I love making banners. So fun and easy, and I figured some things
out by trial and error along the way.
Try it out and let me know what you think. I’d love to hear comments if my info is
helpful for you at all.
The first banner I made was for my
son; his birthday is close to Easter every
so often so last year I made a banner that says “Hoppy Birthday” and is Easter
teamed. I printed all the patterned
papers with my Imagine and cut most of the solids with regular card stock on my
expression. I used Nursery Tails for the patterns,
Hello
Kitty Font for the letters and bunny images from Nursery Tails and Create
A Critter. I added a few balloons and party hats to the bunny’s (also from
Create
A Critter).
Now, let’s talk about accordion medallions. These
look so cool I just had to try them out.
First, I scored an entire 12X12
sheet at ¼ intervals. Then I cut them in
to 1 ½ inch strips. (This only took 3 sheets
of blue card stock for 23 medallions at 8 per sheet).
TIP 1: Next time I would cut them at 2 inch per
strip- it makes for a smaller center opening on the medallions that is much
easier to work with when hot gluing them in position. It only would have cost me one more piece of
paper and a lot less frustration.
Next,
I folded them accordion style – easy-peasy.
I used glue dots to put the ends together – still easy. The hard part was getting the accordion
medallion to lay flat and stay stuck to the banner.
TIP 2: in hindsight – USE a GLUE
GUN. That and wider strips would
have been so much easier. I was so
frustrated with them I said I wouldn’t make them again, until I remembered my
glue gun. Also, you can see I strong
this entire banner on one LONG ribbon – uhgg.
TIP 3: Tie with individual ribbons between each pinafore, not one long
one.
Hope you enjoyed my banner. God Bless & Happy Scrapin'
Darling! And I'm sure your son loved it with the Spring-y colors and bunny. Pretty impressive for your first time!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, I remember these in school ( many years ago ) but mine would bow when I glued them together.
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