Merry Monday #123 - Use A Wreath

Good morning friends.  I'm playing along with Merry Monday today, and we are being asked to use a wreath on our card.  My usual go to is the "Rustic Wreath" or "Wreath for All Season's" stamp sets (PTI), but ran across my "Birds and Blooms" stamp set while looking, and thought with the right colors, it could look like a Christmas wreath...so I tried and I think it came out beautifully!  What do you think?

I started with Old Olive ink (SU!) and then used my Aqua Painter to soften the leaves and give it more of a watercolored effect.  I stamped the flowers with Real Red ink, and then used a couple stick stamps by Judith and added the berries (also in Real Red) and the holly leaves stamped in Mossy Meadow (SU!).  My sentiment is PTI's "Think Big Favorites: #21" and I also added the Judith stick stamp of the holly leaves in Mossy Meadow ink off the tail of the letter "G".  I finished with a few pearls in the centers of the red flowers. 

 

 

You can check out all the details and beautiful cards over at the Merry Monday site to play along.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a wonderful Thursday!  I'm off to make salsa today...it's gotten to be a yearly event as store bought just doesn't hold a candle to the homemade!  Here's the recipe if anyone's interested:

 

26-30 tomato's (skinned and diced)

5 onions - chopped

3 green peppers - chopped

2 red peppers - chopped

4 -5 Jalapeno peppers - seeded and chopped  (if you like a little more bite, leave some of the seeds in)

3 - 5 12oz cans of tomato paste (depending on how thick you like your salsa - I use 5)

1 1/2 cups white vinegar

4 Tbs salt

4 tsp pepper

3 Tbs garlic powder

1/4 cup sugar

 

Cook 2 hours covered on low - stir often to avoid burning. (Do NOT boil!)

This recipe will make 18 - 20 pint jars.  Process in water bath for 20 - 25 minutes.

 

ENJOY!!! :0)