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Some lovely ladies gathered at my house yesterday to make the pretty Wreath of Blooms Kit. I love our kits, they are so easy to put together and so easy to customise as well.

The colours in this project are:

I had made my wreath up beforehand so that I had some idea how it went together. I had also decided to frame mine.

A customised and framed Wreath of Blooms kit made in an Easter themed workshop

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Wreath of Blooms kit made up as designed, or customised and framed in an Easter themed workshop

The ladies popped out all the pieces of that made up the flowers and leaves. Using bone folders they shaped the flower petals and stacked them together before adding the centre pieces and the brads to hold them together.

Each leaf was folded down the middle and again shaped with a bone folder and/or fingers.

The yellow flower was created by loosening the fibres with a bone folder before folding in half down the length. It was held together with a strip of Tear ‘n Tape. The flowers were then rolled up using Mini Glue Dots, inserted periodically to hold the flower together.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Wreath of Blooms kit made up as designed, or customised and framed in an Easter themed workshop

The flowers and leaves were then added to the triangular back piece using either hot glue, Tear ‘n Tape or Mini Glue Dots.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Wreath of Blooms kit made up as designed, or customised and framed in an Easter themed workshop

All of the ladies decided to cover the cardboard wreath using either Jute Twine (from my stash) or lace trim which one lady brought with her. The flowers are leaves were then added to the wreath with Hot Glue to complete the wreath.

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Wreath of Blooms kit made up as designed, or customised and framed in an Easter themed workshop

One of the ladies decided to frame her wreath and chose a piece of Bloom Where You’re Planted dsp, cut to 9⅛” by 9⅛” to cover the back panel. She adhered the two together with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. The Wreath was added to the back panel of the shadow box with Hot Glue and the flowers were then added with the frame in place. The decorated piece was inserted into the frame and the back closed.

They all looked really lovely. I hope you like them.

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

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Supplies used:

Here is a pretty card made using the Cactus Cuties and Home & Garden stamp sets along with the Stitched Rectangle and Garden dies.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the garden cactus card, you will need:

Cinnamon Cider card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” x 2 – one for the inside
Bloom Where You’re Planted dsp – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Bloom Where You’re Planted dsp – 4” by 2½”
Scrap Basic White and Silver Foil

I glued the larger panel of dsp to one of the Basic White layers and used the same liquid glue to adhere the panel to the Cinnamon Cider card base.

The Cactus Cuties and Home & Garden stamp sets used with the Garden Dies by Stampn' Up! to make a pretty cactus garden card

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty cactus garden card made using the Cactus Cuties and Home and Garden stamp sets and Garden Dies

Using the Stitched Rectangle Dies and my Mini Cut & Emboss Machine I cut a rectangle from the smaller panel of dsp. The rectangle was glued to the card front. The sentiment from the Cactus Cuties stamp set was stamped on the rectangle in Cinnamon Cider ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty cactus garden card made using the Cactus Cuties and Home and Garden stamp sets and Garden Dies

I stamped the flowerpot in Cinnamon Cider ink onto scrap Basic White card. I fussy cut out the pot using sharp Paper Scissors.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty cactus garden card made using the Cactus Cuties and Home and Garden stamp sets and Garden Dies

The cactus was stamped in Granny Apple Green ink and cut out in the same way. I added Dimensionals to the pot and the plant and added them to the card front.

www.crafty-rootes.com – A pretty cactus garden card made using the Cactus Cuties and Home and Garden stamp sets and Garden Dies

The trowel was stamped in Bermuda Bay ink onto scrap Basic White card and die cut using the Garden Dies. I die cut the blade of the trowel in Silver Foil and glued it to the die cut piece. I coloured in the handle with Bermuda Bay and Smoky Slate Blends Pens. It was added to the card with a Dimensional.