A Little Wreath for CAS Christmas

Hello, friends.  Glad you could pop in today.

It's time for a new challenge at
CAS Christmas

Nance is our host this month and she chose

I had this NBUS stamp that needed to be inked and I thought

it would be sweet with a wreath hanging from it.

Using my MISTI, I stamped the lantern on Mixed Media paper 

with a mini cube of Black Soot Distress ink

being careful not to get it on the candle.

I inked the candle with Distress Markers and used a 

damp waterbrush to smooth the colors.

When I was happy with the stamping, I cleaned the stamp

and inked it with an embossing ink pad

and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Then I proceeded to do a wash in the background.

What, you don't see a wash?

That's because it was HORRIBLE!

I don't know what I was thinking about while I was painting,

but it wasn't the project at hand!

So....when all else fails, fussy cut what works.

And that's what I did.

The wreath was some little punched and die cut sprigs

glued to a die cut ring.

I added some little red jewels for berries and added a gold bow

and the card was saved.

Whew!

And my sweet friend Mary brought me some Nuvo Crystal Glaze

so I added that where the glass would be.

Ooh, I like that stuff!!!

I hope you'll try a wreath and join us at

CAS Christmas.

Our Guest Designer Birgit (Rapport fran ett skrivbord) and

the rest of the Design Team have done some beautiful wreaths to inspire you.

This also fits at CAS Mix Up since I inked the candle with a marker.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas: Wreath

CAS Mix Up (inked the stamp with a marker, stamping, heat embossing and die cuts.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Cones and Berries (PB), Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Black Soot (DI), Festive Berries, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey (DM), Versafine Onyx Black, WOW Embossing Pad

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah, Naturals White (ret. SU)

Other:  Clear EP (SU), Sprig Punch (MS), Pine Sprigs Die (IO), Framelits Circle Collection (SU), Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Stately EF (Crafts Concepts)