Folksy Christmas

Another Christmas card to add to my slowly growing pile, in a folksy style with lots of faux stitching.

 The papers and wreath and bird stamps are all from Papermania's Bellissima Christmas range, I love the colour combo of this paper pack, the addition of the blue with the red, green and parchment colours really gives the whole scheme a lift.
 I stamped the wreath three times onto pale patterned paper, as the image is quite sparse, and coloured it with Spectrum Noir pencils, adding highlights of Glossy Accents and a sprinkling of gems.  The oval shapes were cut out with Grand Spellbinders dies and I doodled on some faux stitching to match that of the wreath design, I used the same doodled design on the edges of all the layers and the die cut star.
To embellish, I added a star cut with an Xcut die, stamped with a Papermania sentiment stamp and topped with a twine bow and stamped bird, and some buttons made with a Woodware punch, from matching paper, covered with a coat of Glossy Accents and then threaded with jute twine.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Crafting By Designs - Get Ready for Christmas
Creative Moments - #95 - Stitching, Real or Faux
A Snowflakes Promise - #24 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - #111 - Buttons and Bows
CRAFT - #368 - Christmas
Crafty Girls Creations - #21 - Anything Goes