Autumn Wreath with Die Cut Leaves

hi :) It's Emilia here :)

I'm coming with a lovely Autumn project for 14 Craft Bar

It is a simple wreath created out of die cut leaves and few embellishments.

I have a few step by step photos to show you how you can create similar project :)

I started with die cutting Lady E Design Leaves 003 out of green and brown papers.

Next I have inked the edges of the leaves with green and brown ink.

Then I sprayed all leaves with water and squashed them in between my fingers to

make them look more natural.

After I had leave ready, out of cardboard I created wreath base, I'm sure you can buy these bases 

but I didn't have anything like that at home so had to make it.

I didn't worry to much about imperfection as I covered the whole ring with green florist tape.

I attached the twine to the ring and I was ready to start sticking on the leaves. 

I didn't have any technique for that :) but I started with the darkest leaves.

First I was sticking on the whole branches, then I cut them into smaller pieces.

To finish the wreath I added few embellishments I had in my stash :)

Little red & orange berries, white and orange pumpkins.

To add more texture I cut cheesecloth into smaller pieces and inked it,

then stick underneath each pumpkin. 

Some time ago I had a short video how to make the pumpkins out of air dry clay :

The last piece to add was red little bow :)

I enjoyed creating the wreath and I hope I could inspire you to create your own :)

HUGS XX

Merry Christmas To You

Hi guys, It's Liz here today to show you a little more inspiration at

 14 Craft Bar

I have decorated a Wreath to place in my indoor porch,

I used a bought plain wreath to alter and added some white Gesso to the wreath first, when dry I  placed some sisal at the base then added my handmade flowers,

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I used some more of my hand made Mistletoe berries made with air dry clay, I then used Olive Green Foamiran for the hand cut leaves and coloured them with a hint of Oil pastel here and there,

I again made my Poinsettia flowers using the number 6 Stencil layering up 3 layers and some 2mm stamens for the middle,

I then also used some of the fabulous berries Agnes has in store too,

I used 022 Foamiran for the backs of the Poinsettias as you can see,

I then made this flower using the Stencil 05, Red Foamiran and 3mm stamens, again I used the same green Foamiran for the back of the flower,

Here you can also see the Holly Leaves I made out of Olive Green Foamiran which I've given a hint of a pattern to with a skewer by drawing lines along the centre and out to the points, then I added a little colour with the oil pastels,

For the top of my wreath I used some items from my stash

Full view again, As you can hopefully see...

....to finish it off I then added some course glitter on the edges of the petals here and there, to give a hint of an Ice effect,

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Wishing you a Very Happy Christmas and New year

With lots of good health and happiness,

Happy Crafting!!!

Hugs Liz

Foamiran Candle Decoration

hi :) I made this little wreath during my workshop in Ireland in 14 Craft Bar.

Not often I am able to make anything while running a class. 

Workshops in Ireland - Photos

hi :) Last weekend I had a chance to run few workshops in Ireland.

I was invited by 14 Craft Bar store.

Beautiful Fall

Hi guys, It's my turn (Liz) today to show you some inspiration for 

14 Craft Bar

Agnes has some fabulous Foamiran, stamens, stencils and lots of other fantastic products for sale in her online shop here,

this is what I have created to show you today,

I used a wreath from my stash as the base then added Foamiran flowers and leaves in fabulous Autumnal colours,

I hand cut  my flower and leaves this time, 

 the larger flowers were made using yellow/004 and Lemon/003 Foamiran, for the centres I used 029/ Brown and 026/orange, 

the smaller flowers were made using 026/orange, all of the petals I added some colour too with oil pastels, I then added some gorgeous stamens 108 to the center of these,

the spikey type flower was made using 019/ Lime for the main effect and 021/Green for the Calyx's,

I hand cut and designed these fern type leaves, using the lemon 003 Foamiran and coloured the edges with oil pastels,

I made some similar ones in white Foamiran at the top of my wreath too,

I got a few different templates of leaves off the internet for the shapes and then hand cut them out using 020/Olive Foamiran for most of them and 004/Lemon for the other, I added some lines to the leaves using a skewer and then added some colour in oil pastels to those too,

Full view again,

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I hope I have inspired you to have a go yourself, don't forget we have a challenge going on over at 

14 Craft Bar which is anything goes, so why don't you join us, we would love to see you there,

Happy Crafting!!!

Christmas Decor with Foamiran Flower

Hi :)

I'd love to share with you Christmas decors I made with foamiran flowers.

These flowers are probably easiest flowers I've ever made :)