LILY ASSEMBLY:
1. Punch Star Lily eight times in cream cardstock. Use eight large petals and six second largest petals for the large poinsettia. Use six of the smallest petals and eight of the second smallest petals for the small poinsettia.
2. To give your petals color: Rub the red ink pad on the outside edges of each petal. Tip: Older pads work best.
3. To shape the petals: Place the shapes onto the molding mat and use the 8mm stylus. Press the stylus into the center of the petals as you move the tool in a circular motion over the paper. This softens the paper so it can be manipulated more easily. As you do this, the paper will begin to curl up around the stylus.
4. Center the reverse tweezers over the narrow end of the shape. With your thumb and index finger, gradually pinch the paper around the tweezers. This prepares the end for attaching to the flower base.
5. Hold the pinched end of the shape between the finger and thumb. Use the tweezers to grasp the side of the shape and roll it back to form the natural curve of a petal. Repeat this on the other side.
6. Place a punched Crystal shape on the mat and hold the stylus at a 90º degree angle to the paper. Press down and roll the stylus around in the center a bit to help it cup up.
7. Apply a small dab of Fabri Tac to the non stick craft sheet. Start with the cupped crystal as the base. Dip the narrow end of each petal into the glue and attach the eight largest petals onto the Crystal base. For the second layer continue gluing the next six petals around the Crystal Base, offset them in between the first layer of petals. Repeat assembly for the small poinsettia.
8. Apply Glitter Glue to the non-stick craft sheet and use the small paintbrush to apply glitter glue over the poinsettia. The glitter glue can be added before or after assembly. Tip: The glitter glue will cause the red
ink to run slightly, this will add extra shading and interest to your poinsettia. Allow glue to completely dry before attaching to card.
9. Punch 7-8 green Lilies out of the Safari cardstock. Shape each leaf using the 8mm stylus as in
Steps # 3-5. Dip the end of each leaf into glue and attach around the base of the flower.
10. Add a small dab of glue to the center of the poinsettias and attach 2-3 small pearls.
CARD ASSEMBLY:
1. Cut a 4¼” x 4¼” layer from the reverse side of the “Bloom” paper. Cut two 1” squares of “Bloom” paper and cut each square diagonally to create four triangles. Glue the four triangles to each corner. Adhere to a 4½” x 4½” cream cardstock layer.
2. To finish layers: Adhere original layers to a 5” x 5” “Bloom” layer and then onto a 5¼” x 5¼” scarlet layer and then onto a 5½” x 5½” cream card.
3. Punch 8 pine branches out of cream cardstock. Gently rub 8mm stylus over each pine branch to shape.
4. Glue finished poinsettias to front of card. Glue cream pine branches around base of each poinsettia.
5. Stamp “Happy Holidays” on a ½” x 2¾” piece of cream cardstock. Gently bend strip to create a wave to the cardstock strip before adhering to card.