Let It Snow Wreath

Machine Used: BossKut Gazelle
Software: Funtime Scrapbooking III
Files Used: Snowflakes 0598, Snowflake by Phyllis Parkins 0875, Snowflake II by Phyllis Parkins 0876
Materials: Wreath, Glitter Paper, push pins, rhinestones, fishing line

Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

So, maybe this is considered a Christmas song but I personally feel that it's more of a seasonal song and should be played at least until February.  :o)  Can't help, LOVE this song and I LOVE the snow!  Weird, maybe, but I've come to terms with that and I'm definitely OK with it.

There's just something about the fresh fallen snow when it's really cold outside and the sun is shining.  I just love the when the snow sparkles, I imagine you can almost see each individual snowflake.  The glitter paper that Boss Kut sells is perfect to achieve this look and pictures really don't do it justice.  The glitter doesn't flake off, the Gazelle cuts it easily, and beautifully!!

I recently had the opportunity to work with another brand of glitter paper and was left disappointed.  I swear I was covered in as much of the glitter as the project was!  100% convinced me to stick with Boss Kut glitter paper.

Onto this project!  I started with a white Styrofoam wreath and added some snow to it with Mod Podge.  I could have easily just kept the wreath as was but I wanted some sparkle and added dimension to it.

I then cut out several different shapes of the Snowflakes 0598, Snowflake by Phyllis Parkins 0875, and Snowflake II by Phyllis Parkins 0876 in 3 different colors of glitter paper.

Then I typed out "LET," "IT," and "SNOW" in the Funtime font Cooper Black.  For the word "SNOW" I removed the "O" and just added spaces so that I could add the snowflake.  With all the words, I outlined them twice so that I could add all the colors to my sentiment.

Using fishing line, I hung the sentiment and a couple of the snowflakes to the center of my wreath.

 
With the snowflakes on the wreath, I simply used push pins to attach them to the Styrofoam.  I really like how easy using the push pins are and it make it simple to rearrange it until I got it just as I liked it.
 

Thanks for looking!!
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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Jamie*´¨)
BossKut Design Team Member

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Celebrate America Wreath

Machine Used: Boss Kut Gazelle
Software: Funtime Scrapbooking III
Files Used: Star Burst 0951, Bottle Rocket by Olivia Myers 0952, 4th of July Mini Collection BKD021,
Materials: 16" Foam Wreath, Red, White, and Blue Fun Fur Yarn, Silver Glitter Eyelash Fun Fur Yarn, Cardstock, Glitter Cardstock, Rhinestones

Check out my previous blog entry on the Spring Wreath with more information on how and what I did to decorate the outside of the wreath.

Check out Design Team Member Becki's post on her Spring is in Air Wreath for the inspiration on the base of this wreath!!

Red, white, and blue are my favorite colors and I absolutely love celebrating all the patriotic holidays throughout the year!  I needed a Patriotic wreath that I could hang all year if I wanted and still celebrate the current holiday.

DID YOU KNOW, that in Funtime you can easily create a charm from your designs?!  It's with this special effect that I was easily able to take my wreath and transform it from holiday to holiday!

I started with a 16" foam wreath and wrapped it with red, white, and blue fun fur yarn and silver glitter eyelash fun fur yarn.  It was a pain managing the 4 different yarns at once but I'm very happy with the results!!

Before I finished covering the foam wreath with the yarn I added a hook.  My thought was that I didn't want to add the hook after the yarn was done because I was afraid that the hook would cut through the yarn.  Didn't want to have to repair what I'd already done!!

To decorate around the wreath, I used the 4th of July Mini Collection BKD021 and added "Celebrate America" outlined to the top of the wreath and the Bottle Rockets by Olivia Myers 0952 to the bottom.

To the sides, I added the sparkles from the 4th of July Mini Collection BKD 021.  I cut them from the beautiful glitter paper available at Bosskut.  To layer them, I used seed beads between each sparkle and secured them to the wreath with push pins.

For the 4th of July sign, I started by layering the design in Funtime and once I had the look I wanted, I outlined the whole thing.  Then with the charm special effect, I added it to my outline.

I cut the finished outline from 110 lbs cardstock and using a cloud template I made, I used chalk to create a sky look.  For some added protection I applied Mod Podge to the entire cardstock.  Then using the beautiful glitter paper available at Bosskut, I cut out the Star Burst 0951 in various sizes.

I added 4 rhinestones to the 4, because you can never have too much bling on the Fourth of July!!  Using 1/8" 3-D dots, I attached the "Happy 4th of July" sentiment.  Now it's all set to hang each 4th of July!!

While I still have quite a few patriotic holidays to account for, I was able to get a Service Flag and Yellow Ribbon completed.

My Service Flag I made sure to make the stars removable.  I have 2 brothers currently serving in the United States Air Force and my dearest husband serves in the United States Army.  From time to time there's a multiple of deployments and I wanted to be able to represent each loved person during their deployment.  The Service Flag is simply put together with basic shapes and a ribbon secured to it with brads.

My Yellow Ribbon proudly displays my husband's name and the Army seal.  HOOAH!!  I also used the charm special effect on the ribbon.  :o)

God Bless America!!

Thanks for looking!!
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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Jamie *´¨)

Bosskut Design Team Member

Spring Wreath

Machine Used: Bosskut Gazelle
Software: Funtime Scrapbooking III
Files Used: Ruffled Butterfly by Judy Stark BKD105, Wildflower Cutout 0690,  Parker Pop Kut Flower by Judy Stark BKD103, Wildflower 0687
Materials: 12" Styrofoam Wreath, Fun Fur Yarn, Cardstock, Quilting Pearl Head Pins, Ribbon

So, we're almost into summer and here I am posting a spring wreath!!  I started this around Easter and then other projects took priority.  This was for fun and I'm glad that I finally took the time to complete it!!

My inspiration for this project was from a fellow Bosskut Design Team member Becki, you can find her project here.  I very much fell in love with the look and decided that it was something I had to try! 

With my dearest daughters influence, we choose the fur with pink, purple, blue, and green.  I picked out the colors pink, purple, and green to use on the flowers because those are my daughters favorites and she's my influence for this project.  :o)

I started out wrapping the yarn around the wreath.  I thought for sure that it would take a lot more time than it actually did!!

Then months later ;o), I finally get to cutting out the "Welcome" sentiment, the beautiful Bosskut die cut flowers, and the Ruffled Butterfly by Judy Stark BKD 105.  I attached the flower and butterfly diecuts to the wreath using the pearl head pins.

With the butterfly, I added some glitter to the wings and used ocean blue ColorBox fluid chalk inkpad to the edges.

The original intent was for this wreath to hang on the front door at spring time BUT once my daughter saw it, it was hers!  :o)  She asked if we could hang it on her bedroom door instead and I'm not about to tell her no on this one.

Thanks for looking!!
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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Jamie *´¨)