Home Sweet Home

So its CC time over at UKS and I decided to have a go at Di O's class for a Home Wreath.  Unfortunately the powers that be at UKS have decided to make it impossible for me to post it... but hey ho here it is:

It was a real labour of love as I had thrown away several little houses and rubbish card stock the day before I had my eureka moment!!!

Basically,I struggled to get my head around the class as I didn't have a chipboard ring or anything similar.  However,  after a sleepless night I found my most important supply in the loft, amongst the Christmas decorations.  In other words the wreath ring for our annual holly wreath.  (thank you Pinterest).  Meanwhile I had a roll of "stuff" left over from a wedding at work.  Its just a roll of sheer fabric that I thought one day I might  make into roses using my heat gun.  After cutting it into pieces approx 1" by 5.5" I set about knotting it around both parts of the ring.  

Using a svgcuts.com   file I made a cute gingerbread house that was liberally punched to allow a tea light (battery operated of course) to shine through.  I know it's not your usual gingerbread house colours but I was guided by the "stuff" and the fact that I still had some doodlebug glitter paper in my stash! 

Being a bit of a goody two shoes I was a bit worried that my efforts started to look nothing like the example in the class.  Yes it was wreath, and yes I had used a house.  So.... in order to keep things (in my mind) on the straight and narrow I had no choice but to use Tim Holtz's tattered florals.  

I duly cut several florals using the Sir Tim's cutting die but instead of using paper I used old aluminium food dishes.  (How sad is it that I keep these things)  I also bled quite a lot in the process and have several cuts on my hands as a testiment to the benefits of recycling!

After cutting said florals, I set about painting them all with white gesso.  Once dry, I put them through the cuttlebug in an embossing folder.  After embossing and using a file I rubbed off some of the paint to reveal the silver underneath.  

Back to the class..... I layered the florals, not quite in the same way, but bent and curled them to make a lovely 3D effect and 

finished them off with very old marcasite type buttons. VOILA!