Yay, it's spring time! I'm so inspired by all the beautiful wildflowers I'm seeing pop up all over, so I whipped up a new pennant banner to celebrate!

Supplies:

• ScanNCut Machine and Accessories
• Wood Paper Pennant Banner
• Colored Cardstock (3 peach shades,3 green shades, 1 yellow, 1 white)
• Adhesive pearl
• Foam pad (a mouse pad will work)
• Adhesive (glue dots, hot glue)

Instructions:

Below are the step by step instructions, or you can check out this video on how to create it:

1. Cut out all the various ScanNCut built-in-shapes, I needed 16 of each one to make an approximately 5 foot banner. And if you were to cut out your own triangles they would be 3" x 4.5". 

2. For each of the petals, cut a slit between two petals to the center of the flower.

3. Apply adhesive to one of the petals next to the slit and then overlap the adjacent petal over it to give the flower dimension.

4. For the flower center add a pearl to the middle of it and then fold up the petals to create the flower stamen.

5. Apply a glue dot to the back of each flower layer and stack them together by size. Refer to photos for guidance if needed.

6. For this leaf, add some veins to it by placing it on a foam pad and using your ScanNCut stylus to etch in the design.

7. Apply the doily to the pennant.

8. Apply glue to just the stem of the leaves of the flower so when they are attached to the flower they will have dimension.

9. Adhere the completed flower to the pennant and add in the remaining leaf.

And done!

What are you doing to spruce up your home or art studio for spring?

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

I had so much fun trying out the new Asphalt Texture Paste from Faber-Castell.  It's a nice course, heavy weight paste that is opaque and dries with a matte finish. Here's a video I whipped up showing me testing it out on various materials:

I love testing out new products on Project Life sized cards (3" x 4") since I can then use them in my albums or just punch a hole in them and put them on a ring to reference when I need ideas.  Here's the ways I tested the Asphalt Texture Paste:

I used it on a transparency with a stencil....

On wood veneer with Texture cards.... 
On textured cardstock using a pallet knife...
On canvas using a stencil and etching in a heart with a paper piercer...

On chipboard with a stencil and then stamping a lid into it to create rings...

Go try it out on your projects, it's fun!!

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Faber-Castell  to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony). 

Boy, I sure love working with the companies I work with. I love that they are constantly coming up with such cool new products! Here's a video of the fun I had playing with a few of Faber-Castell's newest products in my art journal...the Cement and Asphalt Texture Paste and then Copper Texture Luxe.  And, because someone will ask me, the stencils I used in this I made by doodling on a sheet of paper, and then using my ScanNCut to scan them in & cut them out on stencil material. 

I will be sharing more in depth of each of these products (and more!) in upcoming articles.

Disclosure: Erin is a paid consultant and has received  products from Faber-Castell and Brother to evaluate. However, the opinions expressed are entirely her own and based on her use of the products.

This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from these links it won't cost you a penny more but Erin will make a little bit of money (not enough for a pony).