Summer Home Banner and Wreath

Now that we are officially setting up house here in Texas, I decided that we needed a little something something to really make our apartment home. Therefore, in true crafter style, I decided that our new decorations would have to be home made.


Okay, I know that the first thing that you think of when you hear the word "wreath" isn't summer, but i saw this idea in the new Stampin' Up Mini Catalogue and I knew that I had to try it.


First, I made the home banner using some retired Stampin' Up DSP and coordinating cardstock. When I went to cut out the triangle shapes I was shocked (and slightly appalled) that of all the Cricut cartridges I own, I didn't have a single cartridge with a bloody triangle!! There isn't even a triangle on the Accent Essentials cartridge! In the end, I found a good compromise for the triangles. I used the piece of pizza on the Simply Charmed cartridge. Then I made a medallion to go behind each letter. Finally, I used Storybook to cut out the letters. I don't know if I just use too much glue int he middle of my medallions, but some of mine have big ugly centers. I used the letters to cover up the centers of the medallion. This is why a couple of my letters look like they are off center.



I cut all the scraps to 1-3 inches each. Then using my Score-Pal, I scored each strip at 1/2 inch intervals. It takes two stripe of the same width to make each circle, so be prepared to do a lot of scoring. I did mine while catching up with my Tivo recordings. Finally, once everything is scored, you just do alternating mountain and valley folds along the score lines.Finally, glue the ends of the two strips together (I used hot glue) and then add more glue in the center to make the circle shape.


Sorry, if this explanation isn't very clear. I will try to create a step-by-step demo so you can really see the process. This is really a pretty easy project, and as you can see from the pictures. I think it makes a big impact.