Flower Wreath


Hi everyone!  This is the flower wreath that I've been working on the past few days.  My upline posted a home decor challenge and I wanted to make a new wreath for my front door so her challenge was the perfect motivation I needed.  My wreath is 16" round so it's a nice size wreath.

I guess you could say this was a labor of love.....LOL  I made the flowers as I was watching TV and it actually went pretty quickly.  The more you make them the faster it goes.  There are 80 flowers on my wreath and I only used three punches to make them so you don't need a lot of supplies to make these flowers.  I used the Fancy Flower Punch, Blossom Punch, and 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punches.  I have a short video posted below showing how I made the flowers.  The photos below show you how I made my wreath.

This photo above is how I made my wreath base.  You could buy one in the store, but I consider myself thrifty and I decided to make one out of card board.  All you need is a large card board box and look around to find two things that are circle shape and trace them onto the card board.  I used a large circle toy tub my kids have their toys in and for the inside I used a large tupperware container.  Once your circles are traced simply cut them out.  Here I cut out 2 circle card board pieces and I glued them together to make the card board sturdier.  At this point you will want to add some twine or something that you can tie around your wreath base that you will use to hang your wreath with.

I forgot to mention the size of my cardboard base and I wanted to come back and upate my post.  My wreath base measuers 16" across from the outside edges.  The inside circle measures 11" across and my wreath is 2 1/2" wide. 

This photo (above) I took 2 sheets of card stock and and cut them it into 3 strips (longways) and I crumpled it up and glued it onto my wreath base.  I didn't want my flowers to lay flat on my wreath base so I decided to create a raised area using card stock.  Then I could glue my flowers on the card stock and they wouldn't lay flat. It worked like a charm!
 
And above is a photo of the crumpled up card stock glued all around my wreath base.  You don't have to do this and you could skip this step if you wanted.  You could probably buy a rounded shape wreath, but I was working with what I had in the house and honestly, it turned out great. 

Here is a picture of my flowers.  I ended up having to make a few more though.  I have 80 total flowers on my wreath.  Be sure to check out my video below to see how I made them. 

Here's a picture of my wreath when I was almost finished gluing the flowers on.  I used my hot glue gun to glue on all of the flowers.  I found it easiest to first figure out about where I wanted to flowers placed and then I filled in with the smaller flowers.

Here is the video I made showing how I made the flowers.  Hope you like it!


And below are a few close up photos of my wreath. 








Stamps:  None
Card Stock:  White, Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, So Saffron
Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Pink Pirouette, Ceratinly Celery, Bashful Blue, Rose Red, So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Pumpkin Pie
Supplies:  Wreath Base, Fancy Flower Punch, Blossom Punch, 1 3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, Tombow Multi Glue, Hot Glue Gun, Sponges
Technique:  Sponging,  Punch Art

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Wedding Invitations

Good Morning!  I've been busy making some wedding invitation samples for a bride.  Her wedding colors are hot pink and black and she wanted me to create something with a budget in mind.  So far I made up these samples for her.  I think I like the first sample invites better, but I made the second set to show her something that would be less expensive to mail and less expensive to make.


To create this set of invites I first stamped the flower image using black ink and I stamped it all over onto a white sheet of card stock.  Then I cut up that sheet and I used it as my designer series paper.  I used my scallop border punch to punch along the bottom of the response card and I stamped the wedding day sentiment using melon mambo ink.  The wedding day stamp is from the all year cheer stamp set and I cut off the word happy so it was easier to stamp. 

On the invitation I did the same thing using the stamped card stock as my designer series paper and on this card I added some hot pink ribbon and the bride & groom's names above it.    Since this was just a sample card I used mine and my husband's names.  I first stamped the four frames image, punched it out, and then layered the ovals.  The names were computer generated.

