October 26, 2021

AUTUMN WREATH

A little more than a month ago, I got myself a set of dies with the most adorable tiny autumn leaves. And, I have to be honest, I went a little nuts. I sifted through all my scraps of Designer Series Paper for pieces that had an autumn feel to them. I think I spent an entire afternoon giving my Big Shot a real workout die cutting a whole tree full of autumn leaves. That was ever so satisfying.

Of course a little craziness goes a long way, and I had, as I said, an abolute tree full of leaves. What to do with this windfall?

When I had the idea for this card, I, of course, went back to work with the leaf dies and made my stencil. I had set my DSP leaves aside for the time being since I'd had this wonderful idea that needed to be created first. 

Once I had finished the card with the sponged leaves, I not only had the plethora of DSP leaves I'd cut, but also a handful of leaves left over from that first card.

Not one to let anything go to waste, I set out to make another card.


The "wreath" die I decided to use had several hearts cut out in it. Not being a big fan of using the heart image in my work, except for lovey circumstances such as weddings or Valentines, I was stumped as to how to cover all these little hearts up.

I ended up using leaves placed strategically over the cut out hearts. I found that to be a good solution to what was not actually a problem, but I wanted this to be completely fallish. The cut out hearts, as you maybe can tell, were around the edges of the wreath.


When I was first working on the wreath at my Creation Station:


I had wanted to use a a base for the wreath a neutral color so as not to clash with any of the colors I'd used in the leaves. But I also wanted them to show up well against the color. So I ended up choosing Crumb Cake, after trying out several other neutral colors.

Adding the wreath to white set it all off nicely. The wreath itself measures 4 3/4" across. So I didn't have too much white around it, I decided to mount it onto a 4 3/4" x 9 1/2" piece of white cardstock. 

The blank corners bothered me. I added a couple of metal decorative Stampin' Up! pieces that were in a coppery color, perfect for fall. I ended up with a 4 3/4" square card. If I decide to send it to someone rather than using it merely as a decorative piece, I will have to use my envelope maker to create a custon size envelope.


A closeup view of the center of the wreath. 
Can you distinguish between the leaves cut from DSP and the ones I sponged with ink 
that I used in the first leafy project? I think it's a nice contrast.


A fairly flat card, with the only pop of dimension in the four corner embellishments:


Happy Fall Y'all!


Leafy
Smiles.












19 comments:

  1. The little leaves are so cute!

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  2. Wow! How intricate and pretty!

    So glad you shared your creation at the Homestead Blog Hop!

    Blessings on your coming week!

    Laurie
    Ridge Haven Homestead
    Homestead Blog Hop

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  3. Sorry—-I actually found you on another hop.
    May you should bring this over to the Homestead Blog Hop and share! That would be great!

    Laurie
    Here’s a link:
    https://www.ridgehavenhomestead.com/category/homestead-blog-hop/

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    1. Thank you, Laurie, first of all, for liking my card, and seccondly for the invite to join your Homestead Blog Hop. I have added your blog hop to my Link Parties list and have posted my last two blog posts. Thanks again!

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  4. This is adorable. Pinned and tweeted. Thanks for sharing at #omhgww. See you next week.

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  5. What a gorgeous fall card! I would frame it and display it all fall long! Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen

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  6. The leaves are so cute, they look like little puzzle pieces. Beautiful fall card!

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  7. This is just lovely Linda, it'll be a feature at Handmade Monday this coming week :-)

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