Spooktacular Decor:

Halloween Wreath

Tools: A Purple Cows Designer Project

Purple Cows 2 in 1 Combo Trimmer #1040 by Michelle Jackson-Mogford
Purple Cows Freestyle Mouse Kit #6045
Purple Cows Hot and Cold Laminator #3026 http://mjm-thearttart.blogspot.com/
Hole Punch or Crop-A-Dile
Scissors, Craft Knife, Paper Piercer, Needle,
Supplies:
Purple Cows Hot Pockets 12” x 12” #4050
Purple Cows Hot Pockets 8 1/2” x 11” #4080
Purple Cows Hot Pockets 11” x 17” #4090
Imaginisce Spooky Town Collection
Cosmo Cricket Haunted Craft Kit
Bazzill Cardstock: brown, orange, blue, purple
Clearsnap Color Box Cat’s Eye Stackers: Chocolate, Blueberries
Clear Scraps XL Dots Acrylic Circle
Clear Scraps XL Dazed Acrylic Stamp Shape
GlueArts Glue Glider Pro w/ PermaTac Cartridge
Helmar All Purpose 450 Glue
Texture Stamp, Permanent Ink Pad. alcohol inks, glitter, nylon thread, Creative solutions for Hobby, School, and Home Office!
foam pads, silicon glue, Black sparkly thread, brads http://www.purplecows.net/
 Spooktacular Decor: Halloween Wreath
Step by Step:
1. This is a great project to get the
children involved! Go out and collect
some fallen leaves in different sizes and
colors cut off the stalks and put them to
one side.
2. Cut out a word strip from Cosmo
Cricket Haunted paper using decorative
blade #2804 in the trimmer side of your #
1040 combo trimmer.
3. Next stamp Imaginisce snag ‘em
stamps onto relevant colored Bazzill;
spider x 1, bat x 4, pumpkin x 4, owl x 3.
Cut them out leaving a slim border and
ink the edges with brown cats eyes ink
from the chocolate and blueberries
stacker.
4. Turn on the laminator. Open some
large hot pockets (I used 3 for my
project) and lay your leaves inside,
spacing them out to allow space for the
lamination to stick between the leaves.
Laminate the sheets supporting them on
some card as they feed through so your
leaves stay in place and supporting them
on the way out so they don’t curl.
5. Open up a 12 x12 hot pocket and Year
insert your word strip and stamped n te e
images spaced out, close it, laminate it
and switch off the machine.
6. Cut out your laminated leaves, leaving
a margin round each one so the lamina-
tion stays together.
7. Cut out your word strip and stamped
images again leaving a margin round
them so the lamination stays together.
8. Cut a 6 ½’’ diameter circle out of the middle of your clear scraps acrylic XL dot.
9. Punch holes around the inside circle you’ve just cut out and thread with black sparkly thread to make a cobweb in the
middle of your wreath.
10. Build up your design around the circle, overlapping the leaves and attaching them with silicon glue to create dimension
(and to stay stuck in the elements!) leave the edges of the leaves free so they flutter in the breeze.
11. Adhere your word strip and stamped images in place with silicon.
12. Pierce two small holes in the top centre edge of the acrylic circle, add thread and hang on your door to greet all your
spooky visitors. The great thing about this project is not only do you get to preserve the gorgeous autumn colors in the leaves
but the whole thing is also weather proof thanks to the purple cows laminator!

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