holly wreath adventures

For Card Buffet in October I wanted to have a third Christmas card option, but the first two cards were using almost all of the inks I own that are greens and reds.  Since I also wanted to use the new Peaceful Wreath and post it in the Watercooler Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes with Holly, I was stumped for awhile. Isn't it funny how we get "stuck" on ideas like holly must be green with red berries?  This is what happened when I got unstuck:

stamp set - Peaceful Wreath; ink - Tip Top Taupe; Stampin' Write marker - Chalk; card stock - Crumb Cake, Tip Top Taupe; trim - Tip Top Taupe 1"dotted lace

Oops - I think I missed dotting some of the berries - better get that marker back out...

Before I got unstuck, I copied (and now I'm sharing, so it's a CASE) Buffy's fabulous sample and put to use the leftover Tip Top Taupe window die cut:

stamp sets - Peaceful Wreath, Versatile Christmas; ink - Cherry Cobbler, Mellow Moss; Stampin' Write markers - Cherry Cobbler, Mellow Moss; card stock - Cherry Cobbler, Tip Top Taupe, Whisper White; designer series paper stack - Merry Moments; Big Shot with Wonderful Wreath and Hearth and Home thinlits and Brick Wall embossing folder

I cut the window frame from the Whisper White before embossing the panel with the brick wall.  In order to avoid having another leftover, I layered the Tip Top Taupe frame onto the white one and set them back into the cut out space in the wall, giving it a bit more depth over the "wallpaper" underneath.