I went to the wholesale florist the other day and was like a kid in a candy store. Lots and lots of ribbon to catch the eye and many other little items to ooh and ahh over. I came across theses little gems on wires in the wedding area and just had to buy a pack. I'll be going back for more, getting different colors. There's 5 crystals on each stem.
They work perfectly into the wreath after cutting about 4" off the wires. Just wind the wire around the circle frame, bending the wire to get the crystals where you want them. There are 4 stems on this wreath.
I must have punched about 30-40 evergreen branches from each dp. I didn't count, I just know that the punching is not good for my hands, shoulders and neck. I punch half from the top of the dp and the other half from the bottom, this way the branches go both directions.
It's just a matter of putting the evergreen branches in a little glue and placing them where you want, working around the wreath and building up. I tried to cover the wires as much as possible.
When you have the evergreens as you want them, then glue on the berries that you have made with the hole punch. Then you will put the bow on. This is doubled on the top portion to give more dimension.
For this card I wanted a windowed door, so I used the square nesties to do this. There is a clear piece of acetate behind this to give a real window look. To cover all the tape marks, I have adhered a nice piece of c/s that looks like wallpaper.
The wreath is then adhered to the door with dimensional adhesives.
The brad is adhered with glue after I broke off the prongs.
With all the work in this card, this will be going to someone that is very special to me. Mom, you'll just have to wait and see ...
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 GMT Views: 4167
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Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ 3:57 PM
Wow this looks like a lot of time and effort and you have put it together beautifully. Don't you love it when you stumble onto the perfect little embellishments! Tfs