This past Summer my sweet friend Bobby gifted me a Tim Holz Festive Wreath die set and I've been having more fun with it...it's meant for Christmas and I've already made a Halloween card with it (HERE), and now a Fall card. I guess I need to get busy and make a Christmas card with it, but I'm not ready to wish Fall away just yet! So anyway, for this card I started with a piece of rustic white cs (PTI) and embossed it with an ancient Cuttlebug embossing folder with all sorts of Fall words on it (rustling leaves, hot apple cider, thankfulness, Autumn, blessings, etc.). Then I started building my wreath by die cutting all the small pieces that Tim is so famous for. Here's a closer up so you can see better...
The base of the wreath is kraft card stock using the grapevine die, but I also added another layer to the wreath using one of the dies from PFS's Tied with Cheer die set from a darker green cs. I used a lot of scraps of the Sizzix sandable cs for the pinecones, orange slices (I LOVE those!!), berry sprigs (in orange & purple), leaves, and more greenery sprigs. Other than the background ef and the one layer of the wreath using the PFS die, everything is from the Tim Holtz set. I did not add a sentiment as there are already words embossed from the ef and I didn't want to clutter up the card with anything else. Lots of fiddly work on this card but I love the way it turned out!
Kim over at the Freshly Made Sketches challenge has a wonderful sketch that works beautifully for a wreath, so I will be entering my card over there, as well as with the gals over at the Double D Challenge where they are looking for Fall Wreaths.
Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!
13 comments:
I LOVE that wreath! Your colors are fabulous and I love it on the embossed background! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
Marcia, all the 'fiddling' was well worth it because this wreath is out of this world pretty! Those orange slices are fabulous, aren't they? Such a beautiful addition to our FMS gallery - thank you!
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It is definitely Fall here - cooler weather, darker days and way more wind than usual! As for your fiddly wreath, you had your way with it and it turned out amazing, there's so many interests to feast your gaze upon.
This pretty wreath sure says autumn to me, Marcia! Love the colors and the way you've layered everything together so perfectly!
You should link this up over at JUGs for our 800th challenge, it's Anything Goes this week!
Great card !!!!!
Its a fabulous wreath and obviously quite versatile. Love the fall iteration.
Your wreath is gorgeous Marcia. Love all the fall colors and yes, the orange slices too. I know there is a lot of fiddly little pieces but you sure put them together fabulously. Can't wait to see your Christmas card using these dies.
Oh Marcia! Tim’s wreath has never looked more gorgeous! I love the oranges too!
Wow, a stunningly gorgeous wreath, I can see all the work that went into it with all those tiny pieces and parts, love it! My part of lower SW Michigan is due for SNOW and we have a winter warning out, no, I am NOT ready for that!!
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Oh Marcia, this is incredibly gorgeous. Fall is my favorite, and this card captures it perfectly. Your arrangement of all of these wonderful elements and the colors you have chosen could not be more well chosen. I LOVE this.
I thought I had commented on your fabulous wreath but I guess I just read the commentary and then got called away. I love all the additions to the set to make a Fall wreath, Marcia. I'm so glad you're getting plenty of use from those dies.
Oh, how beautiful this is with all the details that keep me looking and loving it! You can work this wreath and all its extras any which way depending on the colors and little extra touches. I love the sandable cardstock, too, and have a cupboard full of it. It looks so great on your die cuts. Of course, I'm a nut for embossing, so that's a plus. This is a total WOW to my eyes, Marcia! I'm glad you shared it in our Double D challenge!
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