Skill Level: Easy

What You Need  

• white card stock cut to 5 ½” x 8 ½”
• leaf and berry stamps
• green and red stamp pads
• glue dot adhesive
• 12” of ¼” red ribbon

What You Do  

• Fold white cardstock in half.
• Stamp leaf images randomly in a circular pattern on white card stock. By stamping two or three times before re-inking, you get increasingly lighter shades of the ink color, which creates depth and shading.
• Stamp berries on wreath.
• Loosely loop ribbon to make bow. Mount at top of wreath with glue dot.

Helpful Hints  

• Any shape of leaf—this one is a maple leaf—works for this card. Try a small pine bough stamp, too.
• If you're making a large number of these cards, do it assembly-line style by stamping all the wreaths, then all the berries, and finally, adding the bow.
• The eraser on a standard pencil can be used instead of a berry stamp. Just ink it with the ink pad and press it on the paper.
• Red sequins or buttons would also make pretty berries. Use a mini glue dot to affix them to the paper.
• Look at craft stores for small pre-tied bows.
• Precut white cards and envelopes are available at office supply stores.

Quick switch Simply cut around the wreath to make it into a gift card.

Try different stamps—small snowflakes (try shades of blue and gray ink) or mittens (try an assortment of red, orange, purple, yellow and green) would also be cute.

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