I recently purchased a wreath builder template from another company, and I’ve been hankering to give it a try. I watched a couple of videos on YouTube to see how people created with it, and then looked through my Stampin’ Up!™ stamps to find something that would work with the template. The key is that the stamps need to be small enough so that they can be stamped repeatedly without overlapping. I thought about using the wee stamps in the More Than Autumn set but I’m kinda needing a break from the Holidays. The Layers of Beauty stamp set has a couple of the smaller images that worked well. One thing that I will try the next time I use the template is having the stamp angled rather than coming out straight from the center area. I think that might have allowed me to fit in another stamped image. For this card I used a BUNCH of the Champagne Iridescent Dots to fill in the section between the stamped flowers. I think this is definitely the most embellishments that I’ve used on a single card.

This current sketch was the inspiration for my card design. As I said, I was excited to try out my new wreath builder template and this sketch was the absolutely perfect opportunity to give it a go.

I don’t tend to make square cards, so I used a square panel on a standard card base instead. I think my hang-up is because of the extra postage required to send a card in a square envelope. Of course the easy “hack” for that is to put the square card in a standard A2 envelope – no extra postage required. I think it just bugs me to have the card slide around in the envelope, but that’s totally a “me” thing.

Layers Of Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163514] $20.00	Champagne Iridescent Dots [162824] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154884] $11.00
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $11.00	Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154887] $11.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $11.00	Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986] $11.50
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $11.50	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $9.00