November Project: Fall Banner

At convention, I met a fantastic presenter . . . Denise Black! She is one of the best teachers I have met and so creative. She shared two projects with me that I have shared with my friends, our Halloween tile and this great fall banner. It is made with a discontinued stamp set, but I still love it and knew I wanted to make it with our Dreamin' paper pack. The ladies and I had such fun this weekend.

I don't like using discontinued stamps for my projects, but this was an exception. The Many Thanks set, D1371, is a favorite of mine and when I went through all of my stamps, there weren't any others that came close to working for this project.

My first flower is 7" and the last flower is 6." To save paper, we made the final ones for the projects 6" and they worked fine. I had the ladies roll the petals down first, then roll them up as tight as possible to keep from tearing them, and then when finished, let them unroll to the dimension they want. I user an Imaginisce Petal Roller to roll my petals and then my flowers. I actually just learned something. There is a petal roller for fabric and for paper; I have the one for fabic. Guess what--it works fine and it's pink and prettier so that's the one I'm keeping!

Here are some close ups for you:

 

Products Used

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Collection

X7142B Dreamin Paper Pack

D1371 Many Thanks My Acrylix Stamp Set

X5912 Dark Neutral Shade Cardstock Pack (for Cocoa)

Z1334 My Creations Mix and Mingle Album

Z1683 Mixed Shapes Dimensional Elements

(Note: I used chipboard that I had on hand,

the Mixed Shapes set has the flower shapes in it.)

Z1333 Mocha Pearl Shapes

Z2194 Sanding Kit

Z2191 Finishing Files

Z578 Corner Rounder

Z534 Micro-Tip Scissors

Z697 Sponge

Z1296 Distressing Inks--Chocolate

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads:

Z2101 Autumn Terracotta

Z2103 Bamboo

Z2108 Brown Bag

Z2123 Goldrush

Z2137 Olive

Z2192 Pacifica

Z2150 Sunflower

Other products: Alene's Quick-dry Glue for chipboard pages, Tape adhesive of choice or Z679 Liquid Glass for Acrylic sheets, 1" circle punch for notched corners, Creative Memories decorative corner punch.