Paper Wreaths and Home Decor Blog Hop

Welcome to our Paper Wreaths and Home Decor Blog Hop. Thanks to Laurie, we have a fantastic group of ladies who made awesome wreaths and more to share with you. You should have come from the amazing Wandy's blog. If you haven't started at the beginning be sure to do so at:  http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com/ You don't want to miss Laurie's Blog candy!!

So on to my project. I decided to make a wreath for my front door. I have one for the fall season but do not have any wreaths for the other 3 seasons. Now, thanks to this blog hop, I can say I have one for summer and fall! LOL!

Thought maybe I should show you the finished project first and then show you the steps I took to create it. This wreath was made with Authentique's "Glory" 6x6 paper pad. I also used 12x12 bazzill,ribbon, chipboard, staples, modge podge, and my Cricut.

 First step was to cut my base from chipboard. Then I cut all my little strips of paper that I decided to use. The size I used was 1" wide by 4" long. And I created a pattern that I repeated between the cardstock and the prints. When you are ready to attach the strips to the base, you can hot glue them (glue dots won't hold), but I chose to use staples. I love the look the staples add to the wreath.

I applied the paper strips by folding the paper in half so they measure 1" x 2". Then I started with the outer layer and stapled all the way around in a continuous pattern til I reached the middle. When the entire wreath was covered I added a piece of blue ribbon to the back and gave the entire wreath a once over with modge podge.

 Using my cricut I cut this bow with the Christmas Cartridge. I cut it twice and layered the second layer with pop dots to make it kind of pop! Using my copics I went over all the small cuts to give the bow some dimension.

The ending result is a cute Patriotic Wreath that didn't cost me very much to make since I had all these supplies at home. I will be entering this wreath in the July Homespun Affair Challenge which requires you to use red white and blue. I've got that covered! I'm thinking that I should make one for Spring too! Maybe one with hearts? LOL! I hope you enjoyed my step by step instructions...now you can create your own!!
BLOG CANDY!!

To be eligible to win this prize pack from Laurie, you must follow each designer's blog as well comment on each post in the hop....everyone should have word verification turned off to make commenting easy! The winner will be announced Wed., July 25th on Laurie's Blog.

Up next is the beautiful Jessica and I know she made something awesome!!

Here's the line up in case you get lost:

Laurie Mince - http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com

Sandy Suarez - http://simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com

Ashley Townsend - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Connie Layman - http://conniescraftycloset.blogspot.com

Wandy Monge-Pizarro - http://greenapplescrapper.blogspot.com/

Connie Wallenbrock - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com/ <-- ME

Jessica Kephart - http://homespunelegance.blogspot.com/<-- Next

I hope that you have enjoyed my project as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you. I love receiving comments and new followers. It means so much to me! So please feel free to drop me a note and follow my blog for more inspiration, giveaways, and tips.
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