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Freedom Felt Banner

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It’s Craft Lightning time again and this one is Patriotic Crafts! This Freedom Felt Banner was super easy and took barely anytime to make! And I love a cute seasonal banner!
Materials:

9” x 12” craft cut of Kunin Classicfelt™ Royal Blue, Red, and White
Felt Glue
Die Cutting Machine/Cutting Pads
Laura Kelly’s Lemonade Capital Alphabet die from Sizzix/Ellison
Laura Kelly’s Badges die from Sizzix/Ellison
Bookmark die from Sizzix/Ellison
Buttons
Twine and small clothespins

How to make it:

Using the die cutting machine, cutting pads and dies, cut out each of your pieces! I cut seven bookmarks, seven badges and the letters to spell Freedom. I used the rectangular badge because I thought it looked like a burst from a firework!
Assemble your pieces so that you know where your want to glue them!
Glue your pieces and buttons to the bookmark.
Let dry!
Using twine and small clothespins, hang them up to create a patriotic felt banner! Easy Peasy!!! Now I have a banner for Memorial Day as well as the 4th of July! Hope you like this Craft Lightning project! Be sure to click the photo below and check out other Patriotic Craft Lightning projects!

Mother’s Day Flower Bookmark

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It’s time for Craft Lightning again! I love quick and easy crafts and there are some great ones that can be done in 15 minutes or less. The theme of this Craft Lightning is Mother’s Day! As a mother, I love getting little handmade gifts from my boys.

For my Craft Lightning craft, I did a Mother’s Day Flower Bookmark using Eileen Hull’s Pansy Flower die (which I am obsessed with) and Kunin Felt!

Materials Used:

12” x 18” craft cut of Kunin Premiumfelt™ (1) Violet Sky, (1) Olive, (1) Candy Pink
Ellison/Sizzix Die Cut Machine with cutting pads
Eileen Hull’s Pansy Flower and Leaf dies from Sizzix
Hot Glue Gun and Glue Stick
Popsicle Stick
Buttons

How to make it:

Cut your felt pieces using the Sizzix/Ellison die cutting machine, cutting pads and the flower and leaf dies.

Using a hot glue gun, layer the flower petals and glue them together in the center.

Glue the leaves to the back of the completed flower.

Glue the popsicle stick to the back of the flower.

Glue a button to the center of the flower.

Using a marker, write a little note on the popsicle stick.

Now you have a quick and easy Mother’s Day gift!

I hope you liked my Mother’s Day Flower Bookmark!

Be sure to check out other great Craft Lightning Mother’s Day crafts by clicking the picture below!

Until next time………

Kunin Felt Welcome Banner

Kunin Felt Love Banner

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It’s time for the Valentine’s Day Craft Lightning series! And since I’m obsessed with banners lately, this was an easy one for me! It really takes less than 15 minute and even the kids can help out with it.

Materials needed:
Sizzix Cutting Machine (I use a Big Shot)
Kunin Felt
Dies:

Felt Glue (I use Beacon’s)
Jute Rope
Clothespins (I like the medium sized ones)

Step 1: Using the Big Shot machine and dies, I cut all of my pieces. Lori Whitlock’s Banner die is my favorite die ever, especially with the banner craze that I have right now!!!! I also love Laura Kelly’s Lemonade Alphabet! The Sizzix Wavy Frame is so versatile! I cut the frame out in two different felt colors.

Step 2: Lay your design out. At first, I wasn’t going to add the inside of the frame piece, but then I decide to. I like it! Once you have it laid out the way you want it, glue it all down. I glued the frames down first and then added the letters.

Step 3: Let it dry and then add it to your jute rope using clothes pins. Then hang it up! Another option is to cut small cuts into the top of your felt banner and then slide it onto the jute rope. I like the clothespins, simply for the fact that I like to make banners for different occasions and I can just switch them out! I love to use Command Strips to hang up my banners. They are easy to remove and you can put them wherever you want!

I hope you like this adorable LOVE banner made from Kunin Felt.

