FRIDAY FREEBIE - 52 Christmas Card Challenge - Wreath

I'm still working on Christmas cards. This week we were challenged to make a wreath as our focal point.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

I used a Whisper White card base and a Cherry Cobbler mat cut the same size - 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"

The wreath is an image cut from Stampin' UP! Petal Promenade DSP:

Wreath print is part of the 12" x 12" sheet on the bottom left

Petal Promenade - #146913 - $11.00 (12x12 - 12 sheets)

I used the largest scalloped circle die for the outside and the 2nd or 3rd smallest for the inside. To create the window on the Cherry Cobbler Mat and the card base, I used the matching circle die.

The Lace Trim is current SU, glued to the front of the Cherry Cobbler mat then the mat was glued onto the card base. The wreath looked plane so I added tiny SU pearls in places as well as to balance out the corners. The sentiment is from Snowflake Sentiments:

#144820 - Clear Mount - $22.00

52 CHRISTMAS CARD THROWDOWN

Our challenge for this round...

I had a card base of Very Vanilla already embossed with the Cable Knit embossing folder.

From the Be Merry DSP I pulled patterns that looked stitched. The stamp set is from Merry Mistletoe. The sentiment is stamped on a piece of Very Vanilla and die cut with the Stitched Framelit Oval

I liked how the card turned out. I might make four more to add to my stash. If you need a quick Christmas card come November, this is one you can count on. 

I'm also posting this on the Stampin' UP! blog tomorrow so I needed to stick with products we still have - at least through the end of May. The colors used were Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green.

There won't be any cards this weekend. Bob's time home is coming to an end so I'll be spending most of my time with him. Thank you for your understanding!

Merry Christmas Blessings!

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Okay.. I messed up. Here's what happened.

But we left for vacation on Tuesday morning. My plan was to upload to the blog once we were settled at the hotel. I had the memory card, the flash drive.... but failed to remember I could not upload them through my iPad. So none of the cards got uploaded.  I couldn't come in and tell you guys that because then the whole world would know that we were not at home. That wouldn't be a good idea. We have enough issues with some people thinking they can come on my property.   So I'm bumping this post and showing you the card you were supposed to have seen last week.

Due to the size of the three mats, I did this on a 5x7 card. I cut the base from Whisper White at 7 x10 then scored at the 5" mark on the 10" side.

The mats are cut from Dapper Denim at 1-3/4" x 2-1/4" Then the Whisper white at 1-1/2" x 2".

I stamped all of the images in Versa Mark then embossed with the Silver Embossing powder. I might have to make a few more of these. 

The card was made using a new set due to be released in the Stampin' Up! Holiday catalog September 1st. However, they are offering this as an Early Launch beginning August 1!

The coordinating dies are super perfect for the smaller pieces of this set. If you'd like to see more of what I do with this set, keep an eye on my SU site all this week as I showcase the Carols Of Christmas!