Sunday, August 26, 2012

Handmade Paper Flower Wreath - Fall



I love this time of year! When I was teaching class last night I started to create this wreath. In the class we learned how to create almost all of the flowers that are in this wreath. The only flowers I didn't teach in this class is the rolled flowers.


I used several different types of punches to create the flowers on this wreath. Mcgill Buttercup, Ek Success Retro Flower, Marvy Pointy Flower Petal. 
  


The flowers you see here are from a design I created in Make The Cut. These are ones I sell in my etsy store. They are called "Elizabeth Roses" , named after my daughter. 



This wreath was very time consuming but worth it! These are my favorite colors for fall! The crimson and yellowish orange color are a great pair to add to your fall projects!






Friday, August 24, 2012

Flower Home Decor Blog Hop



Hello and welcome to the Flower Home Decor Hop. We hope you will leave here super inspired today! If you just came from (Melissa Pinter) then you are on track. If you just stumbled upon my blog you may want to start at the beginning so you don't miss any of the gorgeous projects http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com .

We have 3 amazing sponsors today...
First up is Anna Fearer of More Paper Than Shoes she is offering a $20 gift certificate to her Etsy store here http://www.etsy.com/shop/morepaperthanshoes also please stop by her FB fan page and LIKE https://www.facebook.com/morepaperthanshoes
Next up is Creative Chaos that is offering a set of mixed holiday flowers you can stop by the Etsy store here www.etsy.com/shop/shannleffew2 and please stop by the FB fanpage and like here www.facebook.com/creativechaos
and last but not least is Scrapbook Stamp Society giving away 3 digi stamps


Here is my project I created for this fab blog hop:
A lovely handmade paper flower wreath. Love working with purple.


I used several different style of cut files and punches to create these wonderful flowers. I have used some svg files that I have created along with some that Kristy Ashe from Scraptastical Kreations has created too. I have also used EK Success and Mcgill punches as well!

I created this project using a wreath I found at A.C. Moore's and the berries are from Michaels. The feather was from the Ashland collection last year when they had their Halloween line out. Love those feathers.



You can find some of these wonderful flowers in my Etsy shop if you wanted to create your wreath using some of my flowers. I can customize these in any color you would like.


Don't forget to check out my tutorial on how to make the filler flowers I created for this wreath. See the video below:



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I hope you enjoyed the projects so far but there is more!

Your next stop on this hop is: (http://scrappingjudy.blogspot.com/)


Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way