A Paper Poinsettia Pretty Enough to be a Mini-Gift!

This time of year, you see poinsettias everywhere but this PAPER poinsettia will last forever. And because the tools do a lot of the work for you, you can make a bunch of these to put on a card like I did here, OR put some together to make ornaments or even use the paper poinsettia on the pretty doily as a fancied up gift tag. Picture this on a bottle of wine or special olive oil! 

For this project I used Rubbernecker Stamps Poinsettia #2, Holly, Greenery #1 and Nested Circle Scallop w/Holes.

The Card Base

• Cut a piece of designer paper 5.50″ x 4.25″ to fit on the front of an A2 sized card base.
• Apply ATG adhesive to the designer paper and attach it to the card base.
• Use white cardstock to cut a 5.50″ x 2.00″ strip.
• Run the strip of white cardstock through your crimper.
• Apply strips of mounting tape to the back of the crimped strip and attach it to the card base.

The Poinsettia

• Cut the poinsettia sections using red cardstock and one large section using green cardstock..
• Use yellow cardstock to cut the tiny flowers for the center.
• Place the flower sections face down on the molding pad and push down and roll each petal using the large round stylus.
• Lay the flower sections face up on the molding pad and push down in the center using a smaller tipped stylus to push all the petals up.
• Attach the sections together using glossy accents offsetting each layer to form a natural looking flower.
• Form the tiny flowers using a small tipped stylus and molding pad.
• Attach the tiny flowers in the poinsettia center using glossy accents.

Finish the Card

• Use green cardstock to cut the holly and greenery.
• Cut the scalloped circle using white cardstock.
• Attach strips of mounting tape to the back of the circle and attach it to the crimped layer.
• Apply glossy accents to the back of the poinsettia and attach it to the scalloped circle.
• Tuck the holly and greenery branches under the poinsettia and attach using glossy accents.
• Finish by applying yellow stickles to the flower center and red stickles to the holly berries.

Here are the dies I used for my project.

Nested Circle Scallop w/ Holes Die… [ RBB ] Poinsettia #2 5169D [ RBB ] Holly #1 Die Cut 5162-08D [ RBB ] Greenery #1 Die Cut 5162-09D [ RBB ]

Here are the tools and supplies.

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock,… [ ELH ] Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Easter… [ ELH ] Solar White Heavyweight 110 lb – 25… [ ELH ] Fiskars Paper Crimper, Straight [ ELH ] Susan’s Garden Tool Kit, Elizabeth… [ ELH ] Molding Pad [ ELZ ] Mini Glossy Accents, Ranger Accents [ ELH ] Scotch Foam Mounting Tape [ ELH ] Ranger Stickles, Christmas Red [ ELH ] Ranger Stickles, Yellow [ ELH ] Fiskars 01-005452 Recycled Bypass… [ AMZUS ] ATG Kit, Advanced Tape Glider [ ELH ] Fiskars – Hole Punch – One Eighth… [ SBC ] Teflon Bone Folder, Essentials by Ellen [ ELH ] Scor-Pal Measuring & Scoring Board 12×12 [ ELH ] Crossover II Fabric & Paper Cutting… [ RBB ]

Now that you know how to make a paper poinsettia, go ahead and imagine all the possibilities of how you can use these – feel free to comment with YOUR great idea so we can all get in on your brilliance!  You can always include a link or two to some of your favorite paper poinsettia projects.  Thank you for coming by and I hope you have a great Sunday.