Momenta Woodgrain Embossing Folder & Wreath Die Set

Today I'm sharing cards using the Momenta "Woodgrain Embossing Folder & Wreath Die" set. It's available at Hobby Lobby. This is a tremendous value as you get 11 pieces (10 floral/leaves dies and the woodgrain embossing folder) for one low price. For the 3 cards I made, I changed the colors for variety. This set would also be great for Christmas cards in white, red and green, just change the sentiment.

For my first card, I embossed gold metallic cardstock with the Woodgrain folder.

I think the key to a nice looking card is adding dimension. I cut the wreath 6x from silver cardstock. This is lightweight foil cardstock so I cut some wreathes from 110 lb white and glued them to the silver. I then started stacking the branches to form the wreath.

No foam tape, just the branches.

Here's 2 flower diecuts. the one on the left is shaped to add dimension, the one on the right is the plain diecut. It's fine to adhere the flat diecuts, I just like it to stand out. I used a shaping tool and a foam mat to curve the petals.

 You can see the how the flowers stand out on the card. I ended up not putting flowers on the gold card, I thought a bow and a sentiment was enough. (I'm not sure who makes the Happy Birthday die it was in my stash, it's very old.)

I used the flowers on the navy card with some leaves cut out of vellum. I gold heat embossed the sentiment on this card, I added 1 layer of the gold wreath to get an idea of where to place the sentiment, then placed the stamp in my stamp positioner and stamped. I did this before adding too many layers of wreath, I was afraid it would be too thick for the stamp to reach the navy cardstock.

For the white card, I painted the leaves and flowers for a country look. I added some small gemstones to the center of the flowers. I stamped the sentiment and diecut it with an old banner die.

You can see there are different ways to add a sentiment. They are all sentiments I had in my stash.

Thanks for looking at my cards, I share many more cards on Instagram @susanbcards.