I was so inspired by The Chester cards I wanted to use him on something else other than a card. I decided to make a banner with him! I love making banners for the holidays. Banners are so quick and fun to make. Originally I was going to make an Easter banner but decided again to go with spring theme so it could be kept up longer. Here I have pix showing up a few up close pix of the banner. I will also be doing a YouTube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8jfzFvAWW0&sns=emSorry for the lighting it was late when I finished it. I made this for my girlfriend's daughter. She has a super cute play area and I figured she could hang this up somewhere. First I used my My favorite Things banner die. I used the largest size and cut it with burlap. It's a burlap paper stack I got from Joanns. I used the next size down to cut out the pattern paper. The stack is a pastel 6x6 pack from michaels.
I die cut 3 circles out with my stitched mft circles in watercolor paper. I colored all the images with my distress markers. I stamped Chester on one, used paper smooches mini monogram set for my sentiment, and the third circle I remembered my new Purple Onion Design stamps! I couldn't wait to use the toadstool and snail stamp. I thought it went perfect with this project.
I backed the circles up with kraft paper that I punched out with my scallop punch. I glued the circles down but then popped up the scallops for some dimension.
Then I started embellishing the banner with little flowers and buttons. I used random items in my stash including the adorable green clip.
I also used my martha Stewart punch for the butterflies.
I used my crop a dile to make holes for my white grommets to run pretty white satin ribbon through.
I hope that you enjoyed my quick spring project!
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