It was supposed to be a simple design based around the Crumb Cake cardstock, but I wanted to use the Season of Style papers (132340) too. These papers are in the Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive colours, a change from all the Festive Flurry and blue hues I have been using a lot of lately.
It took me a while to work out how I was going to fit 'Merry' and 'Christmas' on the banner, given that it was going to be on a fireplace mantle and could not been too long. I settled on using the 'Merry' from the thinlits again and adding it on the first pennant.
I cut all my pennants just using a template I made, but I was really pleased I had my new Circles Collection dies (130911) for the circle layers. It made cutting circles of all sizes so much easier. To save paper too I was able to cut the patterned paper pennant and then cut the circle I needed for the top layers from the middle of the pennant.
To keep it a little rustic I have threaded the pennants on some of the twine I had from my Simply Created Banners kit. If you look closely you can see a little of the Natural Trim (129287) from the annual catalogue tied at points along the banner too.
My banner does have some retired products included. The large eyelets are no longer available and the lettering I have used is the retired Alphabet Soup chipboard letters from last year.
Come back later I will have some more Christmas tags and projects to show you ............
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