Hello Crafty friends! Its been a while. My day job has been overwhelming so I haven’t had a chance to make it to my craft room between life and work. But yesterday I finally set down and went to work creating this frame using the Susan’s Holiday Flora Collection.
Here is the supplies I used for this card…
- Spellbinders – Winter Bough and Evergreen Shrub dies
- Spellbinders – Woodland Wreath and Feathered Friends dies
- Pinkfresh Kelly Lower Case Alpha dies
- Ohuhu Markers – Various Colors
- Green Cardstock
- Olive Cardstock
- Light Brown Cardstock
- Dark Brown Cardstock
- 12 x 12 Sheet of white washed wood paper
- Neenah Solar White 80 lb cardstock
- Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb card stock – card base
I had such a hard time photographing this large 8 X 10 frame! It wouldn’t fit in my light box and the weather today was not cooperating for photos.
I started by die cutting the Wreath from the Spellbinders – Woodland Wreath and Feathered Friends dies out of Light and Dark brown card stock. I wanted to layer them to create a depth to the wreath. I then went to work cutting the greenery out using the Spellbinders – Winter Bough and Evergreen Shrub dies out of Green and Olive Green cardstock. Once I had all the leaves cut out, I used my Ohuhu markers to add depth and variegation to make the leaves less flat. I also used a brown to color the twigs for realness. I finished with coloring the cardinal as well.
Then I went to work creating the wreath, layering the greenery until I was happy. I then used the Pinkfresh Kelly Lower Case Alpha dies and cut them out of the same lighter green as well as black to give them that shadowed look.
A cute little art piece that I can gift for the holiday!
This is a beautiful gift! I hear ya about the week! Hope you had a relaxing weekend