I was really happy with the way this Pink Poinsettia Petals Happy Holidays Card turned out. The colors turned out to look pretty nice together with the Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper in the background.
The card base is just Whisper White with a layer of the Plush Poinsettia Specialty Paper. This paper is beautiful with the flocked poinsettias on white vellum.
The poinsettia petals are all die-cut with the Poinsettia Dies. I used Petal Pink Cardstock and the die-cut leaves are Pear Pizzazz. Each poinsettia and leaf has two pieces – the outline that cuts it out and a separate inside piece that does the embossing of the veins in the leaves and petals. If you have trouble lining them up, just keep turning the inside piece until it fits in the outline die. You might even want to mark one of the lined up points with a Sharpie on both pieces. Those little green sprigs are also a die in the set. I think they add a lot.
The Petal Pink strip along the side was just in my bag of cardstock! It is from the Peony Dies. I think it is accidentally perfect! It adds a little something along the side of the card without taking away from the poinsettia and doesn’t take up any extra space like a ribbon with a bow would.
The greeting is in the Poinsettia Petals Stamp Set as well as a very nice “Merry Christmas” greeting. I stamped it in Petal Pink Ink on Whisper White and die cut with the Layering Ovals die along with a Petal Pink scalloped oval die for the layer. I think it is small enough to not take away from the poinsettia and fits just fine in the space.
For the poinsettia center, I just added some Gold Glitter Enamel Dots. I adhered three of the smallest ones and one the next size up and that looked perfect. As I was cleaning up, I had a Dot stuck on my finger from the package so I stuck that on the flower center too! I thought about using the Gilded Gems but for this card, I liked the Gold Glitter Dots better and they are better for mailing.
This card is a little fussier to make so I don’t know that I would want to make many multiples of it with all the die-cutting, yet now that I have the card design maybe it wouldn’t be too bad – or too bad for you to copy. Click HERE to see another poinsettia Christmas card I made, this time with the traditional red poinsettia.
This Poinsettia Place Suite of products is all so beautiful it’s worth a little extra effort so try your hand at a card something like this Pink Poinsettia Petals Happy Holidays Card.