Holly Wreath Merry Christmas Card - 52 {C}CT Aug Theme Challenge

We have a theme challenge at 52 {C}CT this week and Sarah has chosen a lovely theme for us - holly.

 

I own a few Christmas stamps that have holly on them but it was the holly wreath stamp that leapt out at me when I went rummaging in my stash.   I stamped the wreath in VersaFine Spanish Moss ink onto watercolour paper and coloured the image with inks and a wet paintbrush.  I did some masking and Stamp-a-ma-jigging to get the sentiment placement just right.  I layered onto a Cherry Cobbler mat, wrapped some Old Olive ribbon around the panel and added a red sparkly brad.  I glued a panel of gold glimmer paper to the Old Olive 5 3/4" square card base and popped up the image panel at a jaunty angle.

I wanted to add sparkle to the berries but I didn't want to cover each berry completely with glitter, I just wanted a touch of sparkle.  Rather than applying the glitter glue direct from the bottle, I squeezed some glitter glue onto my Stamp-a-ma-jig sheet and used a fine paintbrush to add the glitter to the berries.   I washed my Stamp-a-ma-jig sheet and paintbrush fairly quickly after finishing!

I cut a Very Vanilla panel for inside the card and added gold glimmer and red strips.  I used a clear Stampendous stamp set called 'Christmas Wishes' for the inside.  As well as sentiments the set contains beautiful, delicate holly images and  I used two to accent the sentiment.  For the envelope flap, I stamped the bow in VersaFine Crimson Red ink onto watercolour paper and coloured with ink and a wet paintbrush.

I do hope you'll play along with our 52 {C}CT holly challenge this week - you really do need to be adding those festive cards to the stash now!  I look forward to visiting your blogs to see what you've made!

Supplies:
Stamps: Woodware 'Holly Wreath' clear stamp, 'Merry Christmas' from SU! 'Owl Occasions' set, Stampendous 'Christmas Wishes' clear set
CS: SU! Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler & Very Vanilla, Gold Glimmer Paper
Ink: VersaFine Spanish Moss & Crimson Red, SU! Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive
Tools: Paper piercing tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Old Olive ribbon, Dovecraft red glitter brad, SU! Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details, 3D foam tape