Christmas Wreath

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