Christmas Wreath!!

This is the last of my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack cards!  This is a Susie card with the layout, colors & image!  I love the clean & simple look here with the farmhouse style.

This wreath is in the Holiday catalog.  Check out the awesome set- 'Wishing You Well'!  It is one of my favorite sets!  And it is one of the Holiday Catalog items that will be carrying over too!  WOO HOOO!!  If you search my blog using the "Search this Blog" link here on the right hand side- you'll see LOTS of other cards I have previously made using other images in this stamp set!

Look at how full my wreath is!  I stamped the wreath image & then restamped it several times over the image again & again, without reinking the stamp, so that I could get this fuller & shadowed look. 

I used the cool plaid designer paper that is in the Festive Farmhouse pack.  If this is on your wish list, you'll want to get it before it is gone.  It will be gone the end of December (or before if supplies run out).  

I used the colors- Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler & Very Vanilla!  They are none traditional Christmas colors, but they are totally my style. 

Check out the Red pearls.  How did I get them?  I colored them with my Dark Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blend!  So just think of the endless possibilities you have in customizing your own pearls (& rhinestones) with any color of Stampin' Blends!

The cool burlap ribbon that I used here too is in the Farmhouse Suite on page 13 in the Holiday Catalog.  It is on the list for being low in supply!  If you want this, don't wait to get it ordered!  

I just LOVE this Dist"ink"tive look of the bow here!  Check out all of the detail in it.  Isn't it amazing that this is just a stamp!  I stamped the bow, using Cherry Cobbler ink onto a strip of Very Vanilla card stock & just fussy cut it out with my Paper Snips.  Neat huh!  I then used my Wink of Stella over the entire bow to give it a more blended look!

For the little banner flag with the greeting on it.......I just stamped the words onto a 1/2" strip of Very Vanilla card stock & then cut them off of the strip & flagged the one end using my Paper Snips.  

stamp set:  'Wishing You Well'
card stock:

• Mossy Meadow-
• Cherry Cobbler-
• Very Vanilla-

designer paper:  Festive Farmhouse
ink:  Mossy Meadow & Cherry Cobbler
Stampin' Blends:  Dark Cherry Cobbler
other:  5/8" Striped Burlap Ribbon, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Wink of Stella, Basic Pearls

NOTE:  I used Champagne Shimmer Paint with Rubbing Alcohol Spray to add shimmer to the completed card!

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Yesterday was a busy day with 4 little ones!  It was fun to see Ainslee have a little girl too, to play with.  As my great niece Brooklyn spent the day with us too yesterday!  The 3 big boys road the bus here after school.  So we had a house full for a while. 

Last night Deke & I made a quick trip to Ottumwa to get a new mail box, as ours has gotten hit 2 times just lately.  The door was completely broken off of it & so we had a tiny old one on our post, that we found in our junk shed.  While we were there we decided to go to the Disney movie- Nutcracker & the Four Realms.  The music was awesome!  The costumes were beautiful!  The plot- was different.......it was created by a person that has a very vivid imagination.   This is the first movie that Deke & I have been to (together) in a movie theater in over 30 years!  I can't believe that he went.  He survived, but I know I'd never get him to go to watch that exact movie ever again.  

This morning we are up early!  I'm off to town to get the boys & take the twins to school.  I'll then spend my day with the 3 little ones.  The 3 big boys get out of school early today, so everyone will be here for the afternoon.

Tonight I'll be stamping!

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!!! 

Happy Stamping!
Hugs-

SUSIE