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A mini Christmas wreath today. This is a little fiddly, but doesn't take long to make.
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Punch out a 1 1/4" circle from a piece of Garden Green, leaving some space around it.
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Punch around the circular hole with the Scalloped Circle punch.
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Using the pricking mat from the Mat Pack, shape the scallops with an embossing stylus by embossing in small circles on each scallop.
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Punch out 14 mini flowers - here I've used the flower punch from the Bitty Shapes Punch Pack. Emboss each petal of the flower.
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Then turn the flower over and emboss in the centre.
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Place a small spot of glue to one side of a scallop, and place a flower on it, so that the flower is tilted on to one side.
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Repeat with all of the flowers until the ring is filled.
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Punch out 20 x 1/8" circles. I used the retired 1/8" hand held punch from SU. Place a small blob of glue in the centre, and then place three circles on top as shown in the photo.
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Place a good blob of glue on the wreath as in the photo, and gently place a group of berries on top. Don't press down on the berries, in order to avoid the glue squelching out from underneath!
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Finally use a glue dot to fix on a small bow. Here I have used the 1/8" Real Red taffeta ribbon.
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3 comments:
i love the depth you have created on the wreath. great idea. thanks for sharing
sara
very cute, love your wreath!
Have just found your blog - Wow wow wow - love all you have done. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the advent calendar. Have added you to my favourites.
Melissa (Maine, USA)
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