Andrea Sharp
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Joyous Wreath |
T his simple and pretty wreath card uses some slightly non-traditional colors for a warm Christmas greeting.
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Stamp the Hardwood image on the Crumb Cake cardstock using the Crumb Cake ink.
Sponge the edges of the stamped Crumb Cake panel with the Crumb Cake ink, set the panel aside.
Die cut the center of the wreath on the white cardstock. TIP: The Framelits and the stamps have a tab to help with alignment. Be consistent where you place the tab (top or bottom) and you won't have to fuss much to line things up.
Stamp the wreath stamp that has all of the leaves with the Pear Pizzazz ink. Line up the image so that it matches up with the die-cut center on the white.
Stamp the wreath with just a few leaves using the Mossy Meadow ink. The leaves here will exactly cover a few of the leaves that you stamped previously.
Stamp the berries using the Blackberry Bliss ink over the stamped wreath.
Die cut the outside of the wreath using the outer wreath framelit. Again, line up the tab on the die in the direction you've been using and make sure that none of the leaves are cut off with the die.
Die cut "Joy" in Blackberry Bliss cardstock using the framelit. TIP: Use two layers of wax paper between the cardstock and the framelit to make it much easier to remove the cardstock.
Adhere the wreath to the Hardwood stamped panel.
Adhere the diecut word to the Hardwood panel so that it partially overlaps the wreath. TIP: I like to use the Tombow Multi glue because you can get a very fine line and not have extra glue all over the place.
Adhere the Hardwood stamped panel to the Blackberry Bliss mat.
Adhere the layers to the Pear Pizzazz card base.
Thread the linen thread through the holes of the button and tie the ends in a bow.
Use a glue dot (or 2) to attach the button to the card over the right side of the wreath.