Isn't this card pretty? We made it in stamp club and my November workshops, and everyone enjoyed the woodsy, textured feel combined with the images in the Winter Wishes stamp set. I'll share the product list below, but for right now, let's take a closer look at the faux folded banner and learn how to make it!
It's so simple to make a banner that LOOKS like a complicated (re: easy-to-mess-up) paper fold--but really isn't. Here's a little mini-tutorial for you!
Is that not the bomb? I will use that technique for a long time to come. ENJOY this easy trick from Song of My Heart! Be sure to subscribe to the blog and newsletter so you don't miss fun "real-life papercrafting" tips like these.
Don't have the banner punch yet? (you need it!) Here's another way to do the faux folded banner that I shared last year right about this same time!
Thanks for popping in today! I appreciate you, friends! Wish you could come over for hot cocoa and our family's famous 100+-year-old sugar cookie recipe. What fun we'd have curled up chatting away over the new Spring Catalog!
Here's what you'll need to make this Woodsy Winter Wishes card at home:
Pretty much a genius idea right there! LOVE it and will use it TONS!
Posted by: Kristine John | 12/10/2015 at 05:48 PM
That sure is a technique that I also will be using (a lot) in the future...
Posted by: Richard L | 12/11/2015 at 08:33 AM
Clever idea, Lyssa! And you make it sound so lovely and cozy with the cookies and hot cocoa and catalog. I would LOVE to have a friend nearby that I could do that with!
Posted by: Nicole Steele | 12/12/2015 at 08:16 PM