Be sure to check out all of the other quick and easy Craft Lightning Valentine’s Day crafts by clicking the button below!!!

Thankful Burlap and Felt Banner

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Disclosure: As a member of the Laura Kelly Design Team, I received product from Sizzix/Ellison for use in my blog posts. The opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.

Thanksgiving is upon us. And I’m feeling really thankful this season. I’m thankful for my family and my friends. I’m thankful for a house to live in, food to put on the table and a bed to sleep in. I’m thankful for a car to drive. I’m thankful for my husband’s job and for my job. I’m thankful for my church and church family. I’m thankful that my children go to a great school. And I’m thankful to be healthy! My list of thankfulness could go on and on and on.

Lately I’m obsessed with banners! I love to make them as much as I love hang them in my house! They are easy to make and you can make them any ways that you want! They can really make a difference in your home, even if it’s just for a little color!

Just recently Sizzix sent me this amazing banner die designed by Lori Whitlock. I used it, along with some of my favorite dies by Laura Kelly, to create this amazing Thankful banner! This banner die might be one of my favorite dies ever!

Materials used:

Laura Kelly’s Dies:
- Pumpkin #2 Die
- Lemonade Capital Alphabet
Lori Whitlock Die:
- Big Banner
Glue (I used Aleene’s Fast Grab Tacky Glue)
Burlap
Felt
- I used Kunin Group’s Eco-fi ShaggiChic for the pumpkin
- I also used Kunin Group’s Eco-fi Classicfelt for the stem of the pumpkin and the letters
Sizzix Big Shot and Cutting Pads
Paper to put under the burlap when cutting
Jute Rope
Small clothes pins

Directions:

First, I cut out all of the pieces needed for the banner. The ShaggiChic felt is a little thicker so I cut them individually. Sometimes you can cut multiple pieces in one run through of the Big Shot.

With the burlap I placed a piece of paper underneath the burlap each time I did a cut. I didn’t want the fibers of the burlap to get all over the die. Putting the paper underneath really helped.

2. Once all of my pieces were cut out, I started putting the banner together. I glued the pumpkins to the burlap banner pieces. Then I added the letter and the stem.

3. Usually I like to use ribbon for my banners, but lately I’ve liked using jute rope. Jute rope goes really well with the burlap! And I love the natural look of the jute rope!

I hope you like my Thankful burlap and felt banner. I love it so much that I want to keep it out longer than just the Thanksgiving season. I hope that you and your family have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Teacher’s Name Banner featuring Laura Kelly’s Apple #2 Die from Sizzix

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Disclosure: I am a member of the Laura Kelly Design Team and received product to provide product reviews and to write about in blog posts.

If your children aren’t in year round school like mine, it’s time for yours to go back to school! I am excited to share this Teacher’s Name Banner that would be perfect for a teacher to hang in their classroom or right outside of the classroom. It’s super simple and is a no sew project! Your children could even help with cutting out the pieces! I love making homemade crafts for my children’s teachers.

Materials used:

Sizzix Big Shot
Laura Kelly’s Apple #2 Die from Sizzix
Laura Kelly’s Lemonade Capital Alphabet Die from Sizzix
Cutting Pads (short and long)
Kunin Felt
Ribbon
Ad-tech Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Fiscar Scissors

1. First, I use the Sizzix Big Shot, Cutting Pads, Felt and Apple Die to cut out all of my pieces. I did a full cut for the apple and then for the stem and leaf, I just placed my felt over the steel blade and ran it through the Sizzix Big Shot.

2. Then, I used Laura’s Lemonade Alphabet Die and Long Cutting Pads to cut the letters (Mrs. Winter, one of our favorite teachers!!) 3. Once everything was cut out, I used my Ad-tech Hot glue gun and glue sticks to glue the stem and leaves down to the apples.

4. I then glued them to a long piece of ribbon.

I hope you like my Teacher’s Name Banner featuring Laura Kelly’s Apple Die #2. I had so much fun making it.

Until next time…..

