Merry Everything

Good Morning

I'm happy to say that I have a good start on creating my holiday cards. 

This new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs added a great look to my wreath card.

Meet the new for September stencil called:

Simple Leafy Frame 

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I love combining older stencils with the new one, so for my wreath I got out the older stencil called Leaf Frame.  I placed that over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  To add some dimension to the leaves, I added just a hint of Salty Ocean DOX ink.
• I removed that stencil and then added the Simple Leafy Frame stencil, layering it over the Leaf Frame and inked that with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• Next, I used just the berries from the Holly Wreath stencil and inked those over the leaves with some Lumberjack Plaid ink.
• I die cut the wreath using my circle dies and set aside.
• I cut a piece of dark red cardstock and embossed it with a plaid embossing folder and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and die cut it out.  I die cut the word outline 4 more times and then glued them all together.
• I glued the embossed red plaid cardstock onto a 4 1/4 square white card base and then added the wreath over that.  
• I used some more foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle of the wreath.

Here are the stencils I used:

NEWEST

Simple Leafy Frame

OLDER

Leaf Frame

Holly Wreath

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

My Time to Craft- ADD TEXTURE

Peace on Earth- CHRISTMAS

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Holiday Sentiments (Photoplay)

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen;

Infinity Circle dies (HA)