Misted Animal Banner

Hi friends! I hope you are well! Today, I have a Sizzix tutorial to share with you. It is a banner for my son's room and even though it is quite a large project, it is quick  and easy to make.

Banners are hard to photograph since they tend to be long, even if mine only has three pennants. I wanted to make something that can hang over Leo's bed and paired up his name with some baby animal photos of mine, of course, starting with a lion cub since he is a little lion. The banner is larger than what it appears to be on this photo since each flag measures 7 5/8" x 11". I used my Big Shot Plus and the Banners #2 set to die cut the banners. This banner of course doesn't have to be a baby project, but can be made for any theme or season. 

The Framelits Plus Banners #2 set comes with 16 banners ranging from 1/4" x 3/4" - 7 5/8" x 11". Don't they look nice all together like this? I used the two largest ones.

I also used the Framelits Plus Circles set. I've been wanting a die set with large circles for a long time, and this set is very versatile since it has so many circles, namely 15 of them ranging from 1/2" x 1/2" - 7 1/2" x 7 1/2".

I die cut a whole bunch of circles from watercolour paper, which I will use for another project.

What I really wanted to use, were the negative circles, which will function as stencils.

Place the homemade stencils on watercolour paper and mist with various Distress Spray Stains. I used Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio, Scattered Straw, Antique Linen, and Squeezed Lemonade. Let the papers dry in between to avoid mixing the colours too much.

When the mist is dry, die cut banners. I used the second largest die for the coloured banners and die cut a mat with the largest die and plain watercolour paper.

Stamp the banners with circle, image and sentiment stamps. The stamps I used stamps are from Hero Arts. The background was also stamped with the Tiny Stars background stamp, using light blue ink and only stamping it in a few places, to add texture. The paw of my lion cub is a little strange since there was something in front of it on the photo, but I let it be like that.

All the edges were distressed to give the banners more dimension and I love the look you get when distressing the edges of watercolour paper. The banners were stitched together and to hold all three of them together, I stitched a string of Linen Ribbon at the top, letting it hang off the sides.

I love this sentiment stamp by Hero Arts. I also added some lace to the banners, since that fit with the baby theme.

The letters were die cut with Tim Holtz Billboard Alphabet die, which cuts large letters. I glued black Paper Leather to mat board and die cut the letters from that. I found some Prima light bulbs in my stash and decided to use them too.

I just love this cute baby zebra. The misted circles give an interesting background, with quite a lot of colour, without being overwhelming.

On top of the letter, a little wooden potty person is standing. I also used some star, arrow and heart wooden embellishments.

Here you can see the blue stamped stars. Note how the Squeezed Lemonade and Cracked Pistachio circles form a green similar to Twisted Citron where they overlap.

The last banner features a baby rhino, and I hope this rhino is still alive since rhinos are being killed by poachers at an alarming rate in South Africa. I was thinking of painting shadows under the animals, but decided not too, since I wanted to keep these banner pretty simple.

I messed up the sentiment stamping on the background here, and had to redo it on another piece of paper and glue that on top of the messy stamping.

 

And of course, I had to use Hero Art's cute lion stamp, which I have used on quite a few of Leo's projects already.

I hope you enjoyed this post and that it inspired you to make some banners. Banners are fun for lots of themes and for different holidays.

I am glad that you stopped by here today. Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies: 

Sizzix Framelits Plus Die Set 16PK - Banners #2	Sizzix Framelits Plus Die Set 15PK - Circles	Tim Holtz Sizzix BILLBOARD ALPHABET	Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die - Billboard	Hero Arts KELLY'S HAPPY PLACE
Hero Arts CUTE ANIMAL TRIO	Hero Arts BABY ELEPHANT	Hero Arts TEXTURE AND SHAPE	Hero Arts THE BEST THINGS BY LIA	Hero Arts FIND BEAUTY BY LIA
Hero Arts TINY STAR BACKGROUND	Sizzix Paper Leather Sheets - 8 1/2" x 11" Assorted Basics	Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS ASSORTED BASICS 8.5x11	Sizzix Little Sizzles - 6" x 13" Mat Board Pack, 6 White Sheets	Canson MONTVAL SPIRAL WATERCOLOR 9x12
Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Studio Calico TINY STARS	Studio Calico HEARTS & ARROWS	Tim Holtz LACE Trimmings	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain CRACKED PISTACHIO
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain TUMBLED GLASS	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain SCATTERED STRAW	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain SQUEEZED LEMONADE
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain SALTY OCEAN	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4	Sizzix Big Shot Plus	Sizzix BIG SHOT PLUS MACHINE
Big Shot Machine	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix Accessory Cutting Pads, Extended	Sizzix CUTTING PAD XL Pair	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET

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