Wild Poinsettia

The poinsettia is a native plant of Mexico. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays.

According to the University of Illinois Extension, the showy red blooms of the poinsettia are not flowers. They are “bracts” (modified leaves). The flowers of a poinsettia plant are the small yellow flowers in the center of the bracts.

I download this GSD , SVG  file from  http://einnej.typepad.com/ and I cut this file using Silhouette CAMEO®. This design shows one long branch of the wild poinsettia tree.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

First I cut out each pieces to make this beautiful Poinsettia in desired color cardstocks . I used green,White  yellow , and red cardstock papers for this project.

In this GSD file, the stem and  leaves (green) are all welded together. 

There are separate cuts for the “bracts” (cut out in Red cardstock).  You can cut  out 3 “bracts” (modified leaves) in desired colors. 

Now you just cut out yellow “flower”  for the centers.

Using household glue, I attached the green stem and leaves on a 12*12 inch white Linen Cardstock. Then  glue each red  foliage on the end of each green stem. Now glue yellow flowers  on the center of each Red foliage. DONE !!!!

I attached the white Linen Cardstock  with Wild Poinsettia flowers and leaves to a  thick 14*14 inch  cardboard ( so I got a thick base). Then  I framed this beautiful picture using old vinyl blind (glued vinyl blind in all sides of the cardboard for framing the picture).

Poinsettias have also been called the lobster flower and the flame-leaf flower, due to the red color.

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