I was on such a garland / banner kick for Thanksgiving that it shouldn't be a surprise that it's carried over to Christmas. I knew I wanted to change up my mantle this Christmas and had an idea to do an alpine / woodland theme with greens, browns, and whites. I also knew glitter would be involved so it would sparkle in the firelight. I was at Michaels and saw Martha's tinsel glitter but wasn't sure how much I would need and had something else I already wanted to use my 50% off coupon for and it was $9.99! Sorry Martha. Plan B. Found this stuff with the "kids" crafts for $2.99:
It's super lightweight and reminds me of shredded mylar. I cut out the letters to spell "BELIEVE" using my Cricut. I chose a mossy green cardstock for the letters and mounted them on panels I'd run through my
XYRON adhesive machine. This let the letters stick as well as provided a sticky surface for the glitter. Then I adhered the glitter panels to a panel of COLORBOK snowflake paper, brown metallic paper, and finally cream:
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Of course I had to add some "bling" so put some clear and green rhinestones in the centers of the snowflakes |
To finish things off, I covered clothespins with some coordinating green scraps I had leftover from a previous project and punched snowflakes from more scrap cardstock with a green rhinestone center:
The mantle's not done yet but here's the banner:
Now I need to figure out an alternative to Pottery Barn's $12 snow that I really want for my hurricane vase.
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16 comments:
I am loving this banner!
Come visit so I can put your name in the magic box for my Giveaway.
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Aww - I love it!! I want one!!!
Love it! Hey, that glitter is terrific!!
So pretty.
It looks great! Love the sparkle!
Ok, so you are officially now the "Garland Queen". They're all beautiful, and this is no exception!
Carol, this turned out wonderful! I can't wait to see the rest of it!
I got some faux snow at Wal-Mart last year for just a few bucks and it is every bit as good at the PB kind. :)
That's so pretty! I love anything sparkly!! :)
Love the bling! And the snowflakes on the clothespins are TOO cute!
Who doesn't love a little sparkle at Christmas!?!? Fabulous!
oh, wow, the sparkle letters are so rich! I love the large texture of the confetti, looks like tiny glass mosaic.
Use epsom salt as a snow replacement...your banner is awesome
beautiful DIY!
I have been eyeing a zyron sticker maker -- do you love yours?
So pretty...I love the way you have with layering textures, patterns and colors. I have a Xyron machine and like my Cricut has never been used - I need to do something about that!
This is so pretty and you could use these for gift tags, too (or at least the same idea). I love that glitter ...it's so nice and "chunky."
Totally my style! Love it!
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