ED190 Christmas wreath

If like me, you really enjoy spending time and effort into your card making, maybe this stitching pattern, a design by Emy van Schaik, of a decorative stitched and beaded Christmas wreath will suit your own creative spirit.

The main card is white 120 gsm 26 x13cm card, which I have embellished the square front with Gold Dust Effects, using a fine brush and then used gold peel off strips on all 4 edges.

I then defined the edges with a moss green metallic permanent pen. I copied the design from the sheet supplied onto 120gsm white card and used polyester single thread stitching to complete the design.

I have used dark green, light moss green, brilliant red and a cornflower yellow to complete the stitching part of the project, before I began to attach the beads.

I have used 25 tiny round red metallic beads, 12 clear orange sequins, 21 seed beads in a mixture of sizes and shades of blue and green to complete the stitching.

In total I used a combination of 58 beads and clear sequins.

I cut out a 10.5cm diameter circle template, and used it as a guide by tracing this shape on the back of the wreath shape and then cutting a scallop shaped edging inside this 10.5cm circle and used the moss green metallic pen to define the edges of the scallop.

I then used the original circle shape to colour with the moss green metallic pen. I used red power tape to attach this to the back of the wreath.

I used red power tape to then attach this to the centre of the card front and added the peel off sentiment which I had mounted onto the coloured moss green piece of card.

I added some stars and some holly and a bell, all of which are gold peel offs.

To complete the insert and the 13.5cm (5 ½”) square envelope, I have used, cup797371_79993, Mistletoe and Berries background sheet, a design by Clare Walker, and on the right hand side of the insert I have used a verse from the free verse section for Christmas verses.

I am so pleased with this project and plan to make another using a paper doily as the backing sheet behind the wreath.

Pamela Horton The whispering Platypus.

If like me, you really enjoy spending time and effort into your card making, maybe this stitching pattern, a design by Emy van Schaik, of a decorative stitched and beaded Christmas wreath will suit your own creative spirit.

The main card is white 120 gsm 26 x13cm card, which I have embellished the square front with Gold Dust Effects, using a fine brush and then used gold peel off strips on all 4 edges.

I then defined the edges with a moss green metallic permanent pen. I copied the design from the sheet supplied onto 120gsm white card and used polyester single thread stitching to complete the design.

I have used dark green, light moss green, brilliant red and a cornflower yellow to complete the stitching part of the project, before I began to attach the beads.

I have used 25 tiny round red metallic beads, 12 clear orange sequins, 21 seed beads in a mixture of sizes and shades of blue and green to complete the stitching.

In total I used a combination of 58 beads and clear sequins.

I cut out a 10.5cm diameter circle template, and used it as a guide by tracing this shape on the back of the wreath shape and then cutting a scallop shaped edging inside this 10.5cm circle and used the moss green metallic pen to define the edges of the scallop.

I then used the original circle shape to colour with the moss green metallic pen. I used red power tape to attach this to the back of the wreath.

I used red power tape to then attach this to the centre of the card front and added the peel off sentiment which I had mounted onto the coloured moss green piece of card.

I added some stars and some holly and a bell, all of which are gold peel offs.

To complete the insert and the 13.5cm (5 ½”) square envelope, I have used, cup797371_79993, Mistletoe and Berries background sheet, a design by Clare Walker, and on the right hand side of the insert I have used a verse from the free verse section for Christmas verses.

I am so pleased with this project and plan to make another using a paper doily as the backing sheet behind the wreath.

Pamela Horton The whispering Platypus.