Cardinal Wreath

ABC Christmas Challenge has reached the letters ‘W‘ and ‘X‘, and I am hosting this time round. We want to see your Christmas/festive creations following the themes of:

W is for Wreath, and/or X is for XOXO – hugs and kisses

Here is my card:

This card was created using Spellbinders products – and what fun I had with all the die cutting and layering and gluing….

The card base had a dry embossed panel placed on top – just enough detail for interest, but not enough to confuse the matter.

All the leaves, flowers, and the bird, were die cut, layered as required, and then put to one side whilst I played with placement.

First all the different coloured ferns, then the holly, then the poinsettias, and the floral sprigs just kinda shoved in there – should I say placed delicately…….? You know what I mean…..

Then the little birdie was added perched on the bottom of the wreath.

I also added some of the red ‘berries’ around the wreath, and placed a facetted gold gem on each of those – offset slightly so you could still see the red under the gold.

I hope you can come and join me for our challenge – Christmas creations following one or both of our themes. I have added a prize for a random winner – a stamp with matching die set from Heartfelt Creations:

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Ally’s Angels – anything goes

Crafty Catz – anything goes – option to show some flowers taken

Just Us Girls – red and green and neutrals

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with flowers

Crafters Café – flowers

Cut It Up – die cuts and flowers

Peace On Earth – anything goes Christmas

Most Magical Time Of The Year – anything goes Christmas or Halloween

Triple B – Birds and/or Butterflies and/or Blooms

18 thoughts on “Cardinal Wreath”

  1. This is so gorgeous!! It must have taken forever to die cut all those little pieces, but the end result is fabulous!! Thanks for playing with Cut It Up Challenge.

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  2. Beautiful design Thanks for sharing over at Peace on Earth Christmas and hope to see you in future challenges.
    Elaine DT

    KraftiKards (my blog)
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    Merry Little Christmas DT

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  12. Wow this is gorgeous! I have these Heartfelt stamp/dies … you’ve inspired me to blow the dust off them and have some fun!!! Absolutely beautiful design my friend! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace On Earth & Triple B challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
    Co-Owner … Can You Handle the Pressure, Double D, Four Seasons, Peace On Earth, Stencil Fun, Simply Clean & Simple, Two Old Bats, Triple B

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