Pennant and banners have been a popular craft addition to our layouts lately, but I wanted to challenge myself to try something different with them. I got a set of stamps from My Minds Eye that had these cute woodgrain pennant shapes, and thought it would be fun to layer them in a ruffle effect for a baby card.
The image comes in a row of three pennants, so I stamped it three times with different shades of ink, trimmed them out individually, and then layered them at the bottom of my card. I started with a row of five and then topped it with a row of four so that they wouldn’t completely cover each other.
I printed my sentiment on my computer, stitched the edge, wrapped it with matching twine from MME, added a button, and adhered it to my card base.
To recreate this card:
- Trim a card base for a 4.25 x 5.5 card.
- Trim patterned paper 4x3 for the bottom half of the card.
- Trim patterned paper 4x4 for the peach/pink top half of the card.
- Trim a thin strip with a border punch.
- Layer and adhere.
Happy Monday! I’ll be back on Wednesday with another fun idea for those pennant/banner shapes.
~ Davinie
Thanks Davinie! And we've got one more today! Did you know that starting today we have "Inspiration Monday's" on the SCT facebook page? Starting today, we would love you to upload your favourite layout of the week on our facebook page. You can even tell us why it's your favourite! At the end of each Monday (11:59 pm EST) we are going to randomly select one person to receive a copy of our most recent issue!!! We love seeing your work and want to see more of it. Plain and simple. So we hope you will take part in our fun "Inspiration Monday's"! Now let's see who's first!
Love the idea of using penant stamps for a ruffle.
Posted by: Bunnyfreak | February 06, 2012 at 11:38 AM
I really love this card, great job!
Posted by: Roxanne McCleary | February 06, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Gorgeous card! Love your selection of colors and patterned papers.
Posted by: Brenda B. | February 06, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Very cute love the texture too!
Posted by: Kathryne | February 06, 2012 at 01:39 PM
Love everything about your card! Will have to keep this idea safe for later use! ;-)
Posted by: Elizna | February 06, 2012 at 02:29 PM
This looks so great and is such a wonderful idea. Thanks so much for sharing it with us here. Look forward to see, what comes next now.
Posted by: Maryann | February 06, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Cute card, love the pennants!
Posted by: Melinda T | February 06, 2012 at 03:01 PM
Very pretty. Love the layered pennant border.
Posted by: JoAnn B. | February 06, 2012 at 03:08 PM
this is really pretty, love the use of pennants & these soft colors!
Posted by: Maria Matter | February 06, 2012 at 04:01 PM
What a beautiful card!!!
Posted by: Tracey | February 06, 2012 at 05:31 PM
Like this card and maybe will have to try it for my niece's new baby in April! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Leanne Lundquist | February 06, 2012 at 08:28 PM
Super CUTE card! Love the pennants;o)
Posted by: Ruza | February 07, 2012 at 09:26 PM
Very nice card, love what you did with the Pennants. Thanks for the idea.
Posted by: JustAPacRat | February 16, 2012 at 06:27 PM