Vintage Wreath

Today's card is a deviation from my preferred CAS style, but I wanted to see if I could pull off a vintage card.  Funnily enough, I had to draw the line at distressing whereas not so many years ago, I used to distress everything!  This card uses the vintage theme from The Paper Players and the Wreath theme from Just Us Girls.

I actually had the circular element made on Monday this week but I couldn't decide how to finish the card.  I knew that plonking it on a white card base wouldn't cut it :)

The circular element was made by smooshing watercolor paper into several green and brown distress inks.  The brown splodges are copper alcohol ink which I dabbed on the panel.  I then white embossed the leaves to form an open wreath and stamped the sentiment.  I really like how one of the leaves is poking through the "C" in Christmas.  Some bunches of berries, aka homemade enamel dots, finished this panel.

The cardbase was sponged with Antique Linen ink over a Memory Box stencil, then the edges were sponged with Vintage Photo ink.  The inner panel was stamped with Hardwood then sponged and a strip of the green watercolor panel was also added.

Thanks for visiting.

Products used:

Stamps:  Laurels (Avery Elle), Hardwood (SU), Holiday Petals & Leaves (HeroArts)
Ink:  various green and brown distress inks, Versamark, copper alcohol ink, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo
Cardstock:  Crumb Cake, Watercolor, Black
Accessories:  circle nesties, linen thread, Lanthenay stencil (Memory Box), homemade enamel dots

Cheers
Karren

Edited to Add:  This card got a shout out at Paper Players.