Sending Love with Arrange a Wreath

When I purchased the Arrange a Wreath Bundle last Summer, I knew I’d love creating a sweet wreath for a Valentine’s Day project. I made wreaths for Thanksgiving and Christmas (and even made a spider-filled wreath for Halloween), but I was left to periodically remind myself to create something with this wreath for Valentine’s Day. I’ve been playing with a lot of new products from Stampin’ Up!’s January – June 2021 Mini Catalog, but I’ve finally gone back to make the wreath I’ve thought about so often over the past six months. Check! Here’s my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Back to the Annual Catalog. While there are SO MANY great Valentine’s Day products in Stampin’ Up!’s January – June 2021 Mini Catalog, I reached back to Stampin’ Up!’s 2020 Annual Catalog to create this card. The bundle and Designer Series Paper, both from the Annual Catalog, gave me just what I needed for this sweet Valentine’s Day card. Here’s a look at the Arrange a Wreath Bundle I used to stamp my little hearts and to crop out my wreath and hearts. Here’s a look at the Arrange a Wreath Bundle that can be used for so many wonderful holidays: The beautiful Smoky Slate backdrop for my wreath looks like a textured stucco, but it’s a smooth piece of paper from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper: If you’d like to flip through all 24 of the patterns in this pack of papers, CLICK HERE to see them in my online store.
• Shiny Heart. The four Blushing Bride hearts are stamped on Thick Whisper White and cropped with the Wreath Builder Dies that are part of the Arrange a Wreath Bundle. I used a favorite technique to build the larger Flirty Flamingo heart at the base of the wreath. Here’s a closer look: To build this heart:
  • I adhered a strip of packing tape to a piece of Flirty Flamingo and the cropped that out with the large heart die.
  • I repeated this step with Thick Basic White cardstock and carefully popped out the four letters.
  • I layered small strips of masking tape across the back of the heart, allowing the sticky side to cover the letter openings (sticky side to the front of the die cut).
  • I placed the Basic White letters inside the openings and secured them in the heart with the masking tape I had affixed across the back.
• Color Combination. It’s not often I showcase a color combination with four colors (I usually focus on three colors at a time), but this card mixes two tones of green and two tones of pink the work beautifully together. The base of my wreath and the base of my card feature Pear Pizzazz, which gives a warm base for the project. This sweet color combination is perfect for Valentine’s Day, but it can be used on so many other projects throughout the year. If you love this mix of Soft Sea Foam, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo as much as I do, I hope you’ll save this for future reference:

Bundles: Arrange a Wreath Bundle  Stamp Sets: Arrange a Wreath  Papers: In Good Taste Designer Series Paper, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sea Foam, Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Thick Basic White  Inks: Blushing Bride  Accessories: Wreath Builder Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Arrange A Wreath Bundle (En) – 154109

Price: $54.00

In Good Taste Designer Series Paper – 152494

Price: $21.00

Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147100

Price: $7.50

Blushing Bride 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131198

Price: $8.75

Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 141416

Price: $8.75

Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146988

Price: $8.75

Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131201

Price: $8.75

Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock – 159229

Price: $8.25

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

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What do you think? Do you have this bundle (you should)? Are you going to make a sweet Valentine’s Day wreath (you should)?

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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