Halloween Medallion Wreath

Good Afternoon!  I recently made 2 of these wreaths and I though they turned out so cute for Halloween.  I made this wreath and I ended up making a second one except the second wreath I left off the ghost and bats.

I posted a tutorial on my blog awhile back on how I made these wreaths.  If you would like to see it you will find it here.  I made this wreath the same way as I made my last wreath except that I didn't layer the medallions because I wanted to try and get 2 complete wreaths from one pack of dsp and it worked out perfectly.  I was able to complete 2 wreaths using the rosette die and one full pack of the Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series Paper (from the holiday catalog).

I have a few close up photos of my wreath shown below.  The ghosts are upside down owls and the bats are punched out using the bat punch and I just added some eyes on the bats using my white gel pen.  I tied some ribbon through the centers of the buttons.  I purchased the buttons from the Stampin' Up! clearance rack awhile ago.

Here is a photo of the back side of my wreath.  I've had some questions in the past about what the back side of my wreaths looks like and this time I remembered to take a photo of it.  I do use card board for my backing, but since one layer of card board isn't strong enough I cut out 2 layers and I glue them together, works like a charm.  If you want you can get fancy and cover the card board with ribbon or something, but I don't because I want to make sure that my lollies/medallions are glued really well onto the cardboard wreath base.

I tried something different with the hanging loop on my wreath and I think this worked out so much better.  I took a piece of twine and I tied it off leaving a loop for hanging the wreath.  Once I had my loop made I took the two ends below my knot and threaded them through the cardboard (you can even get the twine behind the medallion if you wanted) and then I tied off the ends.  Once my ends were tied off I was able to push up the ends up in-between the card board wreath frames and then I was sure to secure it using lots of glue.

I hope you liked the wreath I made!  Feel free to pass along my blog post and share it with your friends.  Remember once I reach 300 followers I will be giving away a Stampin' Up! gift certificate :)

Have a great day!  I'll be back tomorrow morning with my 52 Christmas Throwndown blog post.

Stamps:  None
Card Stock:  Howlstooth & Scaringbone Designer Series Paper
Ink:  None
Supplies:  Big Shot, Designer Rosette Bigz XL Die, Extended Cutting Pads, White Gel Pen, Bat Punch, Owl Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Buttons, Ribbon, Googlie Eyes, Twine- for hanging the wreath, Glue Gun w/ Glue Sticks, Card Board Backing, Scissors
Technique:  Paper Folding

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