Stop Hoarding - Just CUT It

I challenged myself to a five prong challenge:

1. No stamping (I didn't feel like coloring tonight)
2. Use an 'old' tool (actually used two favorites - the 'fern' punch and the dotted embossing folder)
3. Use a new tool (the wreath die cut and my almost new - only used once before - blender tool)
4. Use ribbon (just 'cuz I have LOTS of ribbon)
5. Use a piece of hoarded-this-is-too-yummy-to-cut design paper (you'll notice I didn't cut very much of it...) (but in my defense...I cut from TWO (2) coveted pieces of design paper AND had to 'fussy-cut' for placement BOTH times!!)

Tada!!!! I did it!

In the Garden
~Base card PaperTrey Ink - Kraft
~Top layer of design paper My Minds Eye
~Bottom layer of design paper Webster's Pages Garden Gala/Nature's Story Books
~Center of the wreath image punched from another Webster's Pages Garden Gala/Nature's Story Books
~Dotted sheer ribbon
~Taylored Expressions die cut Season Wreath smudged with Distress Ink Peeled Paint and Hero Arts Shadow Ink Soft Leaf using my new Inkssentials Blender Tool (which might make it to my list of favorite tools), and run through my Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing
~Wreath embellished with 'fern' punched using Martha Stewart punch, silk flower, and metal brad
Challenges/Inspirations
Creations by Gill - birds in the garden
Frosted Designs - bird or butterfly
Cute Card Thursday - no text (sentiment)
Crafty Purple Frog - texture and ribbon
Fun with Shapes and More - animal and die cut
Shabby Tea Room - pastels and stripes (the top design paper and the 'lines' on the bottom design paper)
Amber's Crafts and Stuff - ribbon (Thanks for the heads-up Linda W.!)

Thanks for clicking by,
Nancy in Iowa