Pinkfresh Studio {Tidings of Comfort and Joy}

Hello friends! I've got a new holiday design to share with you today using a few of the new Slimline Stencils from Pinkfresh Studio! Thanks so much for all of your sweet comments on my NOEL card I made for the stencil release! I made something similar in feel, but with a spearmint twist! ha ha! I loved the red, pink, and white peppermint look I created on that card, so I thought it would be fun tow switch things up for today's card!

To be honest, I didn't quite know the direction this card was going to take until I got the wreaths cut, inked, and glued together and the letters die cut. I was trying to decide what color to ink up the letters in when I realized how much I loved the look of the crisp white against the green of the wreaths. I decided to go for a trendy farmhouse look, adding in the black stamped houses from the Our Home to Yours. The sentiment is also from that set, and is heat embossed in black onto a strip of vellum.

The wreaths and letters are layered onto the die cut Braided Circles using mini foam squares. I used the Basic Plaid Layering Stencil for the grey layer and the Diagonal Stripes Stencil for the green layer. Once I had those cut and adhered together, I added some white paint splatter for some snowy detail! From there, I added the houses and the sentiment. 

I would normally use an odd number of houses, but the three different groupings create a visual triangle and it seems to work! I had planned on stopping at this point and didn't have a bow. When I looked at it again the next day, I felt it needed a pop of color somewhere and the bow won!

You all know how much I love the Artistic Bows, so this pink addition probably doesn't come as a surprise! ha ha! If you're not into bows, simply omit it to keep with the farmhouse vibe. I added a sprinkling of coarse crystal glitter to the houses and wreaths for shine! Each tiny wreath got a few jewels as well!

With these slimline cards, you could definitely try making a longer word for your card. 

This card was so much fun to make! I hope you'll give slimline cards a try if you haven't yet! Thanks for fluttering by!