Wreath - embossing 2-ways, paper piecing

A Christmas wreath for a July afternoon, my card features Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, paper piecing, and embossing.

Putting It Together

Christmas is coming...

To get variegation of colour in the pine wreath, I stamped with both Enchanted Emerald and Mossy Meadow, tapping the ink pads in random locations.

After embossing the wreath with clear and fussy cutting it, I decided it needed a bit more colour so I added some additional Mossy Meadow with a waterbrush.

On kraft, I stamped with Marvelous Mocha, embossed with clear, then fussy cut the pine cones.

I used dabs of repositionable adhesive on the pine cones to position them on the wreath so they wouldn't get lost and I could easily know where to place them later.

Using Marvelous Mocha, I stamped the bow area on a scrap of red velvet suede paper and then fussy cut the bow.

I did a dry fit with an embossing folder to see if it would fit.

I embossed pearled cardstock and added it to a white cardbase. I used foam mounting tape to adhere the wreath with dimension. I used little snips of the foam tape to attach each pine cone to add more dimension. I used liquid glue for the top of the bow and foam tape for the bottom. I used the wreath to frame the centre words from the embossing folder.

Inside, I stamped the sentiment with Ruby Red and added light stencilling to the bottom with Mossy Meadow. A completely white interior looks so plain to me.

Supplies

Challenges

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