Poinsettia Arrangement

Good Morning,

I recently posted an Autumn card using the Elizabeth Craft Designs Barrel  from the Floral Foliage 1 die set.  Today I used this die set to create a holiday arrangement.

The barrel was die cut using a piece of woodgrain design paper and attached to a heavier piece of white cardstock.  The woodgrain was emphasized by using a fine line brown pen in the debossed creases, then brown distress ink was sponged around the edges.  The bands were die cut using bronze metallic cardstock and small gold beads glued across the bands.

The poinsettias were die cut, using the Elizabeth Craft Soft Finish Cardstock, and Florals 29 die set.  Distress Inks were used to color them.  For the bracts, I used small styrofoam balls colored with alcohol ink and tiny bits of yellow Flower Soft added.  The largest poinsettia die was used to die cut leaves that were colored green using OLO markers.  

The Holly Greenery die set was used to die cut the Berry Branch and Pine Branches.  The berries were created using small styrofoam balls colored red with Alcohol Ink.  When dry, they were glued to the Berry Branch and a black fine tip pen pressed on the end of each one.  

The brown branches were die cut using the Floral Foliage 1 die set.  They were cut into small pieces and glued under the arrangement.

The Elizabeth Craft Designs Joyous Christmas Stamp Set was used for the sentiment.  It was gold embossed, fussy cut and glued in the lower corner.

The Elegant Decorative Borders die set was used for the narrow border on the bottom of the card.  It was die cut using gold metallic cardstock.