Christmas-Banner

Written and Created by PaperCraftCentral Susan

Make a Christmas-Banner or bunting using your stamps and punches this year!

Mine is made for use in a small recreational vehicle (RV) window, but you could use this idea to fill any space at home or even for a party held in a hall. The space doesn't matter, you just make it as long or as short as you wish by repeating the pattern.

Sometimes you just need a little decoration to fill in a space in your Christmas decor. I like to make little banners for our caravan (RV) each year. It creates delight for the grandchildren to see our new decorations when we visit and I love creating while we travel.

You could even make a set of these as gifts for friends or family!

This banner is not a big one, but of course you can add more elements and letters to spell out whatever you want your message to be. Make your banner as long or as short or as tall as you like!

There are many other shapes that will also work well on a banner. You could use Christmas bauble shapes, stars, angels, whatever says Christmas to you. Even flag s hapes could be decorated with Christmas images or words. 

Your message could be very personalised, spelling out your family name or a special message or just a single word like Christmas or Peace or Joy. Just place decorative elements between the words if you use more than one word if you want the banner to be longer or fancier.

Dangles from the banner could be things like threaded buttons, ribbons, beads or even tinsel.

Above all, have fun personalising your own banner for your Christmas celebrations.

How to Make This Christmas-Banner:

First, gather your supplies.This is what I chose to make the banner pictured on this page:

You will need:

·         60cm of ribbon, two 6” pieces of gold twine

·         A 6” x 6” piece of designer series paper (I used Perfectly Plaid here but it is no longer available. Search for a designer series paper you like.)

·         Three 6” x 1” pieces of coloured cardstock (I used Cherry Cobbler cardstock)

·         Contrasting  piece of cardstock measuring 1” x 4” (I used
 some Garden Green cardstock)

·         Make a Difference stamp set (no longer available)

* Bone Folder

·         7/8” scallop punch, small star punch, Banner triple punch and Pine Tree punch (check to see if they are all still available at my online store)

·         Versamark ink, Shimmer White embossing powder (no longer available to use plain white embossing powder if you like. It will still be shiny!)

·         Embossing folder & Die Cut and Embossing Machine 

·         Small piece of glimmer paper (I used gold)

·         Two Jingle Bells

·         Bling (I used a variety of faceted gems and resin stickers, and some tiny non-Stampin' Up! silver stars I had from another year)

·         Tombow multi glue, double sided Tear ‘n Tape, Stampin’ Dimensionals

How to Make It:

Here are the steps for making the banner. If you need clarification about anything, let me know in the comments at the bottom of the page.

INSTRUCTIONS:

·         Cut 12 pine trees from the designer series paper with the punch, score 8 of them from top to bottom and fold in half. Adhere in pairs, set aside

·         Stamp the letters “Joy” on the contrasting cardstock  in Versamark, emboss with Shimmer White, punch letters out with scallop punch

·         Score the 6” x 1” pieces of cardstock in half, cut tails with banner punch, run through embossing folder in the Die Cut and Embossing Machine

·         Lay out the ribbon, start in the middle and lay out your trees and banners where you want them. I tried to use even spacing just by eye so maybe use a small ruler to set them out if you want them really even. Adhere the double pine trees to the single pine tree over and under the ribbon, using Tear ‘n Tape. Add the banners over the ribbon and adhere with Tear ‘n Tape

·         Add the letters to the banners with Stampin' Dimensionals

·         Thread the bells with gold twine, tie off, then loop over the ribbon at each end of the banner

·         Embellish with bling and stars as desired

IDEA: Make it even more special and delightful by threading your banner with little LED lights! They could even be solar lights if you get enough natural sunlight where you want to hang your banner. 

Now if you make a Christmas-Banner, I would love to see it! You can share your project with me by filling out this form. I nay even create a page just for you on PaperCraftCentral and you can show it to your friends and family. 

Go back to the 3-d papercraft ideas page to find more Christmas projects and ideas.

I also recommend the Paper Stars page if you want to make your own bauble-type decorations. They turn ot to be three dimensional and so pretty!

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