Since it's officially December ...

... thought I'd share this paper poinsettia wreath I created using the gorgeous new Christmas Sleigh Collection from GCD Studios.


When I was asked to create a wreath as one of my design team assignments I was super excited ... and then I panicked!  LOL  I really wanted to create the wreath ENTIRELY from paper but did not want to labor over cutting out all those pieces.  All I can say is thank goodness for my Cricut Expression - whew!  After much deliberating I finally decided to have the wreath consist entirely of poinsettia flowers and was able to use a shape on the Accent Essentials cartridge to piece the flower together.



There was still a lot of work involved - each flower has two layers and then punched circles in the middle with gems or buttons hot glued to it - but I absolutely LOVE how it turned out! 

For complete step by step instructions on how to create this wreath on your own head on over to the GCD Studios blog for all the details!

8 comments:

Laura T. said...

Wow - that wreath is absolutely beautiful!

laura vegas said...

this really did turn out super cute lynn! and don't feel bad ... i panic anytime i have to make a "project" type thing. lol!

beckyjune said...

It is amazing, Lynn! I love it. You did such an incredible job on this.

Daniela Dobson said...

It is beautiful!

Anabelle O'Malley said...

Holy Smokes, this is amazing!!! Love it!

my paper love studio said...

wow lynn - i just adore this wreath... super great wonderful job (trying to fit all the words together) :)

Unknown said...

Oh Lynn!!! I know you stressed about this .... but it turned out GORGEOUS!!!!!!!! What a beautiful piece of work!!!

Heather M. said...

it is gorgeous! wow! now you'll have to put it up every year after all the work you put into it!