Cards #10 & #11 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days

Stamps:  Mixed Bunch, Four Frames, All Year Cheer III
Card Stock:  White, Black, Melon Mambo
Ink:  Black, Melon Mambo
Supplies:  Scallop Border Punch, Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch



I decided to make these as a sample because they were easy to make, perfect for mailing, and inexpensive for a bride on a budget.  I really like this embossing folder since it's not completely covered with a design and it leaves room to stamp a sentiment.  I used the forever & always stamp from the loving thoughts stamp set and it's just perfect for her wedding invitation.  I had to use my stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the forever & always sentiment because I wanted to make sure it was stamped just right in-between the embossing.

To create the response card I used the same embossing folder and I left the bottom portion unembossed which left me some room to stamp the wedding day greeting.  Just at the bottom of the embossing I used my simply score tool to create two embossed lines.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll be back later with an Easter card!

Cards #12 & 13 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days

Stamps:  Loving Thoughts, All Year Cheer III
Card Stock:  White, Black, Melon Mambo
Ink:  Black Stazon
Supplies:  Big Shot, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, Simply Score Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique:  Dry Embossing

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Bring on The Flowers

I made two cards for this week's ABC blog challenge and this week's challenge is an easy one.  Simply create a card using flowers.  Your flowers could be your stamped image, designer series paper, embellishment, etc.  With today being the first day of spring I enjoyed making these cards and using some flowers!

I began making this card by stamping my image and I stamped it off first and then I stamped it onto my card stock.  I wanted the image to be lighter so that I could stamp my sentiment over it.  Once I had my image stamped I cut it out using my oval framelits and I cut an oval black layer for behind it.

My background was dry embossed using my honeycomb embossing folder and I decided to dig through my scraps for some dsp to use as banners and I found some from a retired 6x6 paper stack.  I cut them into strips and using my 1" corner punch I notched off the ends.  Then I assembled my card and I added some basic pearls on my flower layer for my embellishment.

Card #8 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days.

Stamps:  Love & Sympathy, Field Flowers
Card Stock:  White, Black, Sahara Sand, SU Paper Stack DSP (retired)
Ink:  Sahara Sand, Black Stazon
Supplies:  Big Shot, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Oval Collection Framelits, 1" Square Punch, Basic Pearls
Technique:  2 Step Stampin', Dry Embossing



Here's another flower card I made.  I just stamped the flower stem using old olive ink and then I stamped the flowers using daffodil delight and so saffron ink.  My sentiment was stamped using early espresso and then I added my ribbon and assembled my card, quick and easy. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will come over and play along this week with us at ABC Challenges!

Card #9 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days.

Stamps: Field Flowers
Card Stock:  White, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Old Olive, Early Espresso
Supplies:  Ribbon
Technique:  2 Step Stampin'

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In the Air Challenge Cards


I made two cards today for the ABC Blog challenge which is 'Up in the Air' and we were to create cards which include something that you would find in the air.  Come on over and play along with us!

I love this new Sale-a-bration stamp set and I wanted to use it again with the bird image for the challenge.  I stamped the flowers and cut them out and then I stamped six daffodil delight flowers and punched out the centers using the four petal flower punch from the itty bitty shapes punch pack and placed the centers on the flowers.

I dry embossed just the lower portion of my card base and just above my dry embossing I used my score board and added a score line and I used that line as a guide to place my flowers on.  That way I knew my flowers would be straight across my card.  To finish my card I placed the bird on my base using dimensionals and I added a small black dot for the eye.  Lastly, I added my ribbon and stamped my sentiment.

Card #6 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days.

Stamps:  Bloomin' Marvelous
Card Stock:  Calypso Coral, White
Ink:  Calypso Coral, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, Black Stazon
Supplies:  Ribbon, Big Shot, Vine Street Embossing Folder, Simply Score Tool, Scissors- for cutting out flowers, Basic Pearls, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Tombow Multi Glue, Dimensionals, SU Black Marker
Technique:  Dry Embossing


Here's another card I made for the ABC Blog Challenge.  You can create any card with something that is 'In the Air' and I decided to play around with my up, up & away stamp set.  I sometimes find this set hard to use, but for some reason today this card just fell right into place.  I really think the cloudy day embossing folder is perfect for this set!

