'Merry Banner'

Here's another fun banner project of mine.  This was super fun to create and I have it hanging it my studio.

I 'painted' a background onto the watercolor paper piece (after die cutting it) using Cherry Cobbler reinker.

I die cut and used 2 sizes of stars throughout the banner.   I used a nice assortment of ribbons at each end of the banner, as well as a little bow at the top of each piece.

I die cut letters from black CS to go behind my embossed letters.  The Cherry Cobbler CS letters were embossed (3 X each) with clear EP.  Click here to learn more about embossed letters.

I used gold embossing to add some stamped texture behind my letters.  Before attaching the letters, I spritzed each piece with my shimmer mixture.  Once the letters were attached, I went back and added Wink of Stella to each embossed letter.  I'd say I used quite a LOT of ways to add sparkle!!!

My banner started out like the one below, but I didn't think the embossed stars on each end showed up enough, so I went back and die cut stars to go over them.  Love it!

This is even prettier in real life, but I think you get the idea.

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Embossed Copper Letters/ With Tutorial

As promised, I'm sharing my tutorial today for embossing letters with Copper EP.  It's fun and it's easy and I hope you'll try it.

 

Usually, when I emboss something small, I lay the piece in a small (for embossing only) cake pan.  This time, I wanted to try to emboss all the letters with a quicker and easier plan.  What I came up with was to add a tiny bit of adhesive to the back of each letter and attach them to a scrap of CS.

Then, I patted down each letter with my VersaMark ink pad.

I then sprinkled my Copper EP over all the letters.  A small amount will fall around the letters and stick there.  I just left it and didn't worry about it.

I heat embossed all the letters and then gently pulled them off the scrap CS.  They came off quite easily.

Aren't they beautiful?  Here's my Fall banner again.

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Fall Banner with Embossed Copper Letters

I am excited to share my latest banner with you today.  It's for Fall and it has embossed letters.  In my next post, I'll share a tutorial on how I made them. 

The pictures kind of speak for themselves.  

I added embossed leaves between each of the banner pieces.

This was really fun to create and I love how it turned out.

In my next post, I'll share a tutorial for how to create the embossed letters.

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It's All About The Color ... And Ribbons, Ribbons, Ribbons

For me, working with most any art project begins with choosing and playing with my color story for the project.  I LOVE playing with color.  After I've chosen the color story, I begin working on my design, choosing stamps, choosing color mediums --- watercoloring, embossing, using markers...
The possibilities are pretty much endless.  Yes, I often change out some of my plans as I get into the creative process, but that's part of the fun.  The colors and the design begin to drive the project.  As I go along, I decide what embellishments I may need to use to finish out my project.  For today's project, it's ribbons, ribbons, ribbons.

Today, I have a happy little banner that I made to hang in my studio.  I didn't have to do much planning with the colors because I wanted to use ALL the new In Colors.

My banner hangs where I do all my stamping and paper crafting, so it's a constant reminder of how much I love being an artist.

As new stampin' goodies arrive now, I am constantly inspired by what I chose from the new catalog.  It's a great time for creating!
 

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