Mini Autumn wreath

Good Morning everyone

Half way through October so time for some more inspiration over at We Love Stamping where the optional theme is Autumn but you can always enter with anything goes as long as some stamping involved. 

I decided to make a little autumn wreath with this fab fun stamp set i got for my birthday called 'squeaky friends' from aall&create.  Ive coloured them as our native red squirrels  but i think the shape isn't quite right for them but gone with a bit artistic license! 

I used a 10cm metal hoop and wrapped with natural garden twine and adhered a dried twig from the garden to the bottom.

I stamped the squirrels and acorns and watercoloured with inktense pencils and cut out and got arranging.   I covered the squirrels and leaves with mod podge to seal and protect them, this also makes them a bit stiffer and more robust for a home decor display piece.  The acorns i covered with glossy accents to give them a more realistic finish.

Trying to get a decent photo was impossible, in real life they do stand out more from the background😁

This is the back, as well as adding leaves to the front and added them to the back of the hoop to give a feeling of depth but also hide all the glue and give a neater finish.

I took a 10cm metal ring and covered with garden twine and added a hanging loop with the twine too. I then took a twig and adhered to the bottom with glue gel before i started adding the characters and leaves. 

I have die cut all these leaves over the years from left over scraps which are ideal when i just want a few.  I also have a bag of green leaves for spring/summer projects.  

These are the lovely prizes to be won so do hop over to join in at We Love Stamping

Items Used:

aall&create stamp set #290 'squeaky friends'

Spellbinders little leaves die set

Sizzix & Tim holtz leaf dies

Derwent inktense pencils

Brusho powders

Cosmic shimmer pixie powders

10cm metal hoop

Thank you all for stopping by, I hope you have a good weekend. Emmax

Id love to enter the following:

https://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/challenge-479.html

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https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2024/10/double-triple-die-cut-fun.html - all my leaves are die cut

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https://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/2024/10/462.html

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https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/inspiration-station-october-2024.html - inspired by the colours, leaves & nuts

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https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/10/october-2024-anything-goes-fall.html

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