First Christmas Card for the year ...

Hi everyone.  My first Christmas card for the year ... it's a bit early for me, I usually wait until about August to get started, but I saw this beautiful card done by my friend Susan, and I was inspired.  Susan included a link to the Weekly Christmas Card Challenges that she made the card for ... it's a photo inspiration challenge ... and when I saw the photo I knew I HAD to enter.  Thanks Susan!!

Here's the photo inspiration:

I took the challenge quite literally and focused on the front door.  It needed some decoration, so I made a small wreath to jazz it up.  Hope you like.

Stamps:  Handy Christmas Greetings (Amy R)
Paper:  White, Real Red (SU!)
Ink:  Real Red (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Big Shot, Classic Screen Door die (Memory Box), Pine Branch die (Cheery Lynn), Small circle nestie (Spellbinders), 5/8" circle punch, Woodgrain embossing folder (SU!), green and red glitter glue (Studio G), sponges, Stamp-a-ma-jig, glue, adhesives, and dimensionals

I used the screen door die from Memory box.  I've had it for over a year and never used it so it's a NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff) ... as Darnell would say. :)   I glued pieces together to change it to a paneled front door.  I also used my new woodgrain embossing folder from SU! (love it!) ... to add some texture.

I cut a small circle frame for the base of my wreath, and then cut small sprigs from my pine branches and overlapped them to make the wreath.  I added a little green glitter to the branches to give them some bling ... and added red glitter "berries" as well.

The sentiment is stamped on a separate piece of white cardstock and popped up ... hopefully it looks like it's the front step, because that's what I was going for :)

Here's a close-up: