Birthday Banner (Sharon Jeffs)

Birthday Banner

by Sharon Jeffs


After a day of shopping for birthday decorations for my eldest daughters birthday party - and finding either overpriced and flimsy decorations or the wrong colours, I decided to create a birthday banner myself.

To begin, I cut banner triangles from a thick cardstock then covered it with fabric, cut around each with pinking shears then sewed everything together to ensure the fabric stayed put.  I also sewed ribbon along the top edge to complete my banner to a basic degree.

Next, I cut out the letters to write 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' across my banner with a space between the two words.



Using my Grand Calibur, I cut out a Label in white card stock, then embossed it and swiped across the embossing with a Distress paint dauber.  Once dry, I layered an embossed oval with a scalloped border and then one of each of the letters.  I adhered these panels to a pair of paper doilies then adhered this to each banner piece.

For the banner that is between the words I added a Prima Doll image that I colored by hand with Copic Markers.



As a finishing touch I added stickles to the shoes and the bow then mixed Liquid pearls and stickles together and used it to paint the crown.  Finally, I added dot decorations to the dress using Liquid pearls!

Heres a photo of the full banner ...

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Products used:

• Spellbinders Label die
• Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing Folder
• Cuttlebug Allegro Embossing Folder
• Distress Paint - Forest Moss
• Distress Paint - Pickled Rasberry
• Spellbinders Oval Die
• Spellbinders Scalloped Oval Die
• Darice Green Ribbon
• Paper Doilies
• Prima Doll Stamp
• Ranger Stickles - Gold
• Ranger Liquid Pearls - Canteloupe
• Ranger Liquid Pearls - Flamingo
• Copics - (Hair) - E49 Dark Bark; E35 Chamois and E47 Dark Brown
• Copics - (Skin) - E000 Pale Fruit Pink; E00 Skin White and E02 Fruit Pink
• Copics - (bow and shoes) - YG06 Yellowish Green and YG17 Grass Green
• Copics - (Dress) - RV04 Shock Pink; RV29 Crimson and RV21 Light Pink

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