Pick of the Week ~ Fall Wreath Card

This is the last week in August - wow has the summer gone too fast!!! I’ve been wanting to get out my fall stamps - so since it was my turn to do POTW here at The House That Stamps Built , I decided to go with some fall leaves.

Supplies:
White cardstock cut 3 3/4″ x  3 3/4″
Kraft cardstock cut 4″ x 4″
Base card 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ in a color that goes well with the leaves
Scraps of glitter paper
Scraps of coordinating cardstock for embossing extra leaves
Circle dies
Gold embossing powder
Twine
Ink colors of your choice.

Stamps used:
6512-E Everyday Blessings, 3214-G Thanksgiving Blessings, 3311-C Acorn, 3312-E Maple Leaf and 3306-I Falling Leaves.

I have seen several template kits out there for circle wreaths, but I just drew my own circle using a die cut and a light pencil line (which you will later erase) - finding the center of the card stock first and then positioning the die. You could use any circle or a compass.

Next I started stamping my leaf stamp with my chosen first color - I stamped in multiples of three in each color - fairly evenly spaced for eye appeal. I stamped in threes using all three of my ink colors. Brown, orange and a darker red.

I then embossed additional leaves from Falling Leaves stamp as well as the Acorns using gold embossing powder. I then fussy cut out the leaves and acorns. I embossed my 1 1/4″ circle with Everyday Blessings as well as embossed Thanksgiving Blessings at the bottom of my base card. I erased the circle line with a soft eraser. Next I layered my circles two of which were cut from glitter paper/card stock.. After the circles are in place I fit in additional leaves from Falling Leaves and the Acorns where there was a bit of a gap or that were eye appealing. I used some tiny pop dots to pop up my acorns.

Here is the final card, with just a bit of neutral twine tied on the card. I am now ready to start seeing some fall colors in the woods behind our house. Give this a try - you can use a variety of stamps you already have from small flowers, twigs, leaves, and yes I even did one with feathers.

~ Shirley

For this week only (August 27 - Sept. 2, 2018), get 20% Off the stamps used in Shirley’s creation above when you use the coupon code POTW82718