Happy Easter Bunny Banner

Here's my Easter banner for this year. I used the Happy Easter Bunny by Stampin' Up!

I tried the Blendabilities, and the Stampin' Write markers and decided to go with colored pencils because I could get better shading.

The flowers were die cut with the Flower Frenzy Bigz L die.

Paper:
Wisteria Wonder card stock, So Saffron card stock, Marina Mist card stock, Pirouette Pink card stock, Whisper White card stock, Pool Party card stock, bits and pieces of other colors for the flowers...I was trying to use up some scraps.

Ink:
Jet Black Stazon, Whisper White craft ink

Stamps:
Happy Easter Bunny, Gorgeous Grunge

Other:
Oval framelits collection, Labels collection framelits, Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's twine, Daffodil Delight Baker's twine, rhinestones, colored pencils

Ho Ho Ho Christmas Banner

Hello,
Today I want to share with you the Christmas banner that we made in class this month.

Most of the supplies are Stampin' Up!, but there are a couple of other products that I used.

I cut the pennants from Cherry Cobbler card stock using the Top Note die, but if you want to make your banner like this one you will need to spray your paper with glitter spray and then seal it with a fixative to prevent the glitter from coming off.

I used my Cricut and the Don Juan cartridge to cut the H from 3 different colors of paper from the Trim The Tree paper stack. I also cut shadows for the H from Brushed Gold card stock.

I also cut the two gold circles from the Brushed Gold card stock. The snowman is made from Whisper White card stock.

The wreath is stamped using the Wondrous Wreath stamp set and die cut with the matching framelits. I added a Cherry Cobbler seam binding bow. Add rhinestones to the middles of the flowers to make them sparkle. Color the rhinestones with Blendabilities.

The scarf on the snowman is made with Cherry Cobbler seam binding that is frayed on both ends. His hat is made with the large oval punch. The green and small black layers were created by repunching the ovals to make them slightly smaller.

The ornament has a silver foil paper band (doesn't look silver in the photo though) and the cap was created with the silver foil paper that has been put through the crimper (retired Stampin' Up!). I used a craft store swirl of rhinestones to bling it up.

I strung the pennants on gold Baker's Twine and then tied on pieces of 1/8" gold ribbon.

The letters and circles are all cut at 3 1/2".

Thanks for stopping by today,
Trude

Easter Banner

It is time for a new banner! I know I just posted the spring one and I can go back to it after Easter is over. But for now, I will have this banner hanging in my home. I made it with Designer Series Paper that was in the Sale-A-Bration brochure for free (be sure and watch for Sale-A-Bration next year, you don't want to miss the free paper!) and the Watercolor Designer Series Paper that is in the Stampin' Up! Spring Occasions catalog. I used Maria Cameron's banner idea from Pinterest.

To: my Stampin' Up! online store

To: my Star Crafter Club


To: Contact me

Hello Spring! Banner

It is officially spring! It may not look like it where you are, and there was frost on all the roof tops here, this morning, but it is spring! I noticed many blooming trees on my way to and from the gym this morning. Love it!
I made this spring banner with the new pennants framelits that are in the Stampin' Up! spring occasions catalog. 

I pulled out quite a few stamp sets that have flowers in them. The main stamp set I used was Backyard Basics. I also used Flower Shop, Secret Garden and a flower from the free Sale-A-Bration set, Petal Parade.

I used framelits for almost everything. I didn't use them for the large flowers on the banner ends, but I could have. Secret Garden does have the matching framelits. I used the pennant framelits for the banner bases. Then I used Apothecary Accent framelits for the letter bases. The letters themselves are a Spellbinder die set. Then I used the Backyard Basics framelit set for most of the pennant accents.It sure made the banner go together faster to use the Big Shot to do all that cutting!

To my Stampin' Up! online store

To my Star Crafter Club

To Contact me

Another Great Year Birthday Card

This card is a CAS (clean and simple) card. The Paper Players have a color challenge that works well for a masculine card. It doesn't have any pearls, rhinestones, ribbon, lace, flowers or pink on it. The stamp set is in the Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog. It is called Another Great Year. The moment I saw it I knew I wanted it to create bold masculine birthday cards. This is the first one I have created with the set.

Tip:
To add contrast to the lettering on the banner I grabbed the White Stampin' Chalk Marker. It helps pop the words and the color adds continuity with the white on the background paper.

Supply list:
Smoky Slate card stock
Marina Mist card stock
Crushed Curry card stock
Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper
Another Great Year stamp set
Marina Mist Classic Stampin' ink
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' ink
White Stampin' Chalk Marker
Subtles  Collection Candy Dots
Stampin' sponge

Thanks for visiting my blog today!
Trude

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Susie finished her St. Patrick's Day banner! This is what she came up with. I like the touches of yellow. It brightens the banner and adds a very fresh spring touch.

The Designer Series paper is the paper that you can get FREE with a $50.00 order during Sale-A-Bration.

Remember to leave a comment for Susie!
Thanks for checking out my blog.

Craft Happy!
Trude

St. Patrick's Day Banner

Here is the banner we made the other night at our  St. Patrick's Day banner class.

Oh, I just realized that I didn't take any close-ups to add to this post so that the details show up.

The challenge that I had with this banner was to keep it short enough to do in a 2 - 2 1/2 hour class session. I decided to go with the native word for Ireland and then embellish it with all of the fun St. Patrick's Day items that are usually associated with Ireland.

I created the two emblems on the ends of the banner with the Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio. It is a digital publishing suite that I am beginning to use quite a bit to fill in when I don't have the right words or motif stamps to finish my projects.

But it is more than just a word processing program...you can make wonderful photo books and have them professionally printed by Stampin' Up! It is easy and fun! The publishing program is only $19.95.

Other Stampin' Up! products I used for this banner:
Hearts Collection framelit dies
Oval Collection framelit dies
Word Window punch
1 3/4" circle punch
1/2" circle punch
7/8" scallop circle punch
2 3/8" scallop circle punch
3/4" circle punch
1 3/8" circle punch
Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack
Owl Builder punch
Designer Series paper stack
My Digital Studio

Valentine Banner

Here's the class that I had today...a Valentine Banner with Stampin' Up! products. These are so fun to create. Of course they are also cute decorations to hang in your home for the season!

This one is the one I created and my friend Susie created the following one.

We had such a fun time working on them. Hope you can join us next time!

Here's a supply list:
Real Red card stock #102482
Pink Pirouette card stock #111351
Basic White card stock #100730
Organza ribbon #114319

Hearts Framelits Dies #125599
Circle Flip card Thinlits Dies #133480
Labels Flip card Thinlits Dies #133479
Hearts a Flutter Framelits Die #130159
Small Heart punch #117193
En Francais stamp set #127790
Flowering Flourishes stamp set #126367
Bird Builder Punch #117191
Stampin' Sponges #101610
Basic Pearls #119247
Decorative Dots Embossing Folder #117335

*Remember- Sale-a-bration begins 1/28/14
For every $50.00 you spend at my online store, you will get to choose a Free Sale-a-bration item!