Pretty Poinsettia, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Christmas card to share with you. I found it on Pinterest and thought it was so pretty. I just had to make it. You can see the original card by clicking here. There were no instructions on how to make it so I had to wing it. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Barely Blush card stock for the largest layer. I taped it to the card base.

The Basic White layer was cut at 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" and was textured using the "Swirls of Magic" embossing folder. I glued it to the front of the card.

I didn't have the gingham paper so I used the Buffalo Plaid that I had. I cut it at 3-7/8" x 2". I glued this to the front of the card about 2" up from the bottom of the card base.

The poinsettia petals were cut from Barely Blush card stock using the dies from the "Pretty Poinsettia" bundle. This is the second poinsettia card I made using this bundle and I struggle with putting the petals together. There's no way to make this into a rounded flower, it's got a bit of a boxy look.  I put the four layers of petals together using a little bit of glue. A little is all you need. There's not a big space to put the glue. I did add a small circle to the back and worked on top of that. 

The leaves and flower center were cut from a gold piece card stock. I cut the large leaf spring at the top three leaves and I cut the other three leaves off separately. I glued the little flower center pieces on top of each other. The dies cut four but I only used three.  I set the flower aside while I worked on the word piece.

The words are from the same "Pretty Poinsettia" bundle and were stamped using Versa Mark on Basic White card stock. I sprinkled gold embossing powder on it and heat set it. I cut it out using the third largest stitched rectangle die from the "Nested Essentials" die set.  dimensionals were added to the back and it was set aside while I searched for some ribbon with gold in it. 

I cut a 5-1/2" piece of the ribbon and folded it in half. I added a glue dot to hold it together. Then I added another glue dot to affix it to the front of the card. 

The backing on the dimensionals on the word piece was removed and it was set in place over the ribbon.

Then the poinsettia was added using glue. Once it was in place, I added the other three leaves to the left side of the flower and that was it, the card was done.

This card gave me a bit of a struggle with the poinsettia petals but all in all it turned out. I think adding the extra leaves helped make it not look so boxy. I like the looks of it and I love the color.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda