This A Walk In The Forest Cottage Wreaths Holiday Card evolved just from looking at the designer paper. After deciding on the top and bottom patterns of the paper, the center part idea popped into my head. You don’t always have to have a complete idea for a card before you can start making one!
This card base is Real Red. The designer paper is A Walk In The Forest in the Holiday Mini Catalog. It is one of the retiring papers when the Mini ends. It’s on page 5 of the Holiday Mini.
The ribbon around the seam where the two papers meet is the Real Red & Gold 3/8″ Dotted Ribbon. I meant to wrap it around the sides but I glued down the paper to the card base before I remembered to adhere the ribbon. So it just goes to the end of the paper on each side. I used a strip of Stampin’ Seal+ so the ribbon is adhered down well.
I used the Country Wreaths Dies to cut out two wreaths, one in Old Olive and the bottom one in Shaded Spruce. I also die-cut the bow out of Real Red. The wreath is adhered to a 2 3/4″ x 2 3/4″ square of Basic White and layered on a red and black square of the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper. That square is 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″.
The greeting is stamped in Real Red on a very narrow strip of Basic White from the Brightest Glow Stamp Set. To embellish the card, I colored an Iridescent Rhinestone with a Dark Real Red Stampin’ Blend to make it red to match the bow. I also added three gold Festive Pearls near the wreath.
This is a pretty easy card to make once you have the design and it was fun to use the wreath dies and bow.
Have fun making Christmas cards to send!
