On the 1st Day of Christmas

Welcome to our 12 Days of Christmas event!  We have so many fun things planned for you!  You will definitely want to be sure to check back here every day between now and December 12th to enjoy all of the festivities!  And send all your friends in to become followers and enjoy our festivities too.

Today I want to show you a really fast project.  Banners really make such a statement.  And of course there are a million different ways to make them.  Let me show you how I made my banner.

The first step is to measure the ribbon for your banner.  I used a thick wired ribbon for my banner.  Take the ribbon to your fireplace or wherever you want to hang the banner.  

(This banner would also look beautiful in a doorway)

.  Measure out the ribbon by holding it across your mantle or wall.  Remember to leave some ribbon on each end to hang down.

I chose gold paper for the base of each letter.  I cut my gold paper at 6 inches wide by 8 inches high.

I chose Aspen Bazzill for the inner color of the base of each letter.  My inner color measures 5 1/2 inches wide by 7 1/2 inches high.

Cut out your letters to fit on each of your bases.  I used my Cricut and the BaseCamp cartridge.

I cut the shadow of each letter in off white and each letter in gold vellum.

Then I decorated the vellum part of the letter with crystal stickers.

Now adhere the letters to the shadow of the letter.  Since I used vellum paper I am using the Glue Dots that are made for vellum.  This is a wonderful adhesive for vellum since it is absolutely invisible behind the vellum.

Now color and cut out your Pine and Holly to decorate the letters. Use adhesive to glue the gold and green base colors together.  Use adhesive to glue the letters to the base.  Now attach the pine and holly to the letters using adhesive and pop up glue dots.  I also added stickles to the holly and pine to give it a little more sparkle.

Now we are ready to attach our letters to the ribbon.  I used my fastenator with gold staples for this job.  The best way to start is to find the middle of your ribbon.  Since I want my letters to be 6 inches apart I started by stapling my "E" 3 inches to the right of the center of the ribbon.  Staple the "O" about 3 inches to the left of the center of the ribbon.  Then finish stapling by measuring about 6 inches between the remaining letters.

This banner is now hanging in my Grandma's room.  She lives in a manor and I thought it would be really pretty to decorate her room.

I hope you enjoyed our 1st Day of Christmas!
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