I first cut out the oval using the oval collection framelits and then I dry embossed it using my cloudy day embossing folder.  Next, I stamped the balloons and cut them out and placed them onto my oval.  The bottom portion of my card has designer series paper with a small strip of daffodil delight card stock along the top.  The daffodil delight card stock was punched along the top using my scallop border punch.

I added my island indigo ribbon along the dsp and placed it onto my card.  The dry embossed oval with the balloons has dimensionals under it.  To complete my card I stamped the sentiment towards the right hand side and I stamped some birds using island indigo ink. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you liked both of my cards today!

Card #7 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days.

Stamps:  Up, Up & Away
Card Stock:  White, Daffodil Delight, International Bazaar DSP
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade
Supplies:  Big Shot, Cloudy Day Embossing Folder, Oval Collection Framelits, Scallop Border Punch
Technique:   Dry Embossing, 2 Step Stampin'

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Creative Crew Elements of Style Card

This is the last of the four cards I made this month for the Splitcoast Creative Crew challenge this month.   This challenge was the catalog focus and I decided to use the elements of style stamp set.

The flower was stamped and colored using my SU markers and then I cut it out using my oval collection framelits and I added some sponging. The background of my card was dry embossed using the perfect polka dots embossing folder and it's layered using in color designer series paper and then I added a ribbon, my layered sentiment and three basic pearls.

That's about it for this card, it was fairly easy to make and I spent the most time on coloring the flower image.  The bloomin marvelous sentiment is from the new SAB bloomin marvelous stamp set.

Card #5 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days.

Stamps:  Elements of Style, Bloomin Marvelous
Card Stock:  Chocolate Chip, White, Primrose Petals, In Color Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink:  Black Stazon, Chocolate Chip
Supplies:  SU Markers, Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Oval Collection Framelits, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Sponge, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch
Technique:  Dry Embossing, Sponging, Paper Piercing

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Graduation Quote

This is another card I made for the creative crew challenges on splitcoast stampers.  This challenge was to use a quote from a Stampin 'Up! stamp set as the main focus on our cards. I always loved this quote from the retired 'Live Your Dream' stamp set and I think it's just perfect for graduation cards.  Speaking of graduation, my oldest daughter will be graduation high school shortly and this is the card I made for her.  I used her school colors which are:  white, red, and black.

My real red background was stamped in the lower right hand corner using the flourish stamp from the Flowering Flourishes stamp.  Next, I placed the three banners towards the left side of my card.  I used my 1" square punch to punch out the banner end.  Then I stamped the quote and it was cut out using the apothecary accents framelits and I added some paper piercing along the edges using the essentials paper piercing pack.  My quote layer was applied onto my card using dimensionals.

To finish off my graduation card I added a black button with a twine bow tied through the center and on the left side I added a small diploma.  To make the diploma I simply rolled up (tightly) a small strip of card stock and tied it off with some twine.  I placed the diploma onto my card using glue dots.

Now, I need to get started on making her graduation party invitations.  I'm still undecided on how I want to make those, but this card I made gives me something to work with.  Have a great day everyone and thank you so much for stopping by!

Card #4 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days.

Stamps:  Live Your Dream, Flowering Flourishes
Card Stock:  White, Real Red, Black, Summer Smooches DSP
Ink:  Black Stazon, Real Red
Supplies:  Twine, Button, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, 1" Square Punch, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Apothecary Accents Framelits
Technique:  Paper Piercing

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CAS Birthday Flowers

Here's a quick and easy birthday card I recently made.  I love this Stipple Blossoms stamp set!  Simply ink up the stamps and stamp away.  It doesn't get any easier than that!

