30 minutes or less - DIY winter wreath by Cheri Piles

As you know I typically make a 'few' wreaths a year, lol!! Anywhoo... I wanted to try out these new flat wreath bases I found at a local craft store. They are pretty fun!! I picked up a medium and a small and thought about how I could make it work with the new collection Tinsel and Co. 

I've been doing so many Christmas decor items lately I thought it would be fun to change it up a bit and focus on WINTER so I used two sheets of the stars paper. So first in order to time it under 30 minutes - quickly run outside and spray the two bases and star ornament white, add some clear or white glitter to the smaller wreath then set all three pieces in the hot sun and run on back inside and cut 8 strips 1 1/2" and 8 strips 1 1/4", then cut each strip 6" in length for a total of 16 strips each.  

What makes this such a QUICK and easy project is using the TC stapler from Xyron to connect your paper chain together. 

Ok, so I always to things the loooong way... and yes still managed to finished under 30 minutes! I stapled all of my wider pieces first then stapled my smaller ones connecting them all together. I would have been quicker to staple every other strip onto each chain, doh! Once your pieces are dry - mine took about 5 minutes in our 90 heat wave we have going on here! I took some invisible thread and hung the small wreath to the center of the large base, glued my star wood ornament to the center of the small one. Tie your ribbon on and then I just hot glued the larger pieces onto the base.... well, I needed a little bling bling so I added stars from the sequins package to finish it off on the smaller wreath. And TIME, your done!!

I hope you are inspired to create a quick winter wreath for your home! ~Cheri

Holiday Wreath by Dedra Long

We are ten days away from Christmas Eve and I don't know about you, but this time of season is super busy! Our youngest daughters birthday is tomorrow and we try to make it her "special time." So, in the hustle and bustle of it all, I also like to be as festive as possible. Creating unique classic home decor, that also needs to be simple, and quick, yet elegant.

I love Teresa's medallions, which always add that special "elegant" touch to any project. Add some of her rhinestones, brads and create some rolled flowers, a touch of ribbon and voila!
A beautiful holiday wreath to hang in your house or on your front door!

Hoping your holidays are full of cheer!

Spring Wreath using SPRING FLING by Amanda Jones

Well, it doesn't look like we're going to get any snow where I live this year (I LOVE SNOW!) so I'm more than happy for spring to hurry up and make an appearance. With this in mind, I pulled out some goodies from the Spring Fling line and set to work on making a colourful wreath for my front door.

It was simple to make but I love how it turned out! I'm ready to see the spring flowers arrive now :) Here's how I made it...

I used my Cricut to cut out the background ring from some pink cardstock. If you don't have a die-cutting machine you can just draw around 2 plates to create the same shape. Then I selected several patterned papers and hand cut some simple leaf shapes. They are not neat or precise, and some are smaller than others - I wanted a natural look rather than them all being uniform.

Once I had cut enough leaves to cover the wreath, I gently folded each leaf down the centre, lengthways, to add dimension. Then I grabbed some adhesive - I used a quick drying wet glue, but glue dots would be good, too. Starting on the inside of the wreath, using smaller leaves, I dabbed a dot of glue on one end of the leaf and attached it to the cardboard ring. I continued adding leaves, overlapping, all the way round the inside of the ring. Next, I added another line of leaves, offset against the first circle, in the middle of the wreath, making sure to cover as much of the background cardstock as I could. I repeated this again with the largest leaves around the outside of the wreath.

I had originally intended to leave it as it was, just leaves, but once I had finished I decided it needed a little extra spring-infusion! I cut some of the large flowers from one of the papers and clustered them together on the wreath, adding a die-cut flower to the topmost one. I finished them off with blingage gems for a little extra sparkle! 

So there you have it! A little bit of Spring for my door :)

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