Craft Challenge: Falling Leaves

So my friend and I decided that we are going to start doing craft challenges since we both have blogs. It's also a way for us to do something crafty every month as a way to keep in touch since we are so far away (she's in Scotland!). Check out A Mess To Be Made. So Charlie and I are doing craft challenges. This month we are doing a fall craft! I chose to do a fall wreath.

Materials

• a stick 
• scissors
• pretty paper (I used brown and patterned orange and red)
• leaves stencil (not shown above)
• clear string or fishing line (not shown above)
• clear tape (not shown above)
• double sided tape (not shown above)

Instructions

1. Cut paper into leaves. I totally cheated and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the leaves out. 
2. Once you got all your leaves all cut up, measure string into different lengths (I cut 5)
3. Cut string to hold up. Tie each end of the string to each end of the stick so you are able to hang it up.  
4. Start taping leaves back to back to hide the string. (As you can see in the picture, I didn't realize that I had to mirror the cut to make sure the white didn't show. Since I cut them already, I didn't want to waste them. So, you can see the whites. Oops!) 
5. Hang! (I took a command strip hook thing and taped it upside down behind my door. Like this!)

 
 I didn't think I would like it because of how sloppy the leaves look but I ended up really loving it! I love the fall colors and that you can't see the string! It's awesome! So this is my fall challenge. Check out Charlie's A Mess To Be Made to see what she had done. I wanna see your wreaths! Comment below with a picture! (:

This post is written by Karel.
Adapted from: 
A Mess To Be Made
Silhouette America
Senn and Sons