49th Street Design: May 2018

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Fun Spring Wreath

I saw someone make a wreath similar to this on a FaceBook group. I fell in love with it and had to make myself one. Then of course my mom, my sister, my daughter-in-law, my daughter, and my niece all needed one lol. That was a lot and I am hoping my oldest doesn't think she needs one for her birthday because I don't want to make any more.

I started by cutting out the flowers. I used the Fresh Blossoms Smooth Cardstock pack from Walmart. Worked perfect for these flowers. Good weight. The flower pattern is from the Silhouette Design Store, Design ID #178393. It took some maneuvering but I was able to get 8 flowers on my mat.
After getting them all cut out I took my thingy (have no idea what it is called but you can see it in the picture below) and added some dimension to the first 3 petals and the center before rolling them. It is not necessary but I wanted to make sure the outer petals curved and lay a little better.

The next step is to roll all of them up. This takes some time. I used my Cricut Quilling Pen that came in a die set I have. I have heard others saying they used a bobby pin to roll them or rolled them by hand. The quilling pen was actually quite easy and fast.

After rolling all of the flowers I used my hot glue gun and applied glue to the center of the flower. Believe me I burn myself a lot doing this. Be forewarned!

Hold them in place until the glue cools.

They are so pretty when you have them all rolled.

Next comes the wreath. I just used a 12" green foam floral wreath from Walmart. It was just a couple dollars. I got a big bag of spanish moss. After making all of these I kinda wish I had tried using sheet moss to see if it would be easier to wrap the wreath. With this moss I tried to make thick strands then wrapped and glued. It isn't easy. This is where the burnt fingers came in. I used a hot melt glue gun and it made the moss smoke a bit. I just blew on it and it would quit smoking when cool.

Next came gluing on all the flowers. I just placed them on however I liked from the center front top to center front bottom. I just made sure mine didn't have same colors next to each other. You can put them on however you would like. The one I made for my daughter is actually rainbow order. It turned out great.

Just apply hot glue on the bottom of the finished flower and hold into place until cool. I pushed pretty good to make sure it held to the wreath and not just the moss. That way I knew it wasn't coming off. I offset each flower so they fit together nicely.

To finish it up I used some wide ribbon I got clearance after Christmas. Works perfect for this. I just measured how long I wanted it and put a bow in it then hung it up with a command hook. Love the way it turned out.

Edit: Here is the link to download the file with all 8 on the mat.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gn2qq4GLbV3nxi59_X1lr4DCLmEDNaFb/view?usp=sharing

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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

I have a couple cards to share with you. The first one is the one I made for my eldest daughter. I absolutely love the way it turned out. I decided to add this to the Simon Says Stamp weekly Monday challenge also. This week was Ombre. Who doesn't love ombre!?

For the first one I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the word "Daughter".
On the background I stamped a really fine detail design. It has some wispy lines with butterflies. It is an old stamp but any fine detail, not too busy stamp will work. I then embossed it with clear powder. I then used abandoned coral Distress Oxide and blend it on the background working from the bottom and fading out to the top.
The stamp set is Friendly Florals from Neat & Tangled. I love all the images in this one. To finish it off I added some sparkle with Nuvo aqua Shimmer Pen. Gotta have that sparkle. Popped up the panel with some 3M foam take, added some rhinestones and gold enamel dots and it was done.

Close up

The other card for today is the one I made for my mom. This one was a little more work. I saw one that I believe was from the MFT blog. It was a tri-fold that fit together around each other. I figured what better than making a wreath that did that. It has to be done just right to close it though so a bit of a hassle but so worth it haha.

This stamp set is same as the previous card. I just can't get enough of it. I water colored this one though. I use my Canson watercolor paper and my Prima watercolors. I love the way it turned out. Used a little bit of shimmer pen and some glossy accents on the flowers and added a couple rhinestones to finish it off.