Poinsettia Box Card

Hey crafty friends - Christmas card making wouldn't be the same without using my favorite Hero Arts Paper Layering Poinsettia. I can't believe I haven't used it yet this season!! It was the first set I considered when I saw the October Christmas Kickstart Challenge posted yesterday. I enjoyed playing with the poinsettia theme this afternoon - simply die cut a bunch of items and assembled - done!

Supplies: Paper - Authentique Christmas;

Paper Studio kraft, red & glitter; scraps for rest

Dies - Hero Arts Paper Layering Poinsettia,

Holiday Greenery Edge (retired but HERE at Frantic Stamper),

& Cut-Out Christmas (retired but HERE at Frantic Stamper)

My Favorite Things Outside the Box Level Up

Other - Black Soot Distress Ink; Park Lane gem

Besides the poinsettia die set, I was determined to use a My Favorite Things box card die set I recently ordered. This is my first card with it &, in fact, my first box card ever!! I love how it turned out. In retrospect I should've layered my Merry letters - they are rather flimsy at one layer, even with heavyweight cardstock. I'll try to fix them later... ** Update - As Arlene suggested, I put a piece of acetate behind the Merry - worked perfectly. Thanks Arlene!!

Here are a couple more views of it:

I'll also add my box card to Darnell's October NBUS Challenge since my Level Up set got first play today. And by the way, Mount NBUS has become Mount Everest NBUS - yikes, I think my crafty supplies are multiplying overnight - LOL. Oh well, thanks for the continued encouragement to use it all, Darnell.

I plan to make more of these box cards - so fun and easy! Thanks for visiting and have a crafty day!!