Friday, June 20, 2014

Summertime and Independence Day!


Hello friends!  As you can see, the Inspiration Crew is at it again and this time we are having a little Independence Day blog hop!  There's no reason, really, we're just a group of crafty blog friends making projects we like using supplies we like!  If you're here from Annette's blog, you're in the right spot.  If not, head to Donna's blog to get started!

I've been such a bad blogger lately, I thank each and every one of you for sticking by me!  I promise there will be new and more regular posts in the future - it really has taken me this long since Amelia was born to get back into my crafty groove.  :)

For this project, I pulled out a great set of Independence Day-themed stamps from Waltzingmouse and decided to make a little banner using fun, sparkly Twinery twine.  I decided to braid a strand of platinum, blue, and red shimmer together to make the little rope the banner is hanging on.  Yep, finished it at 6am today after Amelia went back to sleep.  Glad one of us could...
Here are a couple of close ups of the smaller banners - I started with white cardstock and stamped all of the images on top.

The fun star was made with two different "kite" shapes in the stamp set that you can cobble together to make this great star!  I cut each of these out separately and adhered them together and popped them off of the banner.

One last thing before I go - I have a giveaway of 60 yards of assorted Twinery twine (15 each of Honeydew, Charcoal, Caribbean, and Blossom stripe)!  All you have to do is leave a comment - anything you want to say or if you're at a loss for words, tell me what things you like to do during the summer!

Off you go to Ceal's blog for more inspiration and here are the rest of todays participants -



10 comments:

  1. Love your banner Jenn!! I'm a little banner crazy lately- (going to post some soon) Don't you find them so much fun to make? I love these images and how each one is it's own little work of art. Thanks for joining us in the hop today!

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  2. Awesome banner Jen! I love each banner piece and it's nice to meet you!!

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  3. AWESOME banner!!! I can see this hanging anywhere in your home...Outside, inside it's fab!!!

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  4. Cute banner!! Love the details!

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  5. aww your banner is amazing.. great job..

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  6. I love your fun and festive banner!

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  7. Very festive banner! I love the 4th of July and the red, white and blue decorations! Happens to be my wedding anniversary too! :)

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  8. I love banners and yours is so much fun and very festive you have done a great job!

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  9. what an amazing banner!! this is so elegant! it must look great in your home right now :)

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