Christmas Wreath
Posted: December 30, 2009 Filed under: Christmas Music, Christmas Wreath 2 Comments
When I first saw the wreath stamp from Flourishes, expertly coloured by Leslie Miller, I was inspired. The stamp lay unused for weeks after I got it waiting for me to have some spare time to play. Finally I unpacked the set and began making some Christmas themed thank you cards for the teachers at the violin school my daughters attend. After colouring for 20 minutes or so I realised that I would not be doing the same cards for all the teachers so made something different. Unfortunately those cards didn’t get photographed but my first effort with the wreath did.
Before I started colouring I had no idea how many different types of foliage were in this wreath! I tried sticking with one green per type of leaf but lost track with some of the leaves. I used a blender pen dipped into the ink residue on the lids of the SU classic pads and added a few highlights with SU markers. The background is the Christmas Music stamp also from Flourishes.
That is the last of my Christmas cards (as you would expect!) I hope to be back with some thankyous over the next few days. I hope you are having a relaxing break.
Supplies:
Stamps: Christmas Wreath, Christmas Music (Flourishes)
Inks: Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Basic Black, Garden Green, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Bravo Burgandy
Cardstock: Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Garden Green, Confetti Cream, Very Vanilla
Heather Telford 
Beautiful! Love the music background, esp for music teachers!
Oh, my! This is beautiful! Such detailed perfection in your coloring of the foliage. It’s truly exquisite, and with the music background it’s perfect for the music teachers. Thank you for the mention, Heather. Coloring this wreath is a very time-consuming proposition, which I why I only manage one of them this year. It does look wonderful simply embossed, though, too.