Poinsettia dies

Christmas is still on my mind,

or I am just starting to play with 

my Christmas present that I gave to myself.

I love the poinsettia die I picked up, and

I am looking forward to making some cute cards

for Christmas next year.

One of the advantage of dies is that they 

can cut felt as well as paper. 

I picked up some pressed felt with silver sprinkles embedded

in it to make the poinsettia "flower". It worked

like a dream! It cut perfectly! It even left the 

embossed veins in the felt.

I love it.

I found an inspiration idea and went with that layout.

I decided to make a card rather than a tag, though the

idea of stamping snowflakes in white may also be

used when I do the inside of this card.

I don't have anything to put in place of the stars,

so I will have to leave that blank for now.

I did however add a sentiment at the bottom

of my card, embossed in black. 

Quick and easy and it looks so much better 

than just plain ink.

I used one of mom's old  (or vintage) buttons,

they look so much better than new ones. Added some 

twine and glued it to the flower. I did stitch

the layers together, then used sticky tape to attach it to the 

card. I wasn't sure that just plain Aleene's glue would hold

such a heavy flower.

I'm still trying to think of what I can use at the top of the card,

any ideas?