Sunday, July 07, 2019

Christmas Wreath

Time for the girls in the Christmas Card Club to show our next makes. I haven't been able to make a card so I looked back on my stored photos not shown and found this Christmas Wreath that I made for a Christmas Fayre 2 yrs ago. I donated it for the Tombola as I knew it wouldn't sell on the stall.
Elizabeth set the theme and wanted to see  Baubles. When I first looked at the photo I thought I had baubles threaded inbetween  the flowers but now I have blown the picture up I can see they are shiny acorns. Perhaps the little bird thought they were baubles. (Note to self, should have gone to Spec Savers.) I'm falling back on the Anything Goes if we have nothing in our stash we can use.

 It was difficult to get a good photo of it and I ended up hanging it on a kitchen cupboard door and standing back as far as I could. Everything came from my christmas stash box except the wire frame that I purchased and then covered in brown crepe paper  string that I unravelled to make it 1" wide.
It took absolutely ages to make as I backed everything up on the wrong side so that it looked just as tidy on the back.  Below is a close up. I die cut the roses using my Spellbinders Rose Die and glitter foam.

Hope this will pass muster Elizabeth.

30 comments:

Christine Harrop said...

Gorgeous wreath Mrs A. I had to look a couple of times before realising they were acorns! Hopefully resting your shoulder will help in the long term. Christine xx

Margreet said...

Wow, what an amazing wreath. Beautiful!
xxx Margreet

Suze said...

Shhh! We won't tell anyone that they aren't baubles! Actually I probably wouldn't have noticed either if you hadn't mentioned it! It's a lovely wreath Mrs A. And to back everything up on the back sounds like a lot of work.

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

What a fabulous wreath Valery Anne, so pretty with the glittery flowers.

Sue xx

Aquarius said...

A beautiful wreath and I'm sure the lucky person who won it was thrilled to get it.

Sandra H said...

Wow this will pass with flying colours it's gorgeous so life like too! it's really beautiful you are and l have mentioned it before so talented enjoy your day xx

dutchess said...

Fabulous wreath Valery...what a stunner..don’t know how you could give it away...xxxx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Gorgeous wreath, so sparkling and shining, just perfect as home decor at Christmas!! Love the silver acorns and the flowers! The bird looks so cute on it! How much work you have done!! Surely who won the Tombola was very lucky! :)
Hugs

Carol L said...

This is a wonderful and beautiful wreath and I just love the tiny little bird! Beautiful creation, well done!

lichazul said...

amazing and gorgeous craft wreath
congrats Valerie , so beauty :)

hugs

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely gorgeous Valery, beautifully made, a lot of work gone into this, love it, Kate x x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Oh wow! Val this is gorgeous! What a lovely wreath, beautifully sparkly and festive.
Lorraine

Chris said...

Gorgeous wreath Mrs A and beautifully crafted, bet it did take ages! Very generous to donate it for the Tombola, someone was lucky to win this for a prize...all I ever win at Tombola is cans of own- brand beans!
xx

Jackie T said...

Hi Mrs A this is a stunning wreath I love it. You have put so much effort into it. Take care. Hugs Jackie

Zoe Tant said...

Wow that took some work and it's beautiful. I'm sure it fits our challenge perfectly. Zoe x

terrie said...

It's beautiful and thank you for sharing it....I like the silver shiny acorns..

pinky said...

So much work but it looks so sparkly and pretty Valery. I love it.

Mac Mable said...

Absolutely stunning and so unique. Lots of hard work and so worth it. One very special project and how kind of you to offer it for the raffle x.

Gibmiss said...

Hi Valery
Fabulous wreath ... stunning ... it's gorgeous
Hugs Sylvie xx

Kathleen said...

A really great make, they look like baubles to me, some beautiful dies used and love the little robin, well done too on doing the reverse side.

Kath x

Pink Rose said...

Hi Mrs A, I have been commenting using my phone and have just discovered that for some reason it doesn't work,I am still travelling for a bit yet,so will comment when I have Internet.
I love your Xmas wreath you are very clever my friend xx

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Hi Mrs A. This is lovely and I'm sure you're wrong, someone would have loved to buy it and I bet who ever won it will be keeping it safe for next Christmas. I love the acorns, the way you've got them standing out really attracts the eye to them. Have a lovey creative week. Hugs Angela xXx

Brenda in IN said...

This is gorgeous and so cool you already had all the things to make it. Very creative.

rachel said...

This is wonderful Valery - really pretty! I love the colours too - perfectly festive! Hugs rachel xx

Valerija said...

A really pretty wreath. Love the blossoms.
Valerija xx

Jenny L said...

Hi Mrs A,
this is fantastic wreath and those flowers are so pretty.
Beautiful work and the colours are fab.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

Anne said...

This is beautiful, someone got very lucky on the tombola!
Anne x

Elizabeth said...

This is absolutely beautiful, Valery, and I can well imagine the time it took to make it too. xx

aussie aNNie said...

Beautiful wreath, love the gorgeous flowers.x

Pat said...

This is a real 'wow' creation Mrs A. I love all the colours and glitter. x