{Welcome Banner}

I have finally come a year and a half from when I created this awesome project and found a time to blog about it...I figure I should start to create a planner for my blog posts, a planner for my projects, and a binder with inserts for storing the projects for each week and one binder for each month...lol!

Ok so maybe it is a little OCD but I think this would be a great way to boost productivity and creativity and also serve as a great way to organize the projects you have completed...this would make it easy to find as well as give you a great source of projects and instructions to use for workshops or clubs...

Enough brainstorming...

I created this banner as a project to challenge myself after completing the Spooky Banner that was an extra project with the Mischief Workshop On The Go. I decided to use the retired Cherry-O paper packet as I loved it when I saw it shortly after I started my business with Close To My Heart. I bought the paper and embellishments while it was on the While Supplies Last area of my website.

I went to work on picking my papers and cutting them out... I decided to add yo-yo flowers or rosettes...not sure which you all call it but I popped the letters to Welcome onto the centers of the rosettes. I layered the letters which I cut out with the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. (Yes I do use it...lol!)

I added some Cherry-O self adhesive patterned pearl embellishments as well as some stickease. I also added some great buttons with some Colonial White Waxy Flax stitching...I love waxy flax too!

I prefer not to use the jump ring for the banners as I find I tend to have them bend and separate while the banners are hung up. I would definitely not want to sell anything that was less than perfect for a customer so I chose to use ribbon to tie the banner together...not only does it look beautiful but it also works very well and is functional...

Come join the fun over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges...I am and here is another post for this week. The challenge: Ribbon! So start blogging!

Let's Live Inspired!