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NOTE: You will want to enlarge this picture, trust me!! You can really see the details and all the sparkles if you enlarge it...wink wink...

Well, this card truly was a labor of love! This is the longest I've ever taken on a card, simply because I wasn't sure what I wanted to do...lol. I was inspired by these Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg sets, aren't they incredible?! So anyway, super beautiful, but I couldn't wait any longer to make one of these wreaths! (Stacey at http://www.allmomentsremembered.com/ has ordered TONS of these peg sets and acrylic sets for her store but they haven't arrived yet...and I am so impatient...lol)

So I dug through my stamps and found three small images to use and fake my own tapestry wreath. It was easy once I was in a groove. I just lightly traced an oval onto my cardstock and began stamping my dark viney leaves along the oval. I should have spaced them out a little more but too late. I did the same with the tan leaves and the blue flowers. Then I stickled the heck out of the flowers...set it aside and decided I wasn't done. I added acrylic paint dots to the centers of the flower. Still didn't feel done so I pulled out a five year old sticker sheet by K &CO and used hydrangea buds and blooms as well as a bee and a ladybug. Then of course I stickled those too..added a bow and viola! Masterpiece, no?

I cannot wait to get my hands on some of those tapestry peg sets, the samples on the website look incredible!!