Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Christmas/Winter Card using Tim Holtz's Vault Festive Wreath Dies and Simple Stories' Snow Pine Lodge Paper

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is to make a Christmas or winter-themed card.  With temperatures still in the 90's in my neck of the woods, it took some effort to get myself into Christmas mode!  But we got there and this is the card that resulted:

I loved the "Oh What Fun" sentiment that was written on one of the tags in the Pine Lodge Paper Collection by Simple Stories.  I decided to have that be the center of my card, so I cut out and painted a wreath (thanks to Tim Holtz's Vault Festive Wreath die set) as my starting point.

I cut away the excess tag, glued my wreath down and then cut and painted the foliage pieces to go around my wreath.  I added them on and it was starting to look a little jolly!

There are so many fun patterns in this paper pack and I adore the color palette!  I chose some patterns that I thought went well together and planned out my layers. 

All that was left to do was a little gluing.  Here is the finished project:

These are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

• Tim Holtz Vault Festive Wreath Die Set
• Simple Stories 12 x 12 Snow Pine Lodge Patterned Paper Pack
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Strathmore Mixed Media Paper
• Dylusions Paint: Rainy Day, Tree Bark, Jungle Leaf
• Distress Paint: Salvaged Patina
• Dina Wakley Paint: Lime, Fir

It may be a struggle or it might come easily, but get your holly jolly on and upload your Christmas/winter-themed card to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!