End of the School Year Banner

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Before we know it, this school year will be ending and it will be Summer time!!!! It’s hard to believe, but it’s true! At our house, we are super excited about our summer vacation and the fun things that we get to do! In honor of the End of the School Year, I made this adorable little “Happy Summer” banner using Laura Kelly’s Peep and Lemonade Alphabet Dies from Sizzix!

My friend Laura Kelly is such a creative lady and she has a great collection of dies with Sizzix. These particular dies are a part of the Ellison Classroom Series. Click the picture below to find the link to where you can get your own.

Alright, now on to how I made this adorable little banner. Using my Sizzix BigShot, Boy and Girl Peep dies, and an extended cutting pad I cut the peeps using different flesh tones. Using bright colors, I cut out all of the different clothes. For the feet, I just cut out part of the legs and cut the feet part off. For the hair of the girls, I just cut out extra heads and then cut the hair off of them.

Once everything was cut out and organized (who was getting what clothes), I used Tombow Liquid Glue to glue all of the parts together. Once they were all dried, I laid them out so that it looked like they were holding hands and then I glued them together.

Once everyone was glued together, I used Laura Kelly’s Lemonade Upper Case and Lower Case Alphabets to add the words “Happy Spring”. Click the photo below to go to the link where you can get your own!

Again, using the Tombow Liquid Glue, I added the letters to each of my peeps. I also added a dot between the words “Happy” and “Summer” just so that one of them wouldn’t be lonely!!!

Once everyone was completely dry, I punched a hole in the first and last hand. Then I tied baker’s twine to each hand so that I could hang it up!
Hope you like my End of the Year – Happy Summer Banner!

Until next time……….

Disclosure: I received product from Sizzix as a member of the Laura Kelly Design Team. Laura Kelly is a licensed designer for Sizzix. All opinions are that of Katie Berry.

Busy Kid Project – Painted Door Signs

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Need a quick DIY project to keep kids busy? Well, these Painted Door Signs are perfect for a quick DIY project for kids. They will love having their own personalized signs on their bedroom doors!

Materials Used:
Pieces of wood
Acrylic Paint
Paint Brushes
Sticky Letters or other sticky designs
Screw eyes (two for each sign)
Yarn or other string

First, the wood pieces were painted with a base color. Think about what color you want your letters to be! That is the color that you want for the base.

Using my Sizzix Big Shot and Laura Kelly’s Lemonade Capital Alphabet Sizzix Dies, I cut out each letter of my children’s names.

Once the base color was dry, I let them place the letters where they wanted after removing the backing. Making sure the letters were pressed down nicely, it was time to paint over the letters! When the paint was dry or at least close to being dry, I removed the letters with a pair of tweezers.

We let the signs dry completely. Then I screwed in the screw eyes and attached a piece of yarn to them. The boys were so excited to have their very own DIY Door Signs with their names on it!!!

This project took about 15 minutes excluding the drying process! It was super easy and fun and it kept the kids busy!

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Until next time……..

Love Shack Camper

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Eileen Hull is one of the coolest people I know! She has a travel trailer named Scotty that she travels across the country in going to different scrapbooking stores on her Paper Trail. Eileen also has a die cut line with Sizzix. I’ve gotten to know Eileen over the years from events like CHA (Craft and Hobby Association Mega Show) and SNAP (blogging conference) and I am amazed at her creativity. One of my favorite dies by Eileen is her Travel Trailer. My friend Rina, also known as Mothership Scrapbook Gal, is on Eileen’s Inspiration Team and sent me the trailer die cuts so that I could have fun designing my own Travel Trailer! The trailer is cut from Matboard, which is a thick paper material and is very sturdy and great for 3D projects. I decided that I wanted mine to be a Love Shack!

Using American Crafts Valentine paper that I purchased from AC Moore and my exacto knife, I did some measurements and cut my paper selections to the size of the die cut outs. I used Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive to adhere the paper to the trailer pieces.

After all of my paper pieces were on my die cut pieces, I constructed the trailer. Instructions on how the camper was put together can be found here on the Sizzix website.

Hope you like my little Love Shack! It’s perfect for a Valentine’s decoration! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Until next time…….