This month the design team here at The Digital Press created a lovely collaborative mega kit called Gingham Style, and included is a set of printable banners. Being a member of the hybrid team, they immediately caught my attention. I know some of you out there who purchased Gingham Style might be wondering what you could do with them, so today I’m sharing a little home decor project I used the banners for!
These are a great “introduction to hybrid crafting” project. All you need is a regular pair of scissors or a straight edge and X-Acto blade. If you can cut a straight line you can do this! I happen to have an electronic die cutting machine, so I used my Silhouette Cameo to do the cutting. I set up my Print & Cut file in the software that I use with my cutting machine. Because I wanted it to be double sided, I duplicated each banner, rotated 180 degrees, and aligned the straight edges to form a diamond shape. Don’t forget to add your cut lines! Mine are shown as the black line around the edge of each diamond.
Once everything is cut out I scored down the middle and folded to create a 2 sided banner, which I then strung on a piece of seam binding. Ribbon, embroidery floss, baker’s twine, or yarn would all make excellent choices as a stringing material. I closed by banners around my seam binding by placing a glue dot near the bottom point of the triangle. Once I had each banner strung, I distributed them evenly and then stapled at the top with my mini stapler.
Once my banner was completed I used it to decorate an empty wall above my bed. By adding a family photo and a decorative letter (F for our last name) I picked up on clearance at the craft store, I’ve quickly and affordably livened up this living space. These banners are a fun & temporary way to bring color to an otherwise boring space in your home.
Digital Scrapbooking kits are a great resource for creating your own custom decor for any season or holiday! Have you created anything for your home? If so, I’d love to see it. Leave a comment with a link to your project.
About the Author: Amber Funk enjoys a vast assortment of interests such as scrapbooking, photography, getting crafty with her Silhouette Cameo, reading, and playing video games. She is a Wife and Mother of 2 living in Northern California and blogs her crafty adventures at http://perfectly-fabulous.com/
