This is for IC276 and Kirkland is our inspiration site. I grew up in my mother's flower shop and she taught me floral design. I was inspired by the Mixed Floral Wreath as it reminded me of my mother's beautiful work. http://www.kirklands.com/product/Dec...297/156923.uts
I created the base for my wreath by using two Nestabilities circle punches. I embossed amethyst, regal rose, apricot appeal and spring moss cardstock to create texture and to punch out multiple flowers using the Martha Stewart Hydranga punch and foliage using the Frond an Evergreen (retired) sprigs. The flower punch has one large and two small flowers for each punch. I layered three large and one small flower to create each large flower. I attached the frond foliage to the circle to create the base of the wreath. I attached the large flowers on the wreath and then attached the evergreen foliage around the flowers to add a delicate texture and softness to the arrangement. I attached the small apricot flowers around to add one more element of texture. The final step was to add the dotten swiss multi loop bow. I didn't want anything to detract from the wreath so used the scalloped whitelayer over the amethyst base. Check out my multi loop bow tutorial if you would like to know how I made my bow. http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kitti...tutorials.html
Paper: Almost Amethyst, White, Regal Rose, Apricot Appeal, Spring Moss
Accessories: Martha Stewart Hydranga, Frond, Evergreen (retired) and Punch Around the Page Punches, Matte Accent, Cuttlebug and SU Embossing Folders, Dotted Swiss Ribbon, Glue Dots
Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011 GMT Views: 7104
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Sat, Mar 19, 2011 @ 10:45 AM
Magnificent!! A labor of lovliness.
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Sat, Mar 19, 2011 @ 11:05 AM
This is beautiful. I love, love, love your wreathe! Great texture on the flowers and lovely doiley square!
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