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Christmas Cardinal Swag

Instructions

  • Prep your base
  • Take 24” pine base and fluff the base
  • Cut mesh into 25” to 26” strips
  • Pinch mesh at the end and starting at the top and twist in 12” humps down one side
  • Continue up the other side of the swag to add texture
  • Cut 6 to 8 strips of mesh at 25” to 30”
  • Cruffle the mesh and twist into the base of the swag base
  • Insert ribbons and sign before you insert the fillers
  • Prep Sign
  • Dab hot glue on the back of the sign and place a mount on top of the glue
  • Place mounts one on top and one on the bottom
  • Insert pipe cleaner into the mounts
  • Attach sign to the swag base
  • Bow
  • Make 4” tail, twist into the top of the swag base, and hump over right past the sight line and cut ribbon
  • Complete this process placing the ribbon humps on each of the four corners
  • Layer one: make 18” tails, pinch twist and make 8” loops x2, cut ribbon tail, and twist a pipe cleaner in the middle of the bow
  • Layer two: make tail, pinch twist and making 2 loops, cut ribbon tail
  • Layer three: make tail, pinch twist and making four loops, cut ribbon tail
  • Layer four: Cut ribbon tail and twist on top of the bow
  • Layer five: using directional ribbon, fold ribbon, make half ribbon bow and twist into the center of the bow
  • Fluff bow and twist long pipe cleaner to the center of the bow
  • Attach bow to wreath base
  • Prep picks and greenery
  • Cut picks
  • Dab hot glue on the ends of the picks and insert into the wreath base
  • Dab hot glue on the ends of the greenery and insert into the wreath base