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!

After our recent blizzards and scary storms I ventured out to a local artisan gift shop and fell in love with a white-painted metal snowflake wreath.

I came home and created my own with the aid of my Cricut, Joys of the Season cartridge, a 50p lace bargain, some white card, mountboard and a few flatback pearls.

First I cut a 14 in ring from mountboard (drawing round my large frying pan lid), and wrapped it with 6in lace stapled on the outer edge:

Once finished, I evened out the gathers:

and cut 64 snowflakes from plain white cardstock, 16 of each of four designs.

I used glue dots to stick them on, and to the uppermost 8 I gave a pearl centre.

Let it snow!

Happy Christmas everyone.

Eleanor

x

 

Comments

[Debbie]

Eleanor this is gorgeous, I love it x

[Lianne]

That's gorgeous!! I need to find out more about these cricut things. Are they expensive?

[Alix]

oooh simply stunning!

[Catriona]

Stunning Eleanor. I would love to try this as it looks so serene and pure. What size did you set for cutting the snowflakes? Think I have a piece of white net and I think this would do for wrapping the mountboard. I have been using my Cricut every day last week as I have been making a scrapbook as a 65th birthday gift for my dd's father on law.I remember why I love my Cricut??

[Eleanor]

Hi Catriona, lovely to hear from you. I cut at 2.5", having tried 3" which was a bit big. The net would be perfect, and cutting the mountboard was the only arduous part of the whole thing, if I was doing another I would use the white polystyrene base that some pizzas come on, but it was a spur of the moment thing and didn't have one.
I too recall why i love my Cricut, and i think I will treat myself to a new cartridge or 2 in January, now that it is out of its box for the first time since we came to Scotland.
Lianne mine is the smaller one, a cricut create, which cuts 6" wide, UKS sponsors have them, approx £160, or there's the Cricut Expression 12" wide, which is about £300. Carts are from 20 - 45 ish.
There are other electronic die-cutters but I'm happy with my Cricut.
Elx

[Mandy]

Really lovely.

[Gabrielle]

Fabulously icy wreath! Love it! Happy, happy Christmas to you x

[Lynne]

Beautiful, I need to use my Cricut more too.
Love the icy feel of it.

[Val]

This is a lovely idea, thank you for sharing it. Val x

[jayne]

Simpy stunning x

[Scrapdolly]

Utterly beautiful and very delicate (and I am in awe of your creativity)

[Laura]

So pretty!

[Jimjams]

Just wonderful!