using the co-ordinating die then fussy cut the top petals of the second.

Adhere the two flower pieces together and add some Basic Pearls to the centre.

Stamp the two leaves in Pretty Peacock and colour in both with Pretty Peacock Stampin' Blends. If you feel you need to, use the Colour Lifter Blend Pen to add highlights.

Place Dimensionals on the back of each of the three pieces.

TIP: For the leaves, by placing Dimensionals on the outer end and leaving the inner end free, this will allow the end of the leaves to stay raised when you add them to your project.