A Wreath, a tutorial & a small give away!

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Ok so I needed a little Christmas something to fill a spot on my wall. Was about to hit the stores on this crazy full weekend before Christmas. (What was I even thinking) Then it hit me........make something silly. You are crafty!! Looking through my stash I thought of how I wish I had the MS pine branch punch. There has been lots of talks about it lately. Well I do have the TH pine cone die. How in the world did I not realize that this looks almost the same only larger. So the light bulb went off & I began.....

Please read more for supplies used, the tutorial & how to easily enter my give away.

SUPPLIES

2- 8 ½ by 11 pieces of green cardstock cut into 2 by 2 ¾ pieces (light green & medium green)

5 inch wreath form cut from cereal box

Green acrylic paint

Tim Holtz pine cone die

Green distress ink & an applicator

Ribbon

Twine

White pearl adhesive bling

White glue & glue gun

Stapler

• Cut 5 inch wreath from cereal box & paint both sides green. (Don’t worry too much over your cut, it will be covered up)
• While drying begin to shade pieces of cardstock with distress ink. Do so by pouncing ink around edges. I inked it lightly, you of course can ink more if you like.
• Mist with water. This will spread the ink a little & this is what we want.
• Lightly crumple cardstock & open up flat. Allow to dry. (You can use a heat tool if you like) 
• Don’t be too concerned with the inking. After the misting & all the layering “perfect inking” won’t be noticed. 
• Staple a loop of twine to wreath form for hanging. (Do this now so it can be covered by branches) 
• Layer 3-4 pieces of cardstock over branch part of die & run through die cut machine. Run forward & backward through machine to insure a full cut through all pieces of cardstock. 
• Now begin layering branches all the way around wreath. Working with glue 2-3 inches at a time. Now if you notice on your die cut there is a “front” side with the paper bending down on the edges & a “back” side with the edges bending up. While layering turn some die cuts front side up & some down. Not only does this mix up the texture but also then you get 4 slightly different shades of the green. Inked sides & non inked sides. 
• Be sure not to squish the branches down flat while gluing. Let dry & fluff out. Remember……just like the real thing, it can be trimmed if a branch sticks out to far. 
• Tie ribbon into a bow & attach with glue gun.
• Finally add the pearls & Tada…….a pretty wreath to hang.

  

Now for the giveaway. All you have to do is become a follower or already be following & leave a comment on this blog post. I will be giving away a little bit of my wintery stash. I will also be adding a surprise to this stuff on Monday. I will pick a winner using Random.org on Wednesday morning.

I added this to the give away

Some presents for you!!!!!

Good Luck & as always,

Thanks so much for looking!

~Jenn