Layering Modern Poinsettias For JUGS846

Today I'm sharing a card for this week's 'anything goes' stencil challenge over at Just Us Girls:

I bought a new festive stencil a little while ago but had yet to ink it up, so this week's challenge over at Just Us Girls gave me the perfect opportunity - take a look:

 Here's the low-down on today's card:

My stencil is from Uniko and is called 'Modern Layering Poinsettias': it's a set of 5 layers that allow for easy build up of the floral images. The stencil also features some smaller single-layer poinsettias in between the big ones, but I masked these out as I wanted m design to focus on the larger blooms. I kept things rather simple on today's card: a simple stencilled central panel, with a thin red mat and a sparkly red glimmer sentiment (this is a new Memory Box die - thank you Elizabeth!) that fits perfectly between the flowers:

I initially used a gold foil sentiment, but the red glimmer looked much more festive! I went with very traditional festive colours for my card today, but I think it would also look nice in other colour combinations too, which would stretch this stencil beyond the festive season. I'm also linking my card today up with a new monthly challenge called AAA Christmas Card Challenges (a sister to the popular clean and simple AAA Cards Challenge) which has been set up b the lovely Maaike where their theme is 'Traditional Christmas'; for me a bright red poinsettia is as traditional as a nativity or a Christmas tree in my home during the festive season - although I never seem to manage to keep them alive beyond the season unfortunately!

Enjoy your day and I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!