A Christmas Wreath for GDP113 Color Challenge

Watercolor Christmas Stamp Set and Leaf Punch by Stampin' Up! Create a Beautiful Christmas Wreath Card for GDP113 Color Challenge. Created by Stesha Bloodhart, Stampin' Hoot! #GDP113 #steshabloodhart #stampinhoot

Welcome to a Color Challenge with the Global Design Project!  I just love these colors of Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz for Christmas!  So I decided to grab the Leaf Punch and use it to create a Christmas Wreath as I have seen others do.  I love the results and I hope you do too!

Cherry Cobbler is my favorite red.  So rich in color and it tends to coordinate well with so many others. I was leery about what I was going to do with the Pool Party, but it does work well with these colors. I decided to keep it subtle and make the Pear Pizzazz my main focus.

Watercolor Christmas Stamp Set and Leaf Punch by Stampin' Up! Create a Beautiful Christmas Wreath Card for GDP113 Color Challenge. Created by Stesha Bloodhart, Stampin' Hoot! #GDP113 #steshabloodhart #stampinhoot

The first thing I did when presented with this color combination was grab my Designer Series Paper binder and made a search for a piece that had a color within this combination.  When I found the piece of Pear Pizzazz from the Whole Lot of Lovely DSP Pack, I knew that is what I wanted to use for the start of my design.

Watercolor Christmas Stamp Set and Leaf Punch by Stampin' Up! Create a Beautiful Christmas Wreath Card for GDP113 Color Challenge. Created by Stesha Bloodhart, Stampin' Hoot! #GDP113 #steshabloodhart #stampinhoot

The leaves reminded me of the Leaf Punch and I have been wanting to try the wreath that my upline, Mary Fish, first presented about a month ago.  I love the Watercolor Christmas Stamp Set from the 2017 Holiday Catalog and wanted to incorporate it into my design as well. The sentiment ‘Merriest Christmas Wishes’ called-to me and I envisioned it within the center of my wreath. In order to make a wreath big enough to encase the sentiment, I decided to go with a 6 in x 6 in square card.

Card Details:

  • Card Base is Whisper White 12 x 12 Cardstock cut to 6 in x 12 in and scored/folded at 6 in.
  • 2nd Layer is the Whole Lot of Lovely DSP cut to 5 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in, adhered with Fast Fuse.
  • 3rd Layer is Cherry Cobbler Cardstock cut to 5 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in, adhered with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • 4th Layer is Pool Party Cardstock cut to 5 in x 5 in, adhered with Fast Fuse.
  • 5th Layer is Whisper White Cardstock cut to 4 7/8 in x 4 7/8 in, adhered with Fast Fuse.
  • I stamped the sentiment from Watercolor Christmas in Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink in the middle of the Whisper White Square.
  • I stamped 24 Leaf images from the Painted Harvest Stamp Set in Pear Pizzazz on Whisper White and quickly cropped them with the coordinating leaf punch. I then adhered the top leaf to another leaf, lining it up at the intersection of the three leaves and securing it with a Mini Glue Dot.  After gluing them all together, I then shaped it into a circle and secured it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • I grabbed the Pool Party 3/8 in. Shimmer Ribbon, created a bow and adhered it to the card with a Mini Glue Dot.
  • I added Enamel Shapes in Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party as a final touch!

Watercolor Christmas Stamp Set and Leaf Punch by Stampin' Up! Create a Beautiful Christmas Wreath Card for GDP113 Color Challenge. Created by Stesha Bloodhart, Stampin' Hoot! #GDP113 #steshabloodhart #stampinhoot

I hope you are inspired to try a Leaf Punch Wreath!  They are simple to create and I think they look fabulous!

Watercolor Christmas Stamp Set and Leaf Punch by Stampin' Up! Create a Beautiful Christmas Wreath Card for GDP113 Color Challenge. Created by Stesha Bloodhart, Stampin' Hoot! #GDP113 #steshabloodhart #stampinhoot

Make sure to visit Global Design Project to see what the rest of the Design Team and participants have created for this color challenge.  They are all fabulous!

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