Wondrous Wreath Door

Last fall I found this stamp set with matching dies

at a yard sale, lucky me ! 

I found out afterwards that it was made by

Stampin' Up! and that the word dies were missing.

Oh well, it's still useful. 

Although I previously posted fall cards made with this set,

this was the first card that I made with it.

I wanted to try to recreate the look of 

the country wreaths I'm seeing all over,

with the big buffalo check bows.

I will say, this was a time consuming card, 

requiring nimble fingers and patience. 

This is a 5" x 7"card. 

These two photos are trying to show 

the wee little cotton pods I made. 

The flower die from this set was used to cut out brown 

card stock that I curled to create the pods. I glued

teeny bits of cotton facial puffs inside of them. 

I also used dies from the Wonderful Florals (Early Espresso stems)

and Rose Trellis (Old Olive leaves) die sets by Stampin' Up!

The ribbon is 1/4" black and white gingham by Offray. 

My door knob was made with a chocolate

5/16" brad and a little piece of card stock.

A fine line marker was used to draw on the key hole. 

The wreath itself was stamped with

Crumb Cake ink for the largest leafy portion.

Baked Brown Sugar was used for the accents. 

It's stamped on Whisper White card stock.

The door panels are cut from separate pieces of 

Cherry Cobbler card stock. I used a pen to

draw on lines then sponged ink around

 the edges to try to create the illusion of

raised door panels. Cherry Cobbler ink 

and pen were used. 

This was a time consuming card to make,

but my Mom is worth it =) 

Thanks for looking and Happy Holidays !