XOXO Banner

I have been wanting to use my Ribbon and Rosettes cartridge that I got for Christmas and finally had a chance to when I made this Valentine's Day Banner.  I used the heart rosette and cut it at 3 1/2". I cut 6 sections and adhered them together with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive. My patterned paper is from a K & Company Valentine's Day paper pack that I got two years ago and also from one from last year. I then cut the heart from the Sweethearts Cartridge at 4". I cut the shadow out of pink and the main layer out of white. I then spritz everything with some Tattered Rose Glimmer Mist. I also used the George and Basic Shapes cartridge to cut a 3" circle that I adhered to the back of the Rosettes. I used Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive to attach the hearts to the front of my rosettes and the circles to the back of the rosettes.

For the top and bottom rosettes I cut the cupid from the Sweethearts cartridge at 3 1/2". I cut the shadow from black and the cupid from red. I then sprayed the cupid with the Tattered Rose and Black Cherry glimmer mist and the coated it lightly with the Pinata Glimmer Glaze that I just got from Cutters Creek. (It is beautiful). Finally I added some Thistle Stickles to the heart for added glitz.

For the middle rosette I cut the XOXO from the Tie the Knot cartridge at 1 /2". I used the same colors for the shadow and base layer and white for the layer on the first X. I sprayed these also with the Tattered Rose and Black Cherry glimmer mist and thistle stickles to the white layer of the X. I adhered all these cuts with some gel foam tape. Finally I adhered each rosette to a piece of cream colored ribbon also lightly sprayed with Tattered Rose glimmer mist. I used some Beacons 3 in 1 glue to adhere the rosettes to the ribbon. I also made a loop from a small piece of the ribbon and attached it to the top layer to hang the banner. I am really pleased how this turned out. I always have a hard time taking good photos of my banners but in person it is really shimmery. Thanks for visiting.

Wall Sign

I got the idea for this wall sign from Momo at Made by Momo. When is saw this I knew right away I wanted to make one.  A friend of mine's son is getting married a few weeks and I thought this would be a perfect gift. The photo on the sign was sent out with the wedding invitation. I chose colors that went with colors in the photo. Each section of the sign is 4" X 6". I started with chipboard, and covered it with a dark turquoise card stock. The patterned paper is by Bo Bunny. I cut the mats from the patterned paper at 3 3/4" x 5 3/4". I used Plantin Schoolbook for their names and the date. I cut the letters from cream paper at 1 1/4" and the shadow from the same dart turquoise also at 1". The word Forever is from the Tie the Know cartridge and was cut at 2" also in cream and turquoise. I matted the picture with the same cream and turquoise and placed it on the center section of the sign. I used my Bind-it-All and 1/2" wires to attach the sections together. The ribbon I got at Joanns. the flowers are Prima flowers and I added some clear rhinestones to the center of each flower as well as some smaller rhinestones to the centers of some of the flowers on the patterned paper. The rhinestones don't show up well in this picture.  Check out Momo's blog (linked above) for a great video tutorial on how to make these signs.