Poinsettia Merry Christmas

This is one of my favorite Christmas cards.  It was designed using Susan's Poinsettia, Pinecone, Evergreen Boughs, Winterberry, and Eucalyptus die sets.  The Eucalyptus is from an earlier release.

For the background, I used a piece of design paper from the P13-The Four Seasons Winter paper pad.  In the center of the card the Spellbinders Candlewick Rectangle die was used.  The rectangle was attached with dimensional tape.

Three red poinsettia were created using  the Poinsettia die set.  They were die cut using Susan's white Specialty card stock, brushed with red ink, and shaped using Susan's new Flower Tool Kit.  Bearly Art Glue was used to assemble them.  

I use Susan's white Specialty Cardstock from Spellbinders to die cut my flowers/foliage.  I like to color the flowers and foliage by placing them on the Waffleflower Media Mat and use brushes to add ink.  The Media Mat holds the die cut pieces down and makes it quick and easy to color using just one solid color and/or to highlight/blend with additional color.  The mat cleans up very easily when you are ready to color with different ink - I use a babywipe.  I prefer this method of coloring because it is a very smooth application and is also easy to blend colors. There are two sizes of this mat, which I have linked below, along with the brushes. 

The Eucalyptus die set was used to die cut five branches.  They were colored pale green and the ends of the leaves sponged using white pigment ink.  

The Winterberry & Mistletoe die set was used to die cut five Winterberry.  Red berries were added to these leaves.  I used bean bag filler for the berries.  I pick out the smaller balls, put them in a Ziploc bag along with a little acrylic paint, and squish around to get them all colored.  I pull them out with a chop stick onto a piece of waxed paper to dry.  If they stick together after pulling them out, don't worry because they will easily separate when dry.

The Pinecone and Evergreen Bough die set was used to die cut seven pine boughs.  The same die set was used to die cut the pieces to create one pinecone.  

All these die cut pieces were arranged on the left side of the rectangle.  

One of the sentiments from Susan's new Christmas Quotes stamp set was stamped using black VersaFine ink and added to the upper right corner of the rectangle.  

For additional embellishment, I added some red metallic jingle bells to the arrangement.