Poinsettia Die Cutter

This beautiful poinsettia die cutter from Memory Box is a must have Christmas die set for all crafters. The poinsettia die set has four dies which cut three different sizes of petals and one to cut the centre stamens. The dies that cut the petals also emboss veins onto the petals to create a very realistic looking flower. Poinsettias are such a popular, universal symbol of Christmas and winter time you will use it over and over again to create beautiful, dimensional poinsettias to decorate your hand made Christmas cards.

The three petal dies provide a great deal of flexibility in the size and fullness of poinsettia that you make, in the example above the middle sized die has been used twice to create an extra layer and give a fuller flower, as it is the centre piece of the card. The stamen die has not been used at all, instead small gold adhesive gems have been added to the centre of the flower to match the elegant, gold and white colour scheme and tie in perfectly with the gold berries on the holly branches. When the poinsettia petals are first cut they are flat, by rolling them gently around a pencil or a bamboo skewer you can curve them, to make them look more realistic and add dimension to the flower.

In this second example the large petal die has been cut twice, once in green for the leaves and again in red to be the biggest petals, the middle size die has also been cut twice to produce a full flower and the smallest die once. Offsetting the die cut petals as you layer them up means that even though some of the layers are the same size you can still see them. 

In this third example the die cut poinsettia is not the centre piece of the card but is being used as an embellishment. The flower has been made by die cutting the middle sized die twice, once for the leaves and again for the biggest petals and the smallest die once for the smaller petals. The flower centre uses both the die cut stamens and gold adhesive gems. Using only the smaller dies and fewer layers creates a smaller flower that is perfect for adding a festive embellishment to cards, gift tags and decorations. The approximate size of the dies is 1cm, 5cm, 6cm, 8cm.