We finally have a fireplace with a mantel, which means now we can put up special celebration banners for each occasion. Happy New Years, Merry Christmas, etc... and for Valentine’s Day, I went with “Be My Valentine”. Hopefully Chris will accept!
To make a holiday banner like this some people use a cricut. But I still think it’s a bug that chirps and keeps me up at night when I am camping.
I just made a PowerPoint Template (Free Banner Template Here – PDF and PowerPoint Versions), printed the letters and the banner outline template, punched the letters out with a 3.5 inch scallop punch, used a sharpie to make dots in each of the scallops, cut out the first banner piece and traced that onto the colored paper I wanted to use for my banner. To assemble the banner together, I punched holes in the top of each banner piece, used a scrapbook adhesive runner to attach the printed letters, and used ribbon to string them all together. Voila!
One last thing that I did was plan ahead. I cut out matching banner pieces and attached them on the back. This way I am ready for “Happy Mother’s Day”, “Happy Father’s Day”, and “Happy Snow Day”.
Here is where I found some inspiration for my banner. Amy at The Happy Scraps Blog shares her beautiful Happy Birthday {Banner} here with lots of great photos.
She does have a cricut, which probably keeps her up at night for another reason – the ability to make a million cool projects.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
