Framed and Festive Country Wreaths Slimline Christmas Card

by Joanne James24. November 2022 12:00

Today I'm sharing a card using the sketch layout over at Sunday Stamps and the Hand Stamped Sentiments colour palette:

    

This is one of those cards that ended up looking nothing like it started out! I had a trio of stamped and diecut wreaths leftover from another project, so thought they would work nicely with the Sunday Stamps sketch. They were too large on a standard cardfront and I couldn't find a background I liked to accompany them, so in the end changed my colour scheme and went slimline and eventually came up with something I rather like - take a look:

 

Here's the low-down on today's card:

Country Wreaths - I initially restamped my wreaths green-on-green instead of green-on-white, but the stamped detail just got lost so instead I went for a layered wreath using the dicuts only and I like this much more. I added some Cherry Cobbler Festive Pearls and a gold glimmer bow to each, to tie in with my ribbon banner and central sentiment element. I did add some stamped detail to the envelope and inside of my card though:

 

Framed & Festive - Instead of three wreaths, I opted to add a circle with my main sentiment to the centre. My sentiment comes from the limited-time stamp set 'Framed & Festive' that co-ordinates with the Framed Florets bundle currently on early release from the new mini catalogue - I love the big, bold font. I heat embossed it in gold onto Cherry Cobbler cardstock and added a sprig of greenery and some gold pearls to decorate: 

 

I almost ignored the banner detail on the original sketch, but there was the perfect stamp in the set to add a second sentiment part, so I added 'from all of us' heat embossed in gold directly onto the cardbase - you can just see it on the corner of the photo above.

A Neat Lights Aglow Trick - The eagle-eyed amongst you may have recognised that the background pattern I used comes from the Lights Aglow designer series paper pack. This is a 6"x6" paper pack - which is not wide enough for a slimline cardfront. The solution? I actually made my cardfront from two pieces of DSP, with the join running down the centre behind my red sentiment circle. I was careful to cut and line up the pattern perfectly and the presence of the circle means it is super difficult to see the join - if I hadn't just told you it was there, you wouldn't notice ;-). 

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

 

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Enjoy your day; the bitter cold winds of winter seem to have arrived in force this week so I am hibernating! I hope you are warm and cosy wherever you are - and to all my American friends and readers, I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration today. I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

 

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Comments (7) -

Amy Koenders
Amy KoendersUnited States
11/24/2022 6:16:44 PM #

So cute!!  Love your design, perfect holiday colors too!  Thanks for joining us at Sunday Stamps, hope to see you again soon! Smile

Deb Horst
Deb HorstUnited States
11/25/2022 12:11:15 PM #

What a gorgeous Christmas card using our sketch!!  I love that your used wreaths for the circles!!  Thanks for playing along with our sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps!! #SSC296

Erin Simpson
Erin SimpsonUnited States
11/26/2022 4:01:02 AM #

I love how you used the sketch to create a slimline.  It is really pretty!  I really like that paper with the wreaths. Thank you for joining us at Sunday Stamps!

Leah D Dixon
Leah D DixonCanada
11/26/2022 9:41:46 PM #

Beautiful card! I love how you combined the 2 challenges and the touch of gold glimmer on the card. Thanks for joining us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

Heather Heroldt
Heather HeroldtUnited States
11/27/2022 9:39:27 PM #

Just gorgeous, Joanne, so buttoned up and sophisticated!  You so rock the slimline, too, lol.  Great play with our colors, and perfect design!  Thanks so much for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments!

Patti Brunter
Patti BrunterUnited States
11/28/2022 3:36:03 AM #

You have really inspired me to create a slim line card with this beautiful card you have made! It is just stunning! I The card is so well designed! Thanks for joining the hand stamped sentiments challenge this week!

Fiona Whitehead
Fiona WhiteheadUnited Kingdom
11/28/2022 6:34:01 AM #

Lovely card - I love seeing wreaths on cards and these are so pretty - I especially like the worded circle in the  middle to balance them out.  Shows our colours off perfectly.  Thanks for playing with us again at HSS

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