Good Sunday morning and sadly the last day of the holiday weekend. It’s back to work and business as usual. I hope your holiday was wonderful and that you were able to get rested up a little before charging into the busy Christmas holiday preparations. My project today was made using the Impression Obsession Wrought Iron Fence and a wreath made using the Impression Obsession Holly Flourish and Martha Stewart Branch Punch. If you would like to see how I make my wreaths you can check out my Step by Step picture tutorial and Video tutorial over at Splitcoaststampers. You can also find three different wreath tutorials in the Tutorial section on my right side bar.
I cut a 5.50” x 4.25” black piece of cardstock and attached it with ATG adhesive to a A2 cream card base. I applied ATG adhesive to the back of the music paper and attached to the black card base. I cut the fence using black cardstock and applied rolled up strips of double stick tape to the back and attached it to the card base. I didn’t want the fence to be attached to the base so rolled tape allows for a tiny bit of dimension. The pictures below show me using 1/4” tape but I actually used 1/8” for the fence since the bars are very thin.
I wanted to create a fairly small wreath that wouldn’t overwhelm the fence so I used a one inch circle for the base. I punched out lots of branches and cut the stem off right where the first two larger branches fork off so they would fit better for the smaller wreath.
I attached the branches to the wreath base alternating the pattern-1 left, 1 right and 1 center and repeated it all the way around the base. Since this is such a small wreath the tightly arranged branches covered the inner circle of the wreath. I cut a couple holly flourish sections, cut them apart and applied 1/8” punched circles for holly berries. I applied red stickles to the berries for a touch of sparkle and set aside to dry. I created a small multi loop bow and attached it to the wreath using glue dots. Once the bow was attached I arranged and attached the holly branches with glossy accents to fill in around the wreath. I tucked several longer pieces in around the bow to mingle with the streamers. I applied a good amount of glossy accents to the back of the wreath and attached it to the card base. I took a couple close up pictures for a better view.
I thought the wreath would be the perfect embellishment to use with the iron fence and I love the music designer paper in the background. It reminds me of old-fashioned Christmas decorations.
Before I close I wanted to take a minute to talk about a tool you may want to put on your Santa wish list. If you love collecting dies as much as I do then this small Dremel is the perfect tool to grind and smooth the poking out pieces of wire after you cut the dies apart. The Dremel is a fairly inexpensive tool that saves lots of time and energy versus hand filing off the pieces. I can’t tell you how many times I have hurt myself with those ugly little wire tips. My husband has a larger Dremel out on his tool bench that would be overkill for our little dies. I’ve linked the Dremel that I have down in my supply list so you’ll know which one to ask Santa for.
Last thing is the sales reminders. Check out Ellen Hutson’s 10 year Anniversary Sales, Impression Obsession Annual Sale and Stamp-n-Storage Holiday Sale..
Thanks for coming by today and I hope you continue to have a wonderful holiday weekend.
Card size: 5.50” x 4.25”
Kittie, what a beautiful card. Your talent amazes me. Your wreath looks so real. Maybe next year I’ll figure out how to make a wreath like you do. Thank you for sharing your amazing creativity
Kittie, this is so gorgeous! If I didn’t know I was looking at paper I would think it was real. You always amaze me with what you can do with dies. Thanks for the tip on the dremel. I think I will add that to my Santa wish list. All my kids wanted to know what to get me and this would be perfect. Thanks for the idea.
I also wanted to let you know that my blog candy package arrived yesterday. Thank you so much for the embossing folders and dies. I’ve already used one of the embossing folders on a card and it on my blog. Can’t wait to try out the dies sets. Hope your holiday was wonderful. Thanks again!
GORGEOUS….GORGEOUS….so beautifull….that gate is now ordered for ME…and on sale….this card really spoke to me…..and you do love spending my money…..but hey ON SALE…so we have to have it right?
Huggles
Absolutely beautiful! So much dimension and I love the music background too! I like your tip on the Dremel – I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stabbed myself and there was definitely blood! Now I cut them pretty close but there are still little “bits” sticking out. I’m going to add this to my wish list! Thanks, Kittie!
Oh my goodness Kittie, this is absolutely beautiful! I love your tutorials and the rolled tape tip!
Pam
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HOW ELEGANT & HOW BEAUTIFUL TOO!!!! What a WONDERFUL JOB you’ve done on this Kittie! THANK YOU for the link to the Mini-Dremel! I file all my dies by hand & it CAN take a bit to do! 😉
Now this looks like you. Love it.
Good Afternoon, kittie. a beautiful card, and your wreath is perfect. I love the idea of the music in background as well. thanks for the that tutorial. I also want to thank you for the Dremel information. I could use that one, think I will put it on my wish list. for I love dies very much too….have a good week-end, hugs.
BEAUTIFUL CARD KITTIE, AS ALWAYS ! ! I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU AND NOW THE LATEST…
LOL, YOUR GOING TO LAUGH ! I HAVE HAD THAT DREMEL TOOL FOR 40 YEARS AND HAVE DONE SO MUCH WITH IT IN THE PAST. WHY I DID NOT THINK TO USE IT FOR THE SAME THING YOU HAVE I WILL NEVER KNOW. THANKS FOR REMINDING ME. BLESSINGS TO YOU !
You are so talented that seeing your creations makes my crafting heart happy.
What a beautiful card. I love the fence and wreath. Well done as always. I pinned to my Christmas Everything board.