Christmas Wreath Card

This card is a more traditional Christmas card with a Christmas wreath. I have seen lots of different wreath cards online, but this one is pretty much using the Impression obsession Christmas Wreath die very normally. 

I have made a card base the size of an A4 card folded in half and then trimmed the other way to make a square card.  I then cut out a gold paper stitched square and a white stitched square to be layered on top of the card base. 

I cut out two of the main wreath die in brown card, which I will layer on top of each other to give a more full look to the wreath, and that is when I decided if I got a circle die slightly bigger than the wreath opening, and cut that in the top white layer, then I could recess the sentiment slightly, to make a bit of a feature of the sentiment.  So that is what I did.  I could then stamp the sentiment on to a scrap piece of card and trim it down to fit behind the circle aperture I have cut out.  Then I could stick the gold layer down onto the card base, then the sentiment where it needed to go to see it through the aperture, then the white layer was stuck onto some craft foam, then stuck down onto the gold layer.  That was the card base done, and now I could get onto the wreath part.

I stuck down the two brown wreaths, cut out a bunch of the two different leaves, one holly and one a pine sprig, in two different greens.  I then started gluing them onto the brown wreath alternating the two types on the bottom half of the wreath, Making sure I overlapped them to give a more full look.

Finally I topped it with a red satin and organza bow, slightly off centre, and then decorated the holly leaves with a few red berries made with some liquid pearls.

Here is the video of me making the card. If you prefer to watch it on full HD, then pop over to my You tube channel here

The materials I have used to make the card are:

Card base 5 3/4 “ square, or 14.5cm

Stitched square dies in 5 9/16” or 14cm & 5 1/8” or 13cm

Circle die

Gold paper

Impression Obsession Wreath die

Vintage Christmas stamp set for sentiment

Brown card, two tones of green card

Craft foam

Double sided tape

Ranger Gold embossing powder

Versamark ink

Red ribbon bow

Glue dot

Liquid pearls – Rouge

Scrap of sticker paper backing

Nuvo glue

Jewel picker

Heat tool

Acrylic block