My Creative Scrapbook - May Tutorial

Hello friends! I love banners for all occasions and I thought I would create a Spring banner with the May Creative Kit for My Creative Scrapbook.  

Spring Banner

May 2018 Creative Kit - My Creative Scrapbook

To create the above banner you will need:

Basic Supplies

Adhesive (liquid glue, permanent tape runner adhesive and foam squares)
Fringe Scissors ((optional - can also cut fringe with basic scissors but easier with fringe scissors)
Paper Hole Punch
Paper Trimmer
Pencil
Ruler
Scalloped Paper Punch
Scissors
Sewing Machine (optional)
White Thread (optional)


May Creative Kit Supplies - My Creative Scrapbook

American Crafts Banner Kit (12 chipboard banner pieces and black and white twine)
Chipboard Stickers (Happy Word)
Stickers (Always Be Happy Sticker, Spring Word Stickers)
Patterned Paper - Yellow Gingham, Pink Patterned Paper, Multi Color Striped, Multi-colored Floral Patterned Paper, Light Blue Floral Patterned Paper
Pom Pom Ribbon (White)

Instructions

Using one of the banner pieces as a template, trace with a pencil and cut the yellow gingham paper.

Adhere paper to the banner piece and then add the two holes on the yellow gingham paper with a hole punch matching up the holes from the banner piece. Repeat and create twelve banners.

With the paper trimmer, trim the multi-colored striped patterned paper vertically into 1/2 inch strips. You will need 12 strips to fit the top edge of the banner.

With a tape runner adhesive, adhere the multi-colored stripe paper strips to the top edge of the yellow gingham paper banner piece. Trim.

With a piece of the pink patterned paper, a pencil and a ruler, mark the pink paper 2 1/2 inches from the top of the yellow gingham paper. 

Trim the pink patterned paper as shown below. 


Take a pair of scissors, or fringe scissors, and cut fringe on the narrower side of the pink patterned paper.






Adhere the pink fringed paper flush with the multi-colored paper strip and adhere.



Machine stitch around the multi-colored striped paper strip and along the entire edge of the banner.

Punch twelve scalloped circles from the blue and white patterned paper and set aside.

Flip the blue and white patterned paper scalloped circle to the backside and adhere a foam square.

Place the popped up scalloped circle to the banner centering it below the multi-colored paper strip and the pink patterned paper fringe as shown below.

On the first five banner pieces, adhere with liquid adhesive, the chipboard alphabet stickers "H" "A" "P" "P" "Y"  to the center of the blue and white patterned paper scalloped circles that are popped up with a foam square.

Cut a piece of white pom pom ribbon (about 3 to 4 pom poms in length) and adhere with some liquid adhesive at the top of the fringe on the pink patterned paper as shown below.

 Repeat for all twelve banners. Add the "Always Be Happy" sticker popped up with a foam square. to the sixth banner. 

On the sticker sheet, find the alphabet stickers that spell out the word "spring". With a foam square pop up each alphabet sticker with another foam square. Fussy cut some flowers from the floral patterned paper and place them beside the spring alphabet stickers creating a cluster.  

Punch two holes on the left and right side near the top edge of each banner.

Arrange all twelve banners in the order that they should appear. Add the black and white twine feeding the twine through each punched hole. 

Voila! The banner is completed! 

I hung my banner on the mantle of my fireplace to celebrate Spring.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and are inspired to create a banner. They are fun to create and they can be for any occasion. The sky is the limit!

Thanks for stopping by!