OK, so I blame Barbara Gray – as you know, she had the fabulous build a wreath collection on HobbyMaker TV this week and now I can’t stop playing with them!! I’ve put the spring set into action again today for a card that will go into my wedding/engagement stash (It’s that time of year!)
I’ve managed to incorporate four challenges into this little creation, starting with the colours from The Paper Players. I took the left hand column of stencil, any colour & flower from TicTacToe‘s grid, plus stencil and floral from Time Out‘s ‘pick 2’ list, finishing with the spring flowers theme from Double D.
I cut a piece of stencil card to 6×6, attached Clarity’s heart shape stencil to it and brushed ‘salvaged patina’ Distress Oxide through it, which gave me the outline to build my wreath around.
I then set about building my wreath with the stamps, starting with a couple of leafy sprays around the edge of the stencil in ‘mowed lawn’ Distress Oxide, which outlined the shape. I added yellow daisies with ‘mustard seed’ Distress Ink, another of the flowers (don’t know what type they are!) in ‘shaded lilac’ and finally the little cow parsley sprays again in the ‘mowed lawn’. I’m a bit cross as I slightly overcooked it at the bottom of the heart – there’s a daisy each side that I should probably have left out!
I popped one of the stamps from the fairly new Quotes set 7 stamps (it’s first inking!) into the centre, followed by a mount of Antarctica companion paper and attached the topper to a 7×7 card blank.
I am going to try and put these stamps away now and start working with something diferent (after a final offering tomorrow!)
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Way to go on making it fit 4 challenges. It is beautiful and I can see why you keep playing with the set.
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Thanks Johanna – the stamps are just so versatile!
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Deborah, your wreath turned out beautifully. The design with the stenciled heart and love conquers all sentiment is absolute perfection for a wedding or anniversary. So gorgeous! Thanks so much for joining in at the Paper Players this week!
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Lovely – great idea to use the heart shape xx
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Thank you! I love that you can create any shape with these stamps
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What a beautiful wreath! I love that it’s a heart and I think the sentiment is fabulous. Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Players.
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Thanks Jan!
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Oh Deb … what an absolutely BEAUTIFUL floral heart … nicely done!! Happy Easter! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
Double D Co-Owner
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thanks so much Darlene
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Beautiful Floral Heart Wreath! Love your colors! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Double D, Springtime Flowers Challenge. Donna, DT Member.
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So glad you had fun playing with that wreath set, Deborah. It made a wonderful wedding card with that sentiment set. Thanks for sharing your card with us at Time Out.
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Very beautiful and well designed card, I love the idea of the heart behind the wreath. Thank you for joining us at Time Out and do check out our new challenge that begins today, it’ll be a very fun photo inspiration!
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