One way to stretch your supplies is to use other florals to make a Christmas wreath. A secret tip to make this work is to use a classic Christmas colour combo of red, green and gold to take a normal floral and create a Christmas feel. What’s more, pair it with easy colouring to make a Christmas card and it can look like you have spent a lot of time painting a stunning wreath.
Here, I’ve turned the It’s a New Day Floral stamp and die set into a Christmas wreath bursting off the page. Add a little gold splatter and Christmas sentiment and the recipient is none the wiser.
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Simple tips for easy colouring
Start off by heat embossing the It’s a New Day Floral stamp set in Metallic Gold Rich embossing powder onto Distress Watercolour cardstock. Do this twice so you have plenty of florals for the wreath.
Next, colour these in with simple easy colouring. Drop clear watercolour the heat embossed images. To add colour, smoosh an ink pad down onto an acrylic block and pick up the colour to drop into the clear water. I’ve used Coral Cabana, Samba and Cranberry Fizz for the flowers and In The Park and Deck The Halls for the leaves.
Build up your colours
Start off with the lightest colours and build up the intensity and colour with the darker shades. This uses a wet on wet technique allowing the colours to move and blend for a natural watercolour painted look.
After the images have dried, use the coordinating dies to cut the images out. Next, start adding them to a white card panel trimmed to 5.5 x 4″ in a circular pattern to create a wreath. Use different depths of foam pads for added dimension and interest.
For the sentiment, foil with a Glimmer Machine a sentiment from the Mini Christmas Sentiment Strips set in gold foil. To finish the card off, add some gold paint splatters, and scatter some gold sequins around to embellish the wreath.
Supplies
easy colouring for christmas cards
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 It’s a New Day Floral Stamp set – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP | CM | SBP |  Its A New Day Die set – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP | CM | SBP |  In The Park Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 In The Park Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Deck the Halls Ink Pad – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Deck the Halls Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Coral Cabana Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Coral Cabana Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Samba Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Samba Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Cranberry Fizz Ink Pad – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  Cranberry Fizz Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Glimmer Hot Foil System – Spellbinders Shop at: SB | SP | SBP |
& Die Set – Tis The Season Collection – Spellbinders |  Metallic Gold Rich – WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP |
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |  Distress Watercolor Cardstock – Ranger Shop at: SB | BP |  Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP | CM |
 Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive – Tonic Studios Shop at: HA | CM |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |  WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) |
WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |  Crafter’s Essential Bone Folder – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
