Friday, November 9, 2012

Friday with Moxxie Fall Banner

Happy Friday!!

I am so ready for the weekend I can hardly stand it!!  This is our first weekend without a Saturday sporting event with Jack.  So the only thing for me to do is grocery, errands and I have dentist appointment.  I am not sure how I handle the extra time!  hehehehe-- maybe scrap??????    Then on Sunday we have tennis practice and game.  I have to say I am loving helping out being the assistant coach but I have to say we have 2 more weeks left and I am looking forward to it ending.  I really just want to relax a bit!  The on the go for both Saturdays and Sundays has really started to wear on me!

So today for my Friday with Moxxie post I have a fall banner.  I love fall and I love to decorate my mantle with all the fall colors and decorations but I felt it was missing something!  So one of the things I love to create is a banner.  I used the Shades of Autumn collection for this.  I cut the banner pieces using cardstock and then cut the top layer with one of the beautiful pattern pieces.  I then cut the words fall out 6 times- the first 5 where with kraft cardstock and I layered them on top of each other.  Finally I added the yellow pieces cut from another sheet of the beautiful collection.  I then inked the edges all in brown.   To tie the banner pieces together I used the heavy burlap twine from The Stringery.  This twine is amazing - so think and the colors are so awesome.  I  used the orange and brown colors.  

Here is a close up.
And a look at the whole mantle.
supplies
cardstock- bazzill
paper- moxxie
twine- the stringery
Silhoeutte
ink- tim holtz distress ink

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will pop in tomorrow for a rare Saturday appearance to enter a card challenge.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day and weekend!
mp

25 comments:

scrappymo! said...

Wow...it looks great...
I think everyone needs some down time...glad you were able to squeeze in some crafting!

gale said...

Great banner-it really dresses up your mantel!!

Lisa Rukin Swift said...

Beautiful banner, Mary Pat! It's such a pretty addition to the decor you already have there!

Dawn Gross said...

Gorgeous! I miss having a fireplace!

~Tammy~ said...

Love this!!!!!!! This turned out awesome!

Becky said...

So pretty! Enjoy your weekend!

Traci Penrod said...

Very cute banner Mary Pat!! Thanks for your sweet comment over on LYB's blog :)

Unknown said...

That is GORGEOUS!

Tanya Ham said...

Beautiful! :)

Annette Allen said...

aww how pretty..love your fall banner..

Barbara said...

beautiful fall decor! I love your banner.

Connie Mercer said...

super super cute!!! yes your ready!!!

Izzy Anderson said...

This turned out great, MP. I love the whole montage there on your mantle!

Mary Jo said...

Gorgeous banner and display!

Margareta Carlsson said...

Beautiful! I love banners! I really should make them more often. Thank you for the inspiration!

Anonymous said...

Nice banner! I have to make a turkey day one.

Dana Tatar said...

Gorgeous banner Mary Pat! My mantle could sure use a little love right now. Thanks for the inspiration!

Steph said...

Great banner! Perfect for the fall.

Laura (Who's this chick) said...

wonderful decoration for your mantle. Enjoy your weekend.

Fleursbydesign said...

Great banner, enjoy your weekend

Staci said...

So beautiful and festive! Love those papers! Have a great weekend. :-)

Anonymous said...

so pretty!

Aimee Kidd said...

Beautiful! And what a gorgeous mantle setting!

Tracy said...

Not only is your banner beautiful, but so is your mantle. I love your fall decor.
I think I need a mantel...no I don't have a fireplace, but I just need a mantel to decorate ;)

Katie said...

I hope you had a great weekend!

The mantel looks great! I love how the fall banner ties it all together :)

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