Sending Christmas Wishes...With a Big Beautiful Poinsettia Card

I am so happy and excited to share today's card with you, here at my blog!

Every so often, 

I create a card that really makes me happy.
Happy with the process of creating it
and Happy with the finished card.
If I create a card and feel like I want to save it...forever...
Then I know that I am REALLY loving it...

a lot!
For me...THIS is one of those cards!

I've always loved very large oversized stamped images 

for a card front.
I've got lots of stamps with mondo-sized images

and now...with using my Cricut(s) for card making...

I've been  using Design Space to customize die cut images  

to give me the big giant sized images that I love to create cards with!

I chose a deep red  along with green and Kraft card stock 

to create the poinsettia.
For matting I chose ivory metallic card stock 

and matted it with chocolate brown.
The sentiment is by The Ton Stamps

and was stamped with a Kraft/tan colored ink.
I finished each of the cards with a few crystal sequins

to add a little bit of Holiday sparkle.

Lighting in the studio kept changing while I took today's photos

and the sun kept hiding behind the clouds.
So...(Yikes) ...some of the photos are brighter than others...

I love the size...dimension of the poinsettia...
It's so big and luscious

I created a short stack of 3 of this card

and am thinking that I'm going to create a few more this week

because I am loving this big gorgeous poinsettia

So pretty...

Looking at this gorgeous poinsettia makes me feel so happy

 that I've FINALLY started using both my Cricut Explore and Cricut Maker.
I am still wondering why....for so many years....

and with owning so many different Cricuts...

I never took the time...or interest in sitting down to enjoy using them!
Because now...after just a few weeks...
I am totally and completely hooked on the Maker and Explore!

I've got a few Cricut projects lined up for the coming weeks...

all for the Christmas Holiday...
Some tags...some vinyl projects...and a few more cards.

Somewhere...along the way...
I hope to do some stamping and water coloring as well.

I'll be sharing my cards and projects here at my blog...

and look forward to you visiting again!

Wishing you a wonderful day!
Michelle