Another Christmas Wreath

Hi everyone - it's the second week of the month and Darnell has some gorgeous inspiration for her D = Dies IDEAS program! I decided to combine some NBUS dies to play along and also create another card for Christmas Kickstart #101 Let's Wreath it Up! Here's my second of three possible at CKC:

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 card;

Doodlebug Home for the Holidays; scraps

Dies - Birch Press Design Adornment Wreath

(retired but found HERE at Frantic Stamper);

Memory Box Wreath Sprigs & Petite Poinsettias

(retired but found HERE at Frantic Stamper)

Poppystamps Grosgrain Bow (retired)

Other - Graphic 45 Merry & Bright pinecone;

printed sentiment strip (maybe SSS?)

This one involved die cutting and assembling. Very quick to put together once I'd decided what to use & how to arrange it. Since the wreath & flower dies are new, I'll also add my card to Darnell's August NBUS Challenge #77. Plus I'll play at Merry Little Christmas #63 where Anything Christmas Goes; this is my 6th of a possible 8 entries there.

Still with me? I'm also sharing my card for Craft Roulette Episode #279 which aired Friday night. I spent the weekend at a Sweet Adelines regional music camp so had to watch CR on replay yesterday, then quickly made a card.

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio green A2 card;

Neenah Solar White; Doodlebug Home for the Holidays

Stamps - My Favorite Things Christmas sELFies (retired)

Stamps with Dies - Hero Arts Merry Rockin' Horse Bundle

(retired but found at Frantic Stamper HERE)

Dies - MFT Polaroid Shaker Frame (retired)

Other - Copic Markers; foam tape; sentiment from bits box

Host Mary had Alicia/Crafty Al (@CallMeCraftyAl) who was making her 13th solo appearance. She's also been on Craft Roulette a few times jointly with her daughter. Crafty Al is known for her Sheetload of Cards series. As usual, the wheel was spun four times for the parameters to use on our cards:

• Project - Kid's Card: I made a Christmas card with kid elements like Santa & toys.
• Colors - Theater: Used movie theater treat colors - white & yellow for popcorn and red, blue, orange, yellow, green & brown for M&Ms.
• Element - Picture(s): I used a polaroid die and added a "photo" of Santa & friends.
• Random - 1/2 & 1/2: My card front is 1/2 patterned paper and 1/2 solid card stock.

I quickly decided on a Christmas card with some stamps that reminded me of kids. The MFT sELFie set was perfect for a picture element so I pulled out the coordinating polaroid die. Stamped, die cut and colored the elements. For the 1/2 and 1/2 parameter, I just trimmed a panel of patterned paper to 2 1/8x 5.5" and added to the left half of an A2 card. Assembled the picture into the polaroid die cut and adhered to the card. Glued a sentiment to the bottom of the die cut. Added the toys to the bottom - done!

That's it for today, friends! Besides doing some yard work and laundry already today, I need to work on my music for chorus tonight. Thanks for visiting & happy crafting!!