Thanks for joining me today! I’m honored to a guest designer this month for CutCardstock.com and I’m excited
to share my summer time project with you.
This past winter sure has been a long one! I’m more than
thrilled to be finally welcoming summer!!!
With that being said, I was asked to design a summer project using the
Painted Art Origami collection. I knew right away I wanted to create a fun
summer wreath for my front door. I must admit, I love creating wreaths for my
front door for every season and holiday.
Here is a look at the supplies I gather to create my Summer Pinwheel
Wreath, which includes the Painted Art Origami collection and 2 sheets of
Stardream Metallic Cardstock in Fine Gold and Sapphire from CutCardstock.com.
I decided to create pinwheels using the origami paper. First,
I glued two pieces of the origami paper together, pattern sides out. I repeated
this step10 times. I then used a pinwheel template and traced the pattern onto
each of the origami papers. Don’t own a pinwheel template, no worries there are
tons of tutorials on the web showing how to create them. Once all 10
pinwheels were traced, I cut them out and hot glued the longest points of the
pinwheel to the centers, creating a dimensional pinwheel.
I wrapped the straw wreath with the wire burlap ribbon
making sure to completely cover the straw. I then positioned the pinwheels onto
the wreath and used pins to secure them into place.
For my final steps, I added a burlap bow, a few colorful
curly paper flowers and lastly, I cut a monogram P out of the Stardream
Metallic papers for my last name.
I just love how whimsical, colorful and fun this Summer wreath is
for my door. What a wonderful way to welcome guests to our home! I hope I have inspired you to create a wreath for your front door this summer,
Thanks for joining me today and happy crafting!
Leslie
