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October 12, 2026

Rising Wildflowers and Silver Poinsettias

Hello Stamplings!

I hope you are enjoying October, so far, whether you are seeing the leaves turn autumnal colors or they are just budding out in spring greens. I think I've mentioned before that I'm a Leaf Person and, of course, that includes trees. If you had to pick one stamp/die set ~ one being flowers and the one leaves, which would you levitate towards?

Having said that, I do love flowers and I'm posting two today! This is D = Die Cuts on the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar.

Onefer

This set is called, "Rising Wildflowers," by Pinkfresh Studio. When I first purchased it, the die wasn't available. As soon as it was, I got it and last week I had fun stenciling fall colors onto the dies. The background coverplate die called, "Diamond Delight" is also from Pinkfresh Studio. The "Pointed Rectangle Frame" is from Poppystamps and the vertical birthday stamp is from Stamps by Judith.

Playing in: A Cut Above (A/G with a die-cut); Beautiful Blossoms (Anything Floral Goes); and Mix It Up (A/G; option: Embossing).

Twofer

I love poinsettia images and have so many. Even so, I found one that was NBUS! And since I haven't used silver embossing in ages, I went with that. For the border, I silver-embossed the "Holiday Border Cling Background" stamp from The Ton. It's an all-around-border, but I wanted only one side, so I cut it and got two cards out of it! I used a silver metallic strip to edge the image.

The NBUS poinsettia is from "Up Goes the Tree" from Penny Black. I die-cut and added another poinsettia to the back and popped it up to make it more fulsome. Another word I've always wanted to use in a sentence.

I liked the CAS design just as it was and because it's obviously a Christmas card, I decided to be a rebel and not add a sediment! The above photo doesn't capture the beautiful shine, so I took a closeup.