Embossed Holiday Flora

We're still having fun with texture embossing at Jingle Belles for our current holiday card prompt.  

I love Gina K. Designs embossing folders, so I started with her Holiday Flora Embossing Folder on brown Core'dinations cardstock (with a light blue core).  I did some extra sanding with a nail file to bring out the texture.

 

 

Next I used a combination of stamps to create a holiday Wreath for Gina's February Monthly Mix Challenge to create a card with a wreath.  It's been some time since I broke out that ingenious tool ... I always love seeing what comes out in the end.  

 

 

I used Gina K. Designs Two-Step Holiday MINI, Holiday Wreath Builder & Mini Wreath Builder with three colors of green, two colors of teal, brown for the pinecones and red for the berries and finished with clusters of silver metallic pearls.  I love how the stamps pick-up the same images found in the embossed card base.

I finished with a wrap of ribbon for this horizontal card design.

I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says: Emboss It Challenge.

Comments

[Lin Brandyberry]

What a lovely design, Steph! Love the embossing in blue on brown! Congrats, you are our winner this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! Please visit our winner's page to see you card being featured, and then send us an email (address on our sidebar) to claim your prize! Be sure to include your first and last name so that we can issue you a gift card. Happy Shopping!

[Lorraine Aquilina]

I just saw this on our Wednesday Challenge blog, and just had to pop by for a closer look!
Absolutely gorgeous card Stef :-)

[Ruth Gauss]

Fabulous design! Congratulations on winning the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! I've pinned this for future inspiration!