Another new Banner...

I knew as I was making my Autumn banner that it wouldn't stay up for long, since I would be making a Halloween banner. I was very inspired by a darling banner I saw at a local nursery. I was tempted to buy it, but it was around $30 and I knew that I could make one just as nice. Mine turned out way better, if I say so myself. It is funny that I wouldn't pay the price they wanted, but after putting this one together, I would want to charge even more! LOL! I put a lot of little details into this one that sometimes don't seem like a lot of work, but by the time you get it done for each of the 6 panels, it is very time consuming. As with the Autumn banner, I had a lot of fun with this. The shape of each panel is the same as the one in the shop and similar to the darling ones they had hanging in shop windows at Disneyland in April. I blogged about being inspired at Disneyland, but haven't really done much with the "inspiration".

Each panel is 4 by 6 pieces of patterned paper by My Mind's Eye (The Spider's Web Collection) I saved myself a little time by purchasing the glittered chipboard letters by Making Memories. I really like the style of the alphabet and they were the perfect size. I went to my local scrapbook store last week and asked the worker if they had any packages of chipboard letters, to which she replied, NO. I wonder if she was surprised as she rung me up as to where I conjured up the package of CHIPBOARD LETTERS! Ughhh...talk about frustrating! I also picked up two "vellumish" clock faces that I knew would be perfect to go on top of the accordion medallions. I also embellished the "O" with a pumpkin button and a computer generated sentiment. The scripted words across the top of each panel are computer generated as well and then printed onto vanilla cardstock.

I have been hoarding packages of Crepe paper for about 10 years because you just can't find it like you used to. I pulled out some of my black that is almost gone, and baste stitched it and then gathered it for the top of each panel. I adhered it to the back using sticky strip. The edges of each medallion are glittered using SU! chunky essentials glitter (black) and then the top of each panel is glittered using the same glitter but in silver. A girl can never have too much glitter! LOL! I had a lot of fun and I will probably use up my scraps for some other fun projects! Thanks for fluttering by!