FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES #8

Wow! I didn’t realize how tight I am on time! This card is almost to late to enter the Freshly Made Sketches #8 challenge….

OK then, I’ll get right to it. Here is my card:

and this is the sketch:

I really do love this card! It is a 6x6” square and uses MME Lost & Found Christmas paper, plus my fav Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps. This set is called Gingerbread Wreath and has the cutest little gingerbread men in two sizes plus the candy canes and little gift boxes and the foliage.  The details in these stamps is just amazing.

My sewing machine got in on the action today with a little fun stitching around the wreath. A little more practice and I think I’ll have that going perfectly.

I also used RST’s Merry Christmas Peg stamp on the sentiment tag at the bottom.  A Spellbinders die cut on some MME paper makes up the tag along with a little glam.

Well thanks to the DT at FMS for this sketch! It was fun to work with and I love my card. I hope you like it too!

Complete instructions are listed below, so if you want all the details, please scroll down.

I hope you like my card and will leave comments before you leave! Thanks for stopping by….

STAMPS

• RUBBER STAMP TAPESTRY:
  • Gingerbread Wreath
  • Merry Christmas Peg

PAPER

• MME Lost & Found Christmas
  • 6x6”
  • 4 1/4 x 4 1/4”
  • 1 1/4 x 6”
  • scrap for die cut
• White paper
  • 3 3/4 x 3 3/4”
  • 3/4 x 4”

INKS

• VERSACOLOR
  • Burgundy
  • Evergreen
  • Bark
  • Olive
• Other
  • Gold metallic

TOOLS

• Big Shot
• Spellbinders Labels Four
• Square punch
• Martha Stewart double sided border punch
• Sewing machine

ACCESSORIES

• Ribbon
• “Rhinestones”

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cut all paper
2. Use Spellbinders Labels Four to cut label
3. Use MS border punch on long MME strip
4. Use Olive Versacolor Ink to lightly shade the white paper. Leave a small heart shape (I used RST Positioning Template to make a small heart)
5. Use the Gingerbread Wreath set to create a heart shaped wreath on the now green square.
6. Use the square punch to shape the ends of the white strip.
7. Stamp Merry on one end and Christmas on the other end of the strip using RST’s Merry Christmas Peg.
8. Sew the small square onto the 4 1/4 x 4 1/4” square
9. Adhere layers to card.
10. Attach ribbon and “rhinestones”