Hello! I don't know about you, but around here the colors of autumn are at their peak and it's gorgeous! We headed to Kent, CT this past weekend since Yankee magazine ranked it as the #1 Fall destination for leaf peeping. Surprisingly, there were still a lot of green trees intermixed with the changing trees. So...we're going to head back there this weekend (it's only about 45 minutes north of where I live).
All of these gorgeous colors inspired me to bring a little inside, so over the past 2 evenings, I've put together an autumn wreath.
This was really easy and a pretty inexpensive project! I bought a 9" foam circle and wide brown satin ribbon from Michaels. You can't see it in this picture, but I wrapped the foam circle in the brown ribbon to give it more of a finished look. Next, I used 4 different colors of cardstock (the light peach and yellow look very similar, so it kind of looks like I only used 3 colors!) and cut out the leaf shapes with PTI's set of leaf dies. I then used the coordinating leaf stamp set to stamp on the veins of the leaves in dark brown ink. After that, I used several inks (same colors as the cardstock) and added some color to each of the leaves (my favorites are the yellow ones with red inking!). Finally, I crinkled up each leaf by wadding it into a ball, smoothed it back out and added some tea ink to really pull out the crinkles.
To attach my leaves to the foam circle, I just used straight pins (this was a no glue project!). I made sure to attach the pins underneath other leaves so you can't see them. After I went around the circle and covered it with leaves, I added a bow to the top and attached a long piece of ribbon to the back in order to hang it on my wall. And again, I used straight pins to attach the bow and the ribbon to the back.
Here's a close up of the leaves to give you a better idea of how those turned out:
That's it for me! I have a knitting project I finished recently that I plan to share with you. Hopefully, I can get that photographed today or tomorrow and post it later this week.
Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies:
- Cardstock: More Mustard, Peach Parfait, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze (Stampin' Up!)
- Stamps: Leaf Prints (Papertrey Ink)
- Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Cajun Craze (Stampin' Up!); Tea Ink (Papertrey Ink)
- Accessories: Ribbon, 9" Foam Ring (Michaels)
very cute!! i'm starting to realize that maybe I'm too lazy to make seasonal decorations.... :) thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Heidi Stock | October 30, 2010 at 06:33 AM