Thursday, March 4

artful thursdays #9.....wonderland paper banner tutorial



in celebration of tim burton's new movie coming out tomorrow i made a little paper banner to celebrate wonderland...
well, that and my college daughter wanted a tiny crepe paper banner to hang in her dorm that looked like spring.
here is the alice in wonderland photo i used for my color inspiration.



i started with: stack of vintage papers, crepe paper streamers, string, stickers, letter stamps, ink, glue.


step #1. cut out a pile of paper diamonds and glue them to crepe paper.

step #2. fold the paper diamonds in half and cut the crepe paper border with zig zag and scallop scissors.


step # 3. using alphabet stamps and black ink stamp the letters for 'wonderland' on flower stickers and attach to each paper triangle.


step # 4. fold the triangles over a length of vintage baby yarn and glue in place.



step # 5. cut a piece of black and white striped crepe paper and wire into a little rosette. (rosette tutorial here)



step # 6. wire the rosette and a piece of ribbon to the end of the yarn.


step #7. glue a tiny applique to the center of each crepe paper rosette.

i hope to invite a little more wonderland into my studio... cross your fingers i can get tickets for this weekend, julie


18 comments:

paperbird said...

pretty cute banner, I love the pretty pallette- we are taking our family to see the movie tomorrow for Courtney's birthday :)

Marina Collings Whiting said...

the cuteness of this banner is going to kill me!!!! i need one of these!!

Rebecca said...

How easy and cute! This is adorable. I never knew you could make a rosette like that. Good to know! Thanks.

~Rebecca

Lisa Russell said...

Very nice! I really like the colors and the black/white crepe paper. Cute! I posted a project on my blog also...check it out if you like!

April said...

SwEeT! My sister will love this-she's coming over this weekend...maybe I will help her make one.
I posted too...

candice Elton said...

This is amazing, I can't wait to see this movie, and your garland so cute...Love the color palette.

Jingle said...

Oh, that is absolutely fabulous! I SO can't wait to see the film!!!

Kika said...

Such cuteness! I just love all your projects.

Jennifer said...

Julie, this is such a great idea. I am having a Mad Hatter Tea Party for my dotters birthday and I will have to make one of these. I suggest going to the Scera to see the movie. Matinees are $4 and they rarely sell out. Have a great weekend.

Kateyed said...

I love this so much! Your work delights me and I look forward to Thursdays with pleasure!

Kateyed said...

I love this so much! Your work delights me and I look forward to Thursdays with pleasure!

tamdoll said...

* B E A U T I F U L *
I love the black & white, I think it gives it the finishing touch. And fantastic to use the picture as inspiration.

I'm wondering though, how do you store all your papers? And how do you know where to find them when you go looking? Mine are in bundles and boxes and stashed in corners all over the place.

Tina said...

Julie - this is amazing. I absolutely adore the black and white crepe paper - where did you find that?

Funny -because I was thinking of making a banner for next weeks project but perhaps will pick something new.

Good luck with tickets to the movie this weekend. Can't wait to see it too. I love Tim Burton and especially Johnny Depp..yummie :D

xo
tina
pretty paper posies

crafty comadre said...

this is so cute, thank you for sharing!

Andrea said...

Everything you make is just darling!!

Rachel@oneprettything.com said...

Aww, I love this so, so much! I'll be linking. We're going to see the movie tomorrow, I'm so excited!!!

charlotte said...

beautiful, Julie!

Unknown said...

LOVE this...
if you're interested, we have a friday fun find party- we'd love it if you'd link up this week!

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