SU Wreath Class

Something  a bit different at last week's card club...wreath making... SU Burlap and Blooms wreath kit.

Here's what the kit looked like before we started, it came with everything we needed, apart from a hot glue gun...

 Not being one to replicate the design given with kits I moved a few flowers around and changed what colour flowers went where. I even managed to wrap the wreath blank with burlap and have a fair bit left over on the reel to use another day!

 Here's a close up of the flowers. Can't believe the fringed flowers all came out different sizes even though they were made using the same papers.

 As always Paula made us a gift for coming to her class... this month we got a little gift bag made using the Tag Topper Punch and Sweet Sorbet Sale-a-bration papers..with a little post it note booklet inside. Each bag and post it note book had the initial of the recipients name on it.

 

Makes a nice change to do something non card making at an SU class :)

Autumn Wreath

It appears the UK is having somewhat of a late Indian Summer this year, it's hotter now than most of August was for us so making our house an Autumn Wreath may seem out of place, though the forecasts say by the weekend the weather could be cool and rubbish again so I'm prepared!

I've grown bored of my burlap wreath and whilst walking round Hobbycraft last weekend I saw all these lovely bits and pieces that would knock together and make a wonderful wreath... so I bought them and whipped up this wreath... (yes I should have been making things for my craft stall but the temptation to make something for us was too much)..

My favourite bit is the cute little wooden hedgehog, all the other animals they had were just too large or looked tacky. The leaves are from a long wire garland of leaves, still got half of it left so may have to think of another autumn based project to use them on at a later date. Quick, simple, yet very effective on our inner porch doorway... I'm even more impressed with the quality of the photos of the wreath from my new SLR camera :)

Spring Wreath

I've grown bored of the welcome sign that was hanging from our inner front door, it just wasn't bold enough... so I made a wreath to hang there instead.

I've used:

foam circular wreath

burlap

red dotty ribbon

felt flowers

hot gluegun

red satin ribbon

Here's a close up so you can see the dotty ribbon better...

It really seems to brighten up our little entrance hall... the welcome sign is now hanging over the stable door in the kitchen, so my butterfly canvas is displaced now instead.. don't think that will get a new home though as the colourscheme doesn't match anywhere in our house :(

Another glitter wreath

Finally got round to finishing my own wicker glittery wreath and after nabbing an idea from the heart shaped wreath I made the other week I got the perfect finishing touches for this one. I tried to keep it simple and originally it didn't have the glittery flowers but it just looked a bit bare and one-sided so after trip to hobbycraft was required! Although you can't see it the ribbon actually ahs 'merry christmas' written on it in gold caligraphy. The poor floor under this wreath is now covered in red glitter and shall be sparkling for months to come lol!

I'm linking this up to the fab linky parties shown on the right hand side!

Bauble Wreath

I felt the need to make a bauble wreath after seeing so any lovely ones out there on everyone's blogs.. so now our house has a few wreaths but hey I'm sure I can find many places to hang them..
The one thing all the tutorials forget to mention is how fiddly, messy and infuriating the whole process is and after an hour of frustration glueing baubles on I spent another hour picking all the excess glue off lol.
Dread to think how many baubles I've used, I stopped counting after emptying the 4th box, though I was using quite small baubles compared to the majority of people so it's no surprise I needed so many. There was glitter everywhere, over my desk, the chair, the floor and now all down the stairs to the front door where it hangs now lol!

I'm linking this to:

• Someday crafts - whatever goes wednesday
• fireflies & jellybeans - show off your stuff
• a glimpse inside - catch a glimpse
• blue cricket design - show and tell
• crafty cierra - wild wednesday
• creations by kara - look what i made
• the shabby nest - frugal friday
• chic on a shoestring - flaunt it friday
• finding fabulous - frugalicious friday
• funky polkadot giraffe - too cute tuesday
• a little lovely - saturday soiree
• taterots & jello - weekend wrapup
• be different act normal - show and tell

Glittery wreath

Started the christmas craft work and thought I'd start with the biggies.. made mum's wreath as she fell in love with my wreath that I made (will blog that one later, but it needs a few extra bits now I've been to hobbycraft again today n got some extra bits lol).

I've used (oh how hobbycraft love me after my shopping sprees):

• Heart shaped twig wreath
• White snowflake ribbon (good ol' tesco deals)
• Silver glitter poinsettas
• Glittery pinecone decoration
• Red berry decoration
• Snowy twig decoration
• Glue gun
• Pebbles to counterbalance

I'm linking this too:

• My repurposed life - catch as catch can
• The shabby nest - frugal friday
• Chic on a shoestring - flaunt it friday
• A glimpse inside- catch a glimpse
• a little lovely - saturday soiree
• be different act normal - show and tell saturday
• tatertots & jello - weekend wrapup party
• i heart naptime - sundae scoop