Autumn starts this week. I made this Autumn Wreath inspired by the one on page 185 in the 2013-2014 Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog. It took about 2 hours to make which included figuring everything out. Have fun making an Autumn Wreath of your own!
SUPPLIES:
Card Stock: Tangerine Tango
Crushed Curry
Early Espresso
Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper #132184
Big Shot: Autumn Accents Bigz Die #127812
Gift Bow Bigz L Die #129977
Chalk Talk Framelits #129983
Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies #127553
Embossing Folders: Stripes #123128
Woodgrain #127821
Chevron #127749
Houndstooth #123134
Argyle #127750
Punch: 1-1/4″ Scallop Circle #127811
Ribbon: 18″ of 1/8″ Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon #119253
1-2 rolls of Chocolate Chip 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon #130014 (Depending how tightly you wrap it. The first time I had about 8″ of the wreath fom uncovered. The third time I had about 6″ of ribbon left.)
Other: 18″ Flat Wood Wreath form (from your local craft store)
Antique Brad
Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Fabritac -optional (from your local craft or fabric store)
Glue Dots
Glue Gun
Paper Piercing Tool & Mat
Simply Scored Tool
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Wreath Frame. Use a couple of Glue Dots to attach your Chevron Ribbon to the back of your Wreath Frame. Wrap your Ribbon around the Wreath Form. I overlapped about 1/4 at the bottom (inside) and just barely overlapped at the top outside of the frame. Continue until done. Adhere the end of the ribbon to the frame with either Fabritac or Tombow. Hold ribbon in place while it sets-about a minute or two. You will have to hold the ribbon in place longer with the Tombow.
Leaves
2. Cut your Leaves using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die. You can cut 3-4 layers of card stock and up to 6 layers of Designer Series Paper at a time with the Bigz Dies. I will give you the number of each leaf and color I used. I did use more of the yellow leaves, but you can use the combination you like the best. I personally just cut a bunch of leaves and have plenty left over for other fall cards.
~Card Stock is cut at 3-1/2″ x 11″. You can get both of the two largest leaves twice. If you want to cut just the number of leaves I used the large leaf is 3-1/2″ square. The longer leaf is 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″.
~~Tangerine Tango-Large: 4 Longer: 1
~~Crushed Curry-Large: 4 Longer: 4
~~Early Espresso-Large: 3 Longer: 1
~DSP is cut at 3-1/2″ x 5-1/2″. You can get the two larger leaves once from this size.
~~Yellow Plaid-Large: 3 Longer: 2 (Back side is blue polka dot)
~~Yellow Slanted Zig Zag-Large: 1 Longer: 2 (Back side is brown & Blue plaid)
~~Yellow Star-Large: 3 Longer: 1 (Back side is orange houndstooth with blue background)
~~Brown Chevron-Large: 1 Longer: 0 (Back side is blue design)
3. I embossed the card stock leaves with a variety of embossing folders. I can’t remember if I could get two or three in at a time, but tried to put different colors in each time a ran it through to give a variety of textures. I folded the DSP leaves in half lengthwise and did a fold to the center of two of the sides. The longer leaves I just folded in half. I did this to add dimension to the leaves since real leaves are not perfectly flat like paper.
4. I placed the card stock leaves on the ribbon placing them at different angles and trying not to have the same color of leaf touching, or having the same texture touching. I adhered them with Tombow Glue. I did about 5 or 6 card stock leaves then added some DSP leaves on top. I then repeated the process until I was happy. The main leaf area is about 12″ wide.
5. The Bow. Cut 3 Tangerine Tango of the long bow part and 2 Crushed Curry of the long bow part. I cut them from about 3″ x 11″ card stock trimming the corners that stuck over the edges of the Bow Die. You will also need two about 3″ circles or squares – of any scrap. (You won’t see them from the front.) Punch a 1-1/4″ Tangerine Tango Scallop Circle. Use your Bone Folder to curl the bow parts.
6. Assemble your Bow. (Note: Positions mentioned are the number positions on an analog clock. So the 12:00 position is the very top part of your Wreath Frame and 6:00 is the bottom.)
a. Crushed Curry. Assemble these as the directions tell you. Match up the straight parts and hook together with Glue Dots being careful not to put your Glue Dots in the center. It makes it VERY HARD to get your Paper Piercing Tool Through the center!! Repeat with the second one.
b. Tangerine Tango. Put a Glue Dot on the back of each side about 1″ from the center. Attach your Bow end here instead of in the center. Do this with all three.
c. Put Glue Dots on either side of the center of each one Crushed Curry Bow part. Adhere the second one making sure they are evenly spaced. Pierce a hole in the center.
d. Place Glue dots on either side of the center of each Tangerine Tango Bow part. Adhere to each other making sure they are evenly placed. Pierce a hole in the center.
e. Take your 1-1/4″ Scallop Circle and snip a about 2/3 of the way to the center on every other scallop so it will bend in some. Pierce a hole in the center and put your brad through the hole. Next put your brad through the Crushed Curry Bow parts and then the Tangerine Tango Bow Parts. Spread out the tips of the brad which will be very short.
f. Put hot glue on one of the 3″ circles or squares and attach your bow to it while flattening out your bow. Don’t burn yourself!!
g. Take the other circle or square and attach two large Crushed Curry leaves with Tombow Glue on opposite sides and two longer Crushed Curry leaves in between so that the large leaves are at the 12:00 and 6:00 positions and the longer ones are at 3:00 and 9:00. Add large DSP leaves in between. Adhere these leaves to the circle or square under the bow. I just used Tombow Glue here.
h. With your leaves in the 3:00-5:00 position, adhere your Bow & Leaf combination in the 12:00 position using either Fabritac or your Glue Gun. Tombow isn’t strong enough.
7. Banner
a. Cut six Tangerine Tango Chalk Talk Labels using the Framelits and your Big Shot. I just used a half sheet and kept moving the Framelit around.
b. Cut the Letters from 2″ squares of Crushed Curry. You can cut multiple letters at the same time on the die and cut both “U”s at the same time.
c. Score 1/4″ at one end of the Chalk Talk die cuts. Use your Bone Folder to make a good fold line.
d. Fold the little tab part over the 1/8″ Taffeta ribbon and put a Glue Dot on the end of the rounded part to adhere to the back of the card stock trying not to adhere the ribbon. Adhere all the tabs to the ribbon.
e. Now glue the letters to the banner labels using Tombow Glue. Use just a super thin line of Tombow so it won’t squish out and make a mess.
f. Use Fabritac or your Glue Gun to adhere the ribbon at the 10:00 and 2:00 positions on your Wreath Frame. Cover the ends of your ribbon with a large Tangerine Tango leaf using Tombow Glue. Now attach a long DSP leaf.
8. Admire your fun Autumn Wreath and hang it up for everyone to enjoy!
Happy Autumn!
Nendy
