With summer in full swing and temperatures in the upper 90’s here, I’ve got the beach on my brain. Sadly, we live about 700 miles from the nearest beach so I’ll have to use my imagination for now. To help my imagination out, I created this summer beach wreath to hang on my door. Maybe sometime this summer I’ll make it out to the real beach and bring home some sand and seashells to add on to my wreath as a souvenir!
Supplies: Textured cardstock, patterned paper, cardstock stickers, layered chipboard tags, crocheted lace ribbon, magnetic circle cutter, Lucky 8 punches (We R Memory Keepers); hot glue gun (Imaginisce), adhesive (Xyron), 16”x20” art or poster board
Here’s how to create the wreath:
Step 1: Cut a 14” diameter circle from your art or poster board to use as your wreath base.
Step 2: Cut nineteen 2”x7” strips and thirty 2”x5” strips from various patterned papers. Fold them, being careful not to crease them, and hot glue the ends together.
Step 3: Hot glue the nineteen 2”x7” inch folded paper strips side-by-side around the wreath base. Then hot glue the thirty 2”x5” folded paper strips around the wreath in two layers on top of the first layer. Be sure to off-set them so you cover the wreath base completely. Leave an 11 inch space in the center.
Step 4: Cut an 11 ¾” circle from a sheet of the white cardstock and add it to the center of your wreath. Punch a sheet of aqua cardstock with Lucky 8 punches. Layer that over the white cardstock circle. Cut a 9” circle from yellow patterned paper and layer that over the punched aqua cardstock.
Step 5: Create a beach scene on your wreath by punching one sheet each of blue and aqua cardstock with a Lucky 8 punch. Trim off small sections and layer them to create the ocean. Cut a 5” circle from brown patterned paper, and cut it in half to create sand dunes. Punch the orange patterned paper with a Lucky 8 punch, and trim off a small section for the sun.
Step 6: Embellish your beach scene using stickers and tags. Photo corners make great sun rays!
Step 7: Hot glue a 2 foot length of ribbon on the back for hanging.
Bonus tip: as a variation, you can add some beach photos to the center of the wreath. I hope this project inspires your summer crafting! ~ Aly Dosdall
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Aly, that is so cute! TFS.
Posted by: Amy K | July 03, 2012 at 10:24 AM
What an adorable wreath!!!
Posted by: Michelle Liimatainen | July 03, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Cute wreath!! Such a great way to use all those little scraps of ribbon, too. I need to put something up on my door. It just looks naked without a wreath. ;)
Posted by: Cheryl | July 03, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Ilove Bo Bunny and we spend the summer at our trailer so this paper would be great. thanks
Posted by: Shirl Boughner | July 03, 2012 at 10:51 AM
what a cute wreath! thanks for the inspiration. love Bo Bunny!! thanks for the fun giveaways ;)
Posted by: Angel | July 03, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Such I cute wreath idea! Even I can do that! And I am already picturing a fall wreath, a Christmas wreath, a snowy wreath.....thanks so much for a great idea~ Gotta love Bo Bunny!
Posted by: Kathy P | July 03, 2012 at 11:23 AM
What a great project---could be decorated lots of ways, for various seasons!
And I love that BoBunny collection! thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Laura G | July 03, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Love this wreath. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Lee-Anne | July 03, 2012 at 12:08 PM
What an adorable collection!
Posted by: Betty-Ann | July 03, 2012 at 01:24 PM
Thanks for great tutorial!!! And thanks for giveaway
Posted by: Svetlana | July 03, 2012 at 03:27 PM
too fun, thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Maria Matter | July 03, 2012 at 05:27 PM
wow! so cool very creative.
Posted by: luanne | July 04, 2012 at 12:51 AM
Wow...Great collection !
Posted by: Julie Shearer | July 04, 2012 at 08:47 AM
Such sweet paper...perfect for a cottage scrapbook I'm working on.
Posted by: Cindy L | July 04, 2012 at 10:11 AM
super cute summer wreath!
Posted by: Julie {CalleLillyCafe} | July 04, 2012 at 02:29 PM
I love that summer wreath! I wish I would have seen it last week. I was doing crafts with my grandkids, but alas, they are gone now!
Posted by: Sandy Heringer | July 05, 2012 at 05:02 PM
way cute...love Bo Bunny products!
Posted by: Karen F | July 05, 2012 at 05:16 PM
Thanks for sharing this project! My husband just went golfing so I am going to attempt a version of this wreath!
Posted by: Kelly Plamondon | July 05, 2012 at 05:48 PM
Wow, that is an adorable wreath and you could change it up for any season or theme. TFS
Posted by: JustAPacRat | July 06, 2012 at 05:27 PM
700 miles away from the beach? No wonder you made this super cute wreath! And a BIG thank you to Bo Bunny for helping SCT! Love, love, love Bo Bunny!
Posted by: RachelV | July 10, 2012 at 12:57 AM
I love it so much! This is really fantastic, and it express the real creativity of a person. I really love arts like this one.
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