Here are the color ink pads I used:

Large flower:  pool party and island indigo
Small flower:  so saffron and more mustard
Leaves:  lucky limeade (I only used 1 color for the leaves, but I stamped off a little to create a lighter color)

Do you have a card you created today?  Feel free to enter it into our ABC Blog Challenge this week for an Anything Goes challenge!  Thanks for stopping by!

Card #3 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days

Stamps:  Stippled Blossoms, Create a Cupcake
Card Stock:  White
Ink:  Island Indigo, Pool Party, So Saffron, More Mustard, Lucky Limeade, Black Stazon
Supplies: None- just stamps and ink
Technique:  2 Step Stampin'

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Birthday Medallion

Hi everyone!  Here's another card I made for the creative crew challenges on splitcoast stampers.  The creative crew challenge I made my card for was to use the Daydream Medallions stamp set.  I also made this card for this week's ABC challenges which is an anything goes challenge.  Come play along with us!

I stamped the images and cut them out using the floral frames framelits.  I layered them using dimensionals and I finished off my flower using a button tied with a twine bow and my sentiment which was stamped and punched out using my jewelry tag punch.

My background is dry embossed using my fancy fan embossing folder and I punched the sahara sand layer using my scallop border punch.  And that's about it for my card; the rest of it was just a matter of putting it all together.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Card #2 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days

Stamps:  Daydream Medallions, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Card Stock:  White, Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette, Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink:  Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette
Supplies:  Big Shot, Floral Frames Framelits, Button, Twine, Jewelry Tag Punch, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Scallop Border Punch, Glue Dots, Dimensionals
Technique:  Dry Embossing

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Bloomin' Marvelous

Good morning!  As some of you know I've been sick again which is why I haven't been around much lately.  I just can't shake this winter cold this year.  I get better and then I'm sick again, UGH!  I'm soooo ready for spring to arrive!  And with spring in mind I decided to make a card with some flowers on it.  I made this card for my ABC challenge blog and this month's Splitcoast Creative Crew challenges. 

The Splitcoast Creative Crew challenge that I made this card for was the DSP/Color Focus.   We were to use the colors found in the Fan Fair dsp which also includes island indigo and we were to use island indigo.  I used the colors:  Sahara Sand, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard, and Island Indigo. 

This week's ABC challenge is a sketch challenge.  We didn't get many players this week so if you have time and want to play along we'd love to have you join us.  The challenge is open for another 24 hours.  Below is our sketch challenge.  Feel free to slightly modify, flip, or turn the sketch to fit your card.   Before I forget I wanted to mention that Our ABC Challenge blog can now be found on Facebook as well as Pinterest.

I used the lacy brocade embossing folder to dry emboss my riding hood red layer.  To create the white background for my flowers I die cut a large flower using the floral frames framelits then I dry embossed it using my square lattice embossing folder.  Remember, you'll always want to cut first and then emboss.

Next, I stamped all of my images and cut them out using scissors and I placed them onto my white dry embossed flower using tombow multi glue (or you could use glue dots).  Regular adhesive usually isn't strong enough to stick to dry embossing.

Then to finish my card I added the sahara sand card stock with ribbon and white punched border and my sentiment.  My sentiment was stamped, punched out, layered using my circle and scallop circle punches and then I did some paper piercing just along the edge on the sahara sand card stock.  I used the essentials paper piercing pack for the paper piercing.

Sorry for such a long post today.  I'm starting the 100 cards in 100 days challenge again.  Today is card #1 out of 100 towards my goal of 100 cards in 100 days!  I remember how fun this challenge was before so I thought I'd challenge myself to do it again.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Bloomin Marvelous
Card Stock:  White, Sahara Sand, Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo
Ink:  Sahara Sand, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard, Island Indigo
Supplies:  Ribbon, Basic Pearls, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Square Lattice  Embossing Folder, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Floral Frames Framelits, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals, Scissors- for cutting flowers, Tombow Multi Glue
Technique:  Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing

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