Hi Gang. Sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday but hopefully it will be worth wait. I have seen so fun ideas of creating a door with a wreath hanging on it and I thought I would give that a try. Here is what I came up with. The photo doesn't do this card justice. It's hard to see the contrast and shading on the actual card with the white background. The base is Very Vanilla and so are the door panels. All of the Very Vanilla was sponged around the edges with Crumb Cake ink. The panels were then raised with dimensionals. I stamped the wreath from Welcome Christmas with Old Olive ink on Old Olive card stock and cut it out. It's not as bad as you might think it cut it out. This was adhered to the front of the door with dimensionals. I added the bow using some Real Red Satin ribbon. The tag was made using Crumb Cake card stock and Chocolate Chip ink. The "Merry" is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I then punched it out with Jewelry Tag Punch and hung it from under the bow with some linen thread. TIP: I stamp the front and back of little tags like this so if they flip over you can still read the greeting. And finally I added 3 rhinestones to the wreath that I colored with a red sharpie. And to finish the whole card off, I needed a door knob, so I used a 5/16" Chocolate Chip Brad.
Edited to add: the top panels are 1 1/2" x 1 1/2". The bottom panels are 1 1/2" x 2 1/2".
Supplies:
Stamp Set: Welcome Christmas & Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake & Old Olive
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip & Crumb Cake
Accessories: Rhinestone, Red Sharpie Marker, Real Red Satin Ribbon, 5/16" Chocolate Chip Brad, Linen Thread, Jewelry Tag Punch and Dimensionals
I LOVE this card...thanks for sharing it and the how-to
Posted by: Terrie | October 22, 2010 at 08:40 PM
Such a fun Christmas card! Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Vera | October 23, 2010 at 06:25 AM
could you tell me how big the card is and how big the panels are??? thanks!
Posted by: Bobbi | October 27, 2010 at 10:25 PM
What a beautiful card. I hope you don't mind, if I "borrow" that idea. *wink*
Have a great Sunday.
Posted by: Gaby | November 07, 2010 at 05:06 AM
Very clever!!! Gorgeous card!
Posted by: Jacynthe | November 15, 2010 at 12:54 AM
LOVE this idea--great job! The brad for the doorknob is a nice touch.
Posted by: doris | November 15, 2010 at 06:30 AM
Adorable card! I will be casing!! TFS :)
Posted by: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmNPffpiJZLN8CwoIoPHcVJ6i8W53TeevE | November 15, 2010 at 09:32 AM
Such a great card! I love this idea and I am going to go case it right now! TFS!
Posted by: Molly B | November 15, 2010 at 11:37 AM
Hi Sherri,
I really did it. I cased your genius card.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Maybe you want to take a look.
http://gabys-ideenreich.blogspot.com/2010/11/weihnachtstur-christmas-door.html
Have a nice day!
Gaby
Posted by: Gaby | November 17, 2010 at 03:13 PM
Thanks for the excellent directions and the cute card. We'll be making this at my card class tomorrow night. I'm sure it will be a big hit.
Posted by: Jean Mullin | November 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Love this card...so elegant...yet so simple. Thanks so much for sharing with us.
Posted by: wanda50 | December 06, 2010 at 03:15 PM