PPA19 - Inspiration Challenge - oh by gosh by golly.

This weeks challenge is to gain inspiration from a vintage sled and holly picture. I ended up with a vintage wreath and bow. The beautiful ribbons from the inspiration picture really caught my attention so I started experimenting with bows and greenery. I don't have many tools to create greenery so I used the Medallion stamp as a wreath. I removed the center using my nifty Circle Scissor Plus. I then cut it out and added red glitter to the dots to give it some sparkle. I distressed the edges of the papers ( very vanilla and real red) to give a vintage feel and used dimensionals to mount the wreath. The card is finished with a bow made with 1" double-stitched grosgrain ribbon in real red.

On another note, the weather has finally turned cool here in So. Cal and I no longer have the assistance of the sunshine to take my pictures. I will be experimenting with different lighting methods so bear with my pictures while I try and create decent lighting to photograph my items. (the kids are missing lamps from their rooms) hehehe.

Here is the card I will be taking to a swap this weekend. I kept imagining Christmas elements in the center of the Medallion stamp and this is what I came up with. I used the new Shimmer Paint in champagne mist to stamp Serene Snowflakes on the bashful blue card stock. I used iridescent ice embossing powder with old olive ink on the Medallion with dots of red glitter. I applied dazzling diamonds glitter with the 2-way glue pen on the ornament for more sparkle.

Of course I have to have dimension so I used dimensionals to mount the ornament and punched chipboard ( in this case an oatmeal box) with my modern label punch to mount the Merry Christmas greeting from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set. To finish, I added my favorite accessory - ribbon - Whisper White Satin.