Christmas in July Blog Hop - Day 2: Ornament Wreath

Welcome to Day 2 (of 2) of the Christmas in July Blog Hop!! 

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Get ready for some great ideas that you can start creating now for Christmas. Along the way today, you'll find card and gift ideas, a scrapbook layout page or two and even a couple great decorating ideas.  We hope this hop gets you in the holiday spirit a little early this year. 

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She's giving away an awesome prize pack (pictured below). All you have to do to win this fabulous prize is comment on each of the blogs. That's it! It really is easy.  Of course, we would love it if you became a follower too. Comment buttons can be found at the bottom of the post (on most of the blogs).

This great prize package includes: Whisper White & Calypso Coral card stock, Washi Tape trio, Versa Mark Ink Pad, the Mosaic & Large Flowers Punches.

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I will gift a "Sharon" 12x12 Bloom Girl stencil by Prima Marketing as pictured here.

Now on with the hop! You should have arrived here from Robin's blog. But if you haven't and would like to start at the beginning please click here. 

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This wreath was something on my crafty to do list since last Christmas. I put aside a package of red plastic ornaments from Walmart and a flexible garland with a 12 inch wreath form. As I was preparing for this hop, I took a trip to Hobby Lobby to see what they had on sale that could accent my wreath. They had the Merry Christmas signs and extra garland. Then it was off to the races!

I used a glue gun on the low setting to attach the garland to the wreath. Then I applied the ornaments in the center. I glued them to the wreath and to each other. Then I did the same around the outer edge and filled in with  medium sized and small ornaments. Finally I added the bow and the Merry Christmas. The last step was to fill in all the holes with garland cut into 2 inch pieces and to glue down a long piece across the back of the wreath so that none of the wreath form shows.

I love how it turned out but I will NOT be making another one any time soon! LOL. Thanks for hopping by!

Your next stop is Aisha's blog!

Challenges:

• DLART July Linky Challenge - anything goes

Here is today's hop line-up in case you get lost along the way.

Theresa ~ http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com

Card A Day Challenge Blog ~ http://cardadaychallenge.blogspot.com

Ashley ~ http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com

Barbara ~ http://barbarab3.blogspot.com

Kim ~ www.katydidcards.com

Robin ~ http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com

La-Vie ~ http://cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com

Aisha ~ www.londonskyedesigns.net

Charmangne ~ www.sanurascraps.blogspot.com

Debbie ~ www.pawstoscrap.blogspot.com

Nana's Scrap Spot ~ www.nanasscrapspot.com

Sandy ~ http://simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com

Holli ~ http://sunflowerHolli.blogspot.com

Audrey ~ www.kricutkreations.blogspot.com

The Coolest Holiday Wreath

My daughter Zora's 4th grade class made the coolest holiday wreaths! This wreath can be fashioned for any holiday, reason or season and it's unbelievable how inexpensive the supplies are.

Check this out... you need a wire hanger and several boxes of the dollar store sandwich bags. It must be the ones with the fold over top (not the ziplock or slider kind). The bags are twist tied onto the hanger (and trimmed if needed for symmetry). With a wired ribbon bow and a few embellishments hot glued on....voila!

We'd love to hear what you think! Thanks in advance!

La-Vie

Kraftie Kre8ations Celebrations and Thankfulness Blog Hop (DAY 3)

Welcome to Day 3 of the Kraftie Kre8ations 

Celebrations and Thankfulness Blog Hop!

To view the lineup for all four days of the hop, visit the Kraftie Kre8ations blog. One random winner will receive a gift from Kraftie Kre8ations! To be eligible you must:

1. become a follower of the Kraftie Kre8ations blog
2. leave a comment on each participants blog, all 4 days of the hop
3. Join the FB Group (http://facebook.com/groups/kraftiekre8ations)
4. Have FUN!

***EXTRA blog candy from me!!! Follow my blog (let me know you did in the comments) to win some American Crafts baker's twine! So you can make a wreath of your own!***  

As you hop along with the Kraftie Kre8ations Design Team and Facebook group members, we hope you will be inspired to create your own fall project and link up using the inLinkz on the Kraftie Kre8ations blog sidebar.  Our color palette (see below) is an amazing representation of the changing colors of fall leaves.  Create ANY fall project (including Thanksgiving).  It can be a layout, card, mixed media project or an altered item. The sky is the limit!

For the occasion I created a fall wreath adorned with Cricut cuts and wrapped in twine, burlap ribbon (from The Paper Studio) and baker's twine for my craft room door. It was truly a labor of love!

I've always wanted to create a wreath like this but knew it would be time consuming. Although it's only 7 1/5" across it took FOREVER to cover in twine. It took more than 15 small spools of American Crafts twine to cover the form. To boot, I used a floral ring from the dollar tree and it was very difficult to work with. Next time I will get the styrofoam wreath (and stop playing LOL). 

The title is cut at 3.25" from the Celebrate with Flourish Cricut Cartridge using American Crafts foil cardstock, red linen cardstock (stash) and blue and brown cardstock from Bazzill.

Using the Cricut Imagine, I printed and cut the leaves and their layers from the Nursery Tails cartridge at 5.5" and added red glittered accents and yellow bling from Recollections. Instead of layering the leaves, I used the layer as a separate fern adornment for the wreath. Blue wired ribbon completed the look.

Thanks for hoppin' by! I hope to see your entry in the challenge! Your next stop is Carolyn's blog for more fall fun! 


La-Vie