It's Getting Hot Over Here

and so I thought I would think of cooler weather and create a Christmas Card. I used the WMS Christmas Cards challenge from the froum and their WMS sketch challenge to create my rustic holiday card. I took my white gel pen and create the faux stitching on the cream panel and then distress the edges (didn't want the look of the scallops with this design). I stamped the holly leaves from WMS's Festive Foliage on the rustic cream c/s with Antique Linen and Old Paper distress ink. The sentiment in from WMS's Complements of the Seasons that I stamped onto a strip of cream paper that I then sponged with Antique Linen, Old Paper, Vintage Photo, and Pine Needles after I made it a banner. I then stamped the holly leaves and berries onto scrap cream paper using Peeled Paint/Pine Needles and Festive Berries/Fired Brick. I put them each on some foam dots to raise them since I curved the banner to give it some depth. The kraft base was stamped in Walnut Stain ink with a woodgrain image from Hero Arts and then stonged with Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain (I also did that with the cream piece).