Simple Christmas Wreath

Good Morning.

Today's card features this lovely new Layered Holly Wreath stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

A really nice one and perfect to do some stencil shifting to get a nice, full look to the wreath.

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

• I cut a piece of cardstock 4" square.  I placed the Layered Holly Wreath onto my cardstock, centering it in the middle and inked it up with some  Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I shifted the stencil slightly and inked it up again, this time using some Lucky Clover and some rustic Wilderness DOX ink.  It made for a fuller looking wreath.
• I removed the holly stencil and laid the berries over the leaves and inked up with some Candied Apple DOX ink.  I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• When the piece was dry, I die cut a circle from the center.  
• I stamped the sentiment onto a circle die cut and set aside.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto some shiny red cardstock, it looks black but is really red, and then glued it onto a 4 1/4" card base.
• I popped the sentiment back into the middle area.

Here is the stencil I used:

Layered Holly Wreath

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- HOLLY and IVY

The Sisterhood of Crafters- TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS (red and green)

Crazy is out Fame- Stencils are our Game- ANY HOLIDAY

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Merry Christmas (Recollections)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts); white Posca pen;

foam tape; Misti

Plaid Christmas

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.

My first holiday card made!!

 It all happened while playing with this fun new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Watercolor Stripes.

Very simple card but I love the effect I was able to create.

So here's what I did.

I began by inking up my stencil with some Peacock Feathers Distress ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my heavy white cardstock, giving me a Stencil Monoprint. I love the irregular lines and inking it had so I inked it up again the same way, sprayed with water and pressed the stencil in the other direction.  Voila....my plaid bkg was born!!

When the stripes were dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the branches and then stamped the simple sentiment.  To help pull the whole design together, I doodled in a border and mounted it onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Friday- USE A STENCIL

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Supplies

Stamps- Valley Berries (Memory Box); Many Merry Stars sentiment (SU)

Inks- Peacock Feathers DOX (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Watercolor Stripes (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

Mister (TH); Micron Fine Liner Pen