Tutorial: 4th of July banner

I have been invited to guest design for Workout #23 on the Scrapfit challenge blog and the challenge was to make your own embellishments. Here is one of the projects I created for it and in the process, I also created this tutorial for the TTT blog:

This post is photo heavy but don't let that make you think that it is a difficult project because it is quite the opposite! And thanks to a free printable download you don't even need any patterned papers!!!

Supplies:

- 3 sheets of 8.5X11 cardstock (in white or cream)

- old book page

- red paper scrap

- alphas

1/ Go to Tricia-Rennea's blog to download and print the pennants: http://triciarennea.blogspot.com/2010/06/red-white-and-blue.html

I printed them on cream cardstock to give the banner a little vintage look but I think it would also look stunning on white cardstock.

2/ Cut and score the pennants:

3/I then added stitching details but they are totally optional!

4/ Punch small circles out of the scraps of cardstock you printed on to use as backing to the "yo-yos" (I don't really know how they are called!). Cut paper strips from an old book to about 1"X8" and score them at 1/4" intervals before folding as shown below:

5/ Glue the ends of the strip together and the bottom onto a circle. It is not easy to keep them flat so I added a bottle of paint on top of them while the glue dried.

6/ I then cut circles and stars from red scrap paper and added the alphas on top:

And with next to nothing, you have a fun home decoration for this weekend!

Thank you Tricia-Rennea for the awesome downloads! And I wish you all a fabulous 4th of